John Donne

John Donne

male, deceased (1631)
convert to Anglicanism, from the City of London, Sonneteers, loyalist, Anglican priest, English…LiteratureinEnglish, English clergy, Member of the pre-1707 English Parliament
John Donne, 1572 – March 31, 1631) was a Jacobean poet and preacher, representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works, notable fo...
Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

male, deceased (1637)
buried at Westminster Abbey, satirical, jacobean, Renaissance, English Poets Laureate, English Renaissance dramatist…English, LiteratureinEnglish, 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...
John Webster

John Webster

male, deceased (1634)
Playwright, English Renaissance dramatist, dramatist, jacobean, the duchess of malfi, English…LiteratureinEnglish
John Webster (c. 1580 - c. 1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist, a late contemporary of William Shakespeare. His tragedies "The White Devil" and...
John Ford

John Ford

male, 423 years old
baptised, poet, publication, Middle Temple, Exeter College, Oxford, Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford…LiteratureinEnglish, English, English Renaissance dramatist
John Ford (baptised April 17, 1586 - c.1640?) was an English Jacobean and Caroline playwright and poet born in Ilsington in Devon in 1586. Ford...

John Day

male, deceased (1640)
Henry Porter, LiteratureinEnglish, ely, jacobean, elizabethan, tudor…English, English Renaissance dramatist
John Day (1574 - 1640?) was an English dramatist of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. He was born at Cawston, Norfolk, and educated at Ely. He...
John Marston

John Marston

male, deceased (1634)
poet, Playwright, satirist, jacobean, elizabethan, English…LiteratureinEnglish
John Marston was an English poet, playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Although his career as a writer lasted...
Richard Brome

Richard Brome

male, deceased (1653)
Playwright, dramatist, caroline, English, LiteratureinEnglish, Bartholomew Fair…A Fault in Friendship
Richard Brome (c. 1590? - 1653) (pronounced "Broom") was an English dramatist of the Caroline era. Virtually nothing is known about Brome's private...
William Davenant

William Davenant

male, deceased (1668)
buried at Westminster Abbey, from Oxford, English Poets Laureate, English Civil War, restoration, caroline…English, LiteratureinEnglish, English Renaissance theatre, English Interregnum
Sir William Davenant (February 28, 1606 - April 7, 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew,...

F. Sionil José

male, 85 years old
translation, LiteratureinEnglish, Philippine Literature, translated, English, University of Santo Tomas alumni
F. Sionil José or Francisco Sionil José, born December 3, 1924, is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language. His se...
Abraham Regelson

Abraham Regelson

male, deceased (1981)
hebrew, Al HaMishmar, poet, Autodidact, davar, Davar l'Yladim…LiteratureinEnglish
Abraham Regelson (1896-1981) was a Hebrew poet, author, children's author, translator, and editor. Abraham Regelson was born in Hlusk, White...