John Lydgate

(1370 c.-1450 c.)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? NRA: Lydgate John (1370-1451) Poet DNB: Lydgate, John (c.1370-1449/50?), poet and prior of Hatfield Regis LBT ID: JoLydga1450 VIAF ID: 22158282 LOC ID: n79117143	B/BAP: 1370 DIED: 1450
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
English poet and imitator of Chaucer; he wrote Falls of Princes (1430-38) and works in a variety of genres.
REFERENCES TO John Lydgate: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 4: London Verse 2: p. 27a p. 27a Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XIII Found 1: ¶ 11