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John Donne - Biography
Donne was born in London; at the age of 11 he entered the University of Oxford, where he studied for three years. According to some accounts, he spent the next three years at the University of Cambridge but took no degree at either university.Ebscohost biography of john donne
He began the study of law at Lincoln's Inn, London, in 1592. About two years later, presumably, he relinquished the Roman Catholic faith, in which he had been brought up, and joined the Anglican church. His first book of poems, Satires, written during this period of residence in London, is considered one of Donne's most important literary efforts.
Although not immediately published, the volume had a fairly wide readership through private circulation of the manuscript, as did his love poems, Songs and Sonnets, written at about the same time as the Satires.
Early Career
In 1596, Donne joined the naval expedition that Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, led against C�diz, Spain.
On his return to England, Donne was