John Milton vs Thomas Hobbes
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Compare the life timelines of John Milton (1608–1674) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1608 to 1674.
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John Milton (1608–1674)
- — Born in Bread Street, London Verified
- — Studied at Christ's College, Cambridge Verified
- — Grand tour of France and Italy Verified
- — Married Mary Powell Verified
- — Published Areopagitica Verified
- — Appointed Secretary for Foreign Tongues to the Council of State Verified
- — Became completely blind Verified
- — Briefly imprisoned after the Restoration Verified
- — Published Paradise Lost Verified
- — Died in London Verified
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
- — Born in Westport, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Verified
- — Studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford Verified
- — Became tutor to William Cavendish, beginning a lifelong connection with the Cavendish family Verified
- — Published his English translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War Verified
- — Fled to Paris ahead of the English Civil War Verified
- — Served as mathematics tutor to the future King Charles II in Paris Verified
- — Published Leviathan Verified
- — Returned to England and submitted to the Council of State Verified
- — Published verse translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in his late eighties Verified
- — Died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, aged 91 Verified