Person

John Ford

English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras

b. 1586 CE – d. 1639 CE World The North Atlantic Lands

John Ford (1586 – c. 1639) was an English playwright and poet of the Jacobean and Caroline eras born in Ilsington in Devon, England. His plays deal mainly with the conflict between passion and conscience. Although remembered primarily as a playwright, he also wrote a number of poems on themes of love and morality.