John. 1608–74, English poet. His early works, notably L'Allegro and Il Penseroso (1632), the masque Comus (1634), and the elegy Lycidas (1637), show the influence of his Christian humanist education and his love of ItalianRenaissance poetry. A staunch Parliamentarian and opponent of episcopacy, he published many pamphlets during the Civil War period, including Areopagitica (1644), which advocated freedom of the press. His greatest works were the epic poems Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), and Paradise Regained (1671) and the verse drama Samson Agonistes (1671)
Milton in American English1
(ˈmɪltən)
noun
a masculine name: dim. Milt, Miltie
Word origin
after surname or place name Milton < OE Middel-tun (lit., Middletown) & OE Mylen-tun (lit., Mill town)