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Tiptoft, John

(Encyclopedia)Tiptoft, John: see Worcester, John Tiptoft, earl of. ...

Dudley, John

(Encyclopedia)Dudley, John: see Northumberland, John Dudley, duke of. ...

Dryden, John

(Encyclopedia)Dryden, John, 1631–1700, English poet, dramatist, and critic, b. Northamptonshire, grad. Cambridge, 1654. He went to London about 1657 and first came to public notice with his Heroic Stanzas (1659),...

Colborne, John

(Encyclopedia)Colborne, John: see Seaton, John Colborne, 1st Baron. ...

Wilmot, John

(Encyclopedia)Wilmot, John: see Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of. ...

Carteret, John

(Encyclopedia)Carteret, John: see Granville, John Carteret, 1st Earl. ...

Frederick IV, king of Denmark and Norway

(Encyclopedia)Frederick IV, 1671–1730, king of Denmark and Norway (1699–1730), son and successor of Christian V. He allied himself (1699) with Augustus II of Poland and Saxony and with Peter I of Russia against...

Montagu, John

(Encyclopedia)Montagu, John: see Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th earl of. ...

Churchill, John

(Encyclopedia)Churchill, John: see Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st duke of. ...

Digby, John

(Encyclopedia)Digby, John: see Bristol, John Digby, 1st earl of. ...

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