John Oldham (poet)

John Oldham
Born(1653-08-09)9 August 1653
Died9 December 1683(1683-12-09) (aged 30)
OccupationSatirical poet and translator

John Oldham (9 August 1653 – 9 December 1683) was an English satirical poet and translator. John Dryden, England's first Poet Laureate, was one of his admirers and upon his death wrote an elegy "To the Memory of Mr. Oldham".