Sir Philip Sydney Nationality - English - Lifespan - 1554 - 1586 Family – Father was Henry Sidney, a courtier and his Godfather was Philip II of Spain Education – Shrewsbury school and ChristChurch college, Oxford Career - Poet, courtier and diplomat Famous Works of Sir Philip Sydney – Old Arcadia and the poem ‘Sleep’ Biography of Sir Philip Sydney at the Elizabethan Era website |