This document provides biographical information about Edmund Spenser and summarizes his epic poem "The Faery Queen." It notes that Spenser was born in 1552 in London and published "The Shepherd's Calender" in 1579. His most famous work, "The Faery Queen," was published in 1590 and was intended to teach virtue. The poem uses an allegory of knights representing different virtues and was written in Spenserian stanzas, though Spenser only completed six of the planned 24 books.