John Hall (poet)

John Hall
John Hall, 1646 engraving by William Marshall from Horæ Vacivæ.
John Hall, 1646 engraving by William Marshall from Horæ Vacivæ.
Born1627
Durham
Died1 August 1656
OccupationPamphleteer
NationalityEnglish
EducationSt John's College, Cambridge;
Gray's Inn
GenrePoetry
Literary movementHartlib Circle

John Hall (1627–1656), also known as John Hall of Durham, was an English poet, essayist and pamphleteer of the Commonwealth period. After a short period of adulation at university, he became a writer in the Parliamentary cause and Hartlib Circle member.[1]

  1. ^ Barbara Lewalski, The Life of John Milton (2003), p. 210.