Donne, John

D.D., ( don,) an English divine and poet, в. 1573. At the age of 19 he abandoned the Roman Catholic for the Protestant religion, entered holy orders, and was made chaplain to King James I., Dean of St. Paul's, and Vicar of St. Dunstan's. D. 1631.-Dr. D. was a man of great wit, learning, and gravity. His satires are highly praised by Dryden, who calls him "the greatest wit, though not the greatest poet, of our nation." They were rendered into modern English by Pope.