- male, deceased (1784)
- Samuel Johnson LL.D. (13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures : a poet,...
- male, deceased (1792)
- Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 - 23 February 1792) was the most important and influential of 18th century English painters,...
- male, deceased (1768)
- Andrew Millar, British publisher. About 1729 he started business as a bookseller and publisher in the Strand, London. His own judgment in literary...
- male, deceased (1742)
- Nathan Bailey (d. June 27, 1742) was an English philologist and lexicographer. His "Dictionarium Britannicum: or a more compleat universal...
- male, deceased (1719)
- Martin Martin was a Scottish writer best known for his work "A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland" (1703). This book is particularly...
- Juvenal, an Anglicized form derived from the Latin (Decimus Iunius) Iuvenalis, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE,...
- male, deceased (1796)
- William Gerard Hamilton (January 28, 1729 - July 16, 1796), English statesman, popularly known as "Single Speech Hamilton," was born in London, the...
- male, deceased (1734)
- Sir John Floyer (March 3 1649 - February 1, 1734), English physician and author, was the third child and second son of Elizabeth Babington and...
- male, deceased (1993)
- Peter Courtney Quennell (b. March 9 1905, Bickley, Kent (now in Greater London), England - d. October 27 1993, London) was an English biographer,...
- male, deceased (1828)
- Luke Hansard (July 5, 1752 - October 29, 1828) was an English printer, born in St Mary's parish, Norwich, who gave his name to Hansard, the...
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