Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser
Born	1552/1553 London, England
Died	13 January 1599(1599-01-13) (aged 46–47) London, England
Resting place	Westminster Abbey
Pen name	Immerito (in 1579)
Occupation	Poet state servant
Language	Early Modern English
Education	M.A.
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge
Period	Elizabethan era
Genres	Epic poem eclogue sonnet elegy hymn epithalamium beast fable poetical autobiography political treatise history translation correspondence
Subjects	Love beauty beautiful lady pastoral
Literary movement	English Renaissance Petrarchism[1]
Years active	1569–1599
Notable works	The Faerie Queene
Spouse	Machabyas Childe (c. 1579–c. 1593, her death) Elizabeth Boyle (m. 1594–1599, his death)
Children	2
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Edmund Spenser (/ˈspɛnsər/; 1552/1553 – 13 January O.S. 1599)^[2][3] was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the English language.