This is a presentation that was made for an 11th grade Honors British Literature class.

1. Sir Philip Sidney

2. Born
November 30, 1554
Kent, England

3. Parents: Father
Sir Henry Sidney

4. Parents: Mother
Lady Mary Dudley

5. “.…scoffing cometh not of wisdom….”
-Sir Philip Sydney

6. Education
Shrewsbury School
University of Oxford
Christ Church College

8. Queen Elizabeth
Emperor Rudolph II

9. Works
The Lady of May
Astrophel and Stella
The Defence of Poesy
The Countless of Pembroke’s Arcadia
The Shepherdess Calendar
Areopagus
Leave Me, O Love
An Apology for Poetry

10. Major Work:
The Countess of
Pembroke's
Arcadia

11. “Thy necessity is yet greater than mine.”
-Sir Philip Sidney

12. Worldview
The Sidney Psalter: The Psalms of Sir Philip
and Mary Sidney

13. Death
October 17, 1586
Arnhem, Netherlands

14. Sources
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/543122/Sir-Philip-Sidney
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/sidbib.htm
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/philip-sidney
http://www.amazon.com/Sidney-Psalter-Psalms-Philip-
Classics/dp/0199217939/ref=sr_1_1/178-4548229-
8819533?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1415068764&sr=1-1
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13836.Philip_Sidney