Background
He was second son of the poet John Dryden (1631–1700) and was educated at Westminster and University College, Oxford. He translated Juvenal"s fourteenth satire for his father"s version, and wrote one mediocre comedy.
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John Dryden
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Westminster School.
Career
His father preferred to place him under the care of Obadiah Walker, the Roman Catholic master of University College. He translated the fourteenth satire of Juvenal for his father"s version, and wrote the Husband his own Cuckold, performed in 1696, with a prologue by his father, and an epilogue by Congreve. An account of a tour in Italy and Malta, made by him in 1700 in company with a Mr.
Cecil, was published in 1776.
He died at Rome 28 January 1701.
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January 28, 1701 (aged 33)