{\b Henry King }.

{\b Date of Birth}.: Baptised 16 January 1592

{\b Date of Death}.: 30 September 1669

{\b Works}.

An edition of his poems, with a life, is edited by Margaret Crum, 1965.

{\b Featured Works}.

'Sonnet'.

{\b General Comment}.

Poet and prelate, Henry King was the son of the Bishop of London, John King, 
who had ordained John Donne. Henry became the older poet's ardent friend and 
admirer. He was educated at Westminster and at Christ Church, Oxford. He took 
his Doctorate of Divinity in 1625. In 1642 he became Bishop of Chichester, but 
was ejected by Parliament in 1643. Charles II later gave him back his see. He 
is mainly known for his elegies (mournful poems for the dead) on Royal persons 
and his friends who included John Donne, Izaak Walton and Ben Jonson. His best 
known poem is 'An Exequy to His Matchless Never to be Forgotten Friend' which 
was written for his wife Anne Berkeley who died in 1624. An unauthorised 
volume of his poetry appeared in 1657. He is regarded only as a minor poet of 
his day.