George Herbert Biography

George Herbert biography

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NAME: George Herbert
OCCUPATION: Priest, Prince, Poet
BIRTH DATE: April 03, 1593
DEATH DATE: March 01, 1633
EDUCATION: Westminister School, Trinity College, Cambridge University
PLACE OF BIRTH: Montgomery Castle, Wales
PLACE OF DEATH: Bemerton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

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George Herbert was an ordained priest and poet. In 1633, his book The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations was published posthumously.

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George Herbert was born on April 3, 1593, in Montgomery Castle, Wales. In 1620, he was elected orator of the University of Cambridge. By the following decade, however, he had left that post and become ordained priest. Herbert served two small, civil parishes located in Wiltshire, England, Fugglestone St. Peter and Bemerton. He also wrote a number of religious poems over the years, which he sent to friend Nicholas Ferrar. In 1633, Ferrar had The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations published. Herbert died in Bemerton, Wiltshire, England, on March 1, 1633.