John Bunyan was born in 1628 to Thomas and Margaret Bunyan at Bunyans End in the parish of Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. He married and was the father of four children. His wife died in 1658 and he married Elizabeth in 1659. They had two children. He was a writer and preacher is best remembered as the author of the religious allegory The Pilgrim's Progress. He died in 1688 in London, England.