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John Dryden
John Dryden, oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1693; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Following his death in 1700, the English poet and dramatist John Dryden was buried in Westminster Abbey. His grave is located in the area known as Poetsâ Corner, situated between the tombs of Geoffrey Chaucer and Abraham Cowley.12