Bunyan: A Pilgrim Who Progressed.

John Bunyan.

Pilgrim who made progress in prison.

"I saw a man clothed with rags … a book in his hand and a great burden upon his back."

Successful English writers were, in John Bunyan's day, nearly synonymous with wealth. Men like Richard Baxter and John Milton could afford to write because they didn't need to earn a living. But Bunyan, a traveling tinker like his father, was nearly penniless before becoming England's most famous author. His wife was also destitute, bringing only two Puritan books as a dowry. CT.

John Bunyan was an English writer and Puritan preacher best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons. Wikipedia

Born: 1628, Elstow

Died: 31 August 1688, Snow Hill, London

Children: Thomas Bunyan, Elizabeth Bunyan, Mary Bunyan, Sarah Bunyan, John Bunyan, Joseph Bunyan

Place of burial: Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, London