John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court, who reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era.
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Elizabeth Wilmot (Malet) by Peter Lely
The Earl of Rochester in armour by Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of the poet by Jacob Huysmans
The coffin of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, in its vault in Spelsbury church, Oxfordshire
The coffin plate removed from Rochester's coffin
Rochester's manor house in Adderbury, Oxfordshire
Portrait of John Wilmot by Sir Peter Lely, Dillington HouseWriters from United Kingdom 6
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John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court, who reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester embodied a novel rebellion against the puritan programme, and he became as well known for his rakish lifestyle as for his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. He died as a result of a sexually transmitted infection at the age of 33.
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