John Aylmer (died 5 April 1672) was born in

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, educated at

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, and admitted as a perpetual fellow of

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, after two years of probation. In 1652, he took degrees in civil law, that of doctor being completed in 1663, being then and before accounted an excellent Grecian, and a good Greek and Latin poet, as appears by this book, which he composed when a young man: ''Musae sacrae seu Jonas, Jeremiae Threni, & Daniel Graeco redditi Carmine'' (Oxon. 1652. oct.), and also by diverse Greek and Latin verses, dispersed in various books. He died at

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on Good Friday, 5 April 1672, and was buried in the church at

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in Hampshire.

Sources

* Wood, Anthony A. and

Philip Bliss Philip Paul Bliss (9 July 1838 – 29 December 1876) was an American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone Gospel singer. He wrote many well-known hymns, including "Hold the Fort" (1870), "Almost Persuaded" (1871); "Hallelujah ...

. ''Athenae Oxonienses: an Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who Have Had their Education in the University of Oxford; to which Are Added the Fasti, or, Annals of the Said University'' / by Anthony A Wood; with Additions, and a Continuation by Philip Bliss. new ed. London t al. Rivington; Parker, 1813–1820. 6 pts. in 4 vols. 1672 deaths Hellenists English classical scholars Writers from Hampshire People educated at Winchester College Fellows of New College, Oxford Year of birth unknown English male poets 17th-century English poets {{England-poet-stub