John Sterling

male, deceased (1844)
John Sterling, was a British author. He was born at Kames Castle on the Isle of Bute. He belonged to a family of Scottish origin which had settled...
Charles Wentworth Dilke

Charles Wentworth Dilke

male, deceased (1864)
Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864), English liberal critic and writer on literature, served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office, on retiring...
Frederick Maurice

Frederick Maurice

male, deceased (1872)
John Frederick Denison Maurice (August 29, 1805 - April 1, 1872) was an English theologian and socialist. He was born at Normanston, Suffolk, the...
Theodore Watts-Dunton

Theodore Watts-Dunton

male, deceased (1914)
Theodore Watts-Dunton (October 12 1832 - June 6 1914) was an English critic and poet. He is now best remembered as the friend and minder of...
Frederic George Stephens

Frederic George Stephens

male, deceased (1907)
Frederic George Stephens was one of the two 'non-artistic' members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and an art critic. Stephens was born to...
George Darley

George Darley

male, deceased (1846)
George Darley (1795 - 1846) was an Irish poet, novelist, and critic. He was born in Dublin, and educated at Trinity College. Having decided to...
Geraldine Jewsbury

Geraldine Jewsbury

female, deceased (1880)
Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury, (22 August, 1812 - 23 September, 1880) was an English literary critic and author.
William Hepworth Dixon

William Hepworth Dixon

male, deceased (1879)
William Hepworth Dixon (1821 - 1879), historian and traveller, born near Manchester, went to London in 1846, and became connected with "The Daily...
John Doran

John Doran

male, deceased (1878)
John Doran (1807 - 1878), miscellaneous writer of Irish parentage, wrote a number of works dealing with the lighter phases of manners, antiquities,...
William Thoms

William Thoms

male, deceased (1885)
William John Thoms (1803 - 1885) is a British writer credited with coining the term "folklore" in the 1840s. Thoms's investigation of folklore and...