John Milton, poet and writer, was born in London on 9th December 1608, a son of composer John Milton (d.1647) and his wife Sara (Jeffrey). He was educated at St Paul's School and Christ's College, ...

He also has the best lines. “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav’n,” Satan declares in “Paradise Lost”, an epic poem by John Milton. God, by contrast, says boring things about ...