Charles Dryden

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:associated_with Restoration literature
gptkbp:awards Honorary Doctorate from Oxford University
gptkbp:birth_date 1631-08-19
gptkbp:children gptkb:Charles_Dryden_Jr.
gptkbp:contribution Development of English prose
Establishment of the heroic couplet
gptkbp:death_date 1700-05-01
gptkbp:famous_quote “ The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”
“ The greatest art is to sit, wait and let it come.”
“ He who would be a poet must be a poet.”
“ Words are the money of fools.”
“ A poet is a person who is able to see the world in a different way.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:poetry
gptkb:drama
Satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Charles Dryden
gptkbp:influence Modern English literature
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alexander_Pope
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Ben_Jonson
gptkbp:known_for Literary criticism
Translation of works
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Absalom_and_Achitophel
The Conquest of Granada
The State of Innocence
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:poet
gptkbp:place_of_birth Aldwincle, Northamptonshire
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Dryden
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Dryden
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5