Sir Philip Sidney | The Poetry Foundation

sair sidneySir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an English poet, scholar, soldier, and courtier, one of the most prominent fures at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603).Sir Philip Sidney was an Elizabethan courtier, statesman, soldier, poet, and patron of scholars and poets, considered the ideal gentleman of his day. After Shakespeare’s sonnets, Sidney’s