John Hoskins (poet)

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For the miniature painter, see John Hoskins

Serjeant John Hoskins (1566-1638) was an English poet, scholar of Greek, and politician. He was elected to parliament on a number of occasions, but was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1614. He was an intimate of Sir Walter Raleigh and Ben Jonson.

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• Dictionary of National Biography