3 Quotes About John Webster
John Webster was an English writer and poet. He is known for the phrase "the perfect wife." His collected works, which include more than 1,000 poems and 100 plays (and 70 children’s books and fairy tales), make up about one-third of the collected works of William Shakespeare. Born in 1635, Webster entered Westminster School at the age of 10 and later entered Cambridge University, where he studied Greek and Latin. Following brief engagements as a schoolmaster and tutor, he entered the household of Sir Robert Naunton as a gentleman-usher
In 1658 he married Mary Davies, daughter of his master's brother-in-law. With her help, he completed his first major work, The Duchess of Malfi (1663).
