Edmund Spenser was an English poet who is best known for having written The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory that celebrates the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as being one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered to be one of the great poets in the English language.
- Occupation
- poet, translator, writer
- Position held
- Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1552
- Died
- January 13, 1599
