Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy

male, deceased (1928)
the 1960s Movement, buried at Westminster Abbey, Victorian poetry, The Movement, Order of Merit, FromDorset
Thomas Hardy, OM was an English novelist, short story writer, and poet of the naturalist movement. The bulk of his work, set mainly in the...
William Barnes

William Barnes

male, deceased (1886)
poet, writer, Philologist, English clergy, English, FromDorset…Dorset dialect
William Barnes (22nd February 1801 - 7th October 1886) was an English writer, poet, minister, and philologist. He wrote over 800 poems, some in...
Pj Harvey

Pj Harvey

female, 40 years old
musician, FromDorset, From Somerset, English, alternative musician, British
Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist under the name PJ Harvey, but she...
John Adams

John Adams

male, deceased (1586)
executed under the Tudors, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era, Tudor clergy, Tyburn, London, Rye, East Sussex, executed by hanging, drawing and quartering…dorset, FromDorset
John Adams was a Catholic priest and martyr. He was born at Winterbourne St Martin in Dorset at an unknown date (c. 1543?) and became a Protestant...

Richard Gale

male, deceased (1931)
Australian politician, dorset, shanghai, politician, English, FromDorset
Richard Gale was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1874 to 1878. He was born on Worlay Farm in Dorset, England. His...

Michael Griffiths

male, 25 years old
UK Conservative Party politician, Dorset Conservative Future, Bournemouth Borough Council, FromDorset, From Bournemouth, Politics of Dorset
Michael Ian Griffiths (born in Bournemouth on 23rd July 1984) is a British politician. He is a Conservative standing in the May 2007 Bournemouth...
John Morton

John Morton

male, deceased (1500)
Roman Catholic bishop, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Tudor dynasty, University of Oxford, Tudor clergy, Historical figures portrayed by Shakespeare…dorset, FromDorset
John Morton (c. 1420 - September 15, 1500) was an English cleric. Born in Dorset, he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. In February 1477, he...

William Sprague

male, deceased (1675)
Salem, revolutionary war, plymouth, FromDorset, Dorset, England, Massachusetts colonial
William Sprague left England on the ship Lyon's Whelp for Plymouth/Salem Massachusetts. He was originally from Upwey, Dorset, England. Along with...

Joseph Kellaway

male, deceased (1880)
British, Royal Navy sailor, Crimean War Victoria Cross recipient, English, FromDorset, Victoria Cross
Joseph Kellaway was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that...
Devina Symes

Devina Symes

female, 57 years old
English women writer, Women poet, Lord Bath, Lulworth Cove, Hayley Savage, Wessex Society…FromDorset, dorset
Devina Symes is a poet, born in 1952 at Lulworth Cove in the English county of Dorset. She has been writing poetry in the Dorset dialect since the...