Abraham Cowley ( 1618 - 1667 )

Birth: London, England, Europe (1618) Death: Chertsey, Surrey, England, Europe (28 July 1667) Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe (3 August 1667) Occupation: Poet Education: King's scholar at Westminster School; Trinity College, Cambridge (BA 1639/40; MA 1642) Career: Started writing poetry as a child (1633); ejected from Cambridge and moved to Oxford (1643); started publishing variety of political satire (1643); followed Queen Henrietta Maria to France in Henry Jermyn's service (c1645); employed on missions and secret correspondence between royalist party members; returned to England (1654); arrested and released on bail after failed royalist uprising (1655); studied botany and medicine, and proceeded doctor of physic (1657) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 06/03/1661 Other RSActivity: Contributed the ode 'To the Royal Society' for Thomas Sprat's 'History of the Royal Society' (1667).