John Oldham (poet)

John Oldham
Born	(1653-08-09)9 August 1653 Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England
Died	9 December 1683(1683-12-09) (aged 30) Holme Pierrepont Hall, Nottinghamshire, England
Occupation	Satirical poet and translator

John Oldham (9 August 1653 – 9 December 1683) was an English satirical poet and translator. John Dryden, England's first Poet Laureate, was one of his admirers and upon his death wrote an elegy "To the Memory of Mr. Oldham".