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Renaissance and Elizabethan poet.  Notable works include the sonnet 'Astrophel and Stella' (1582) and prose 'Arcadia' (1580).  Knighted in 1583.  Member of Parliament for Kent in 1581 and 1584–85. Widely admired as the Elizabethan ideal of a gentleman.  Had a romantic affair with French diplomat Hubert Languet as noted in published correspondence.   
 
Renaissance and Elizabethan poet.  Notable works include the sonnet 'Astrophel and Stella' (1582) and prose 'Arcadia' (1580).  Knighted in 1583.  Member of Parliament for Kent in 1581 and 1584–85. Widely admired as the Elizabethan ideal of a gentleman.  Had a romantic affair with French diplomat Hubert Languet as noted in published correspondence.   
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* [[LGBTQ Individuals and Academics of the Renaissance Period]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Latest revision as of 13:28, 3 April 2018

Sir Philip Sidney

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1554 - 1586

Occupation

Poet, Politics

Description

Renaissance and Elizabethan poet. Notable works include the sonnet 'Astrophel and Stella' (1582) and prose 'Arcadia' (1580). Knighted in 1583. Member of Parliament for Kent in 1581 and 1584–85. Widely admired as the Elizabethan ideal of a gentleman. Had a romantic affair with French diplomat Hubert Languet as noted in published correspondence.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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