William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth

male, deceased (1850)
Sonneteers, English, From Cumberland, Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge, Lyrical Ballads, Romantic Age…EnglishPoetsLaureate, poet laureate, english literature
William Wordsworth was a major English romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic Age in English literature with...
John Dryden

John Dryden

male, deceased (1700)
buried at Westminster Abbey, Literary dunce, Translator, Fellow of the Royal Society, writer, Playwright…EnglishPoetsLaureate, English, English Restoration
John Dryden (August 19 {August 9 O.S.1631 – May 12 {May 1 O.S.}, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and pl...
Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

male, deceased (1400)
from the City of London, buried at Westminster Abbey, author, bureaucracy, English, Civil Servant…Middle English, Middle English poet, english poetry, english literature, EnglishPoetsLaureate
Geoffrey Chaucer -- courtier, diplomat, and poet -- is arguably one of the most important figures in English literature. His philosophically...
Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

male, deceased (1637)
buried at Westminster Abbey, satirical, jacobean, Renaissance, EnglishPoetsLaureate, English Renaissance dramatist…English, Literature in English, English Renaissance
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he...
Robert Southey

Robert Southey

male, deceased (1843)
horatio nelson, romantic, poet laureate, EnglishPoetsLaureate, romantic poetry, poet…English
Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 - March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate....
John Betjeman

John Betjeman

male, deceased (1984)
Old Cholmeleian, Private Eye contributor, Parkinson's disease, Hampstead, From HAMPSTEAD, From wantage…EnglishPoetsLaureate, English, poet laureate
Sir John Betjeman CBE (28 August, 1906 - 19 May, 1984) was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in "Who's Who" as a "poet...
Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes

male, deceased (1998)
poet, Member of the Order of Merit, Guardian award winner, feminism, British, poet laureate…EnglishPoetsLaureate, English
Edward James Hughes OM (17 August 1930 - 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer, known as Ted Hughes. Critics routinely rank...
John Skelton

John Skelton

male, deceased (1529)
Armathwaite, Aeneid, henry vii, cumberland, leuven, University of Cambridge…English, EnglishPoetsLaureate
John Skelton (c. 1460 - June 21, 1529), English poet, is variously asserted to have been born in Armathwaite, Cumberland, or to have been a native...
Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion

male, 57 years old
FRSL, Royal Society of Literature, Academic of Royal Holloway, University of London, Royal Holloway, University of London, Alumni of University College, Oxford, University College, Oxford…poet laureate, EnglishPoetsLaureate, English
Andrew Motion, FRSL, (born October 26, 1952) is an English poet, novelist and biographer who is the current Poet Laureate. His poems are known for...
Alfred Austin

Alfred Austin

male, deceased (1913)
poet, Alumni of the University of London, EnglishPoetsLaureate, Old Stonyhurst, tennyson, English
Alfred Austin (May 3, 1835 - June 2 1913) was an English poet, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1896 upon the death of Tennyson.