Alfred The Great

Alfred The Great

male, deceased (899)
Alfred (also "Ælfred" from the Old English: "Ælfrēd" //) (c. 849 - 26 October 899) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871...
J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

male, deceased (1973)
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English philologist, writer and university professor, best known as the au...
Cynewulf

Cynewulf

male
Cynewulf is one of twelve Anglo-Saxon poets that are known by name today, and one of four whose work survives today. He is famous for his religious...
Tom Shippey

Tom Shippey

male, 66 years old
Thomas Alan Shippey (born September 9, 1943) is a scholar of medieval literature, including Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science...
Nennius

Nennius

1209 years old
Nennius, or Nemnivus, is either of two shadowy personages traditionally associated with the history of Wales. The better known of the two is...
Henry Sweet

Henry Sweet

male, deceased (1912)
Henry Sweet (1845-1912) was a philologist, and is also considered to be an early linguist. He specialized in the Germanic languages, particularly...

Byrhtnoth

male, deceased (991)
Byrhtnoth ("Byrhtnoþ", also spelled "Byrhtnoð", "Byrihtnoð", "Brihtnoþ", "Beorhtnoþ", "Beorhtnoð", "Baeorhtnoð") was a 10th century Ealdorm...
Edwin Morgan

Edwin Morgan

male, 89 years old
Professor Edwin Morgan OBE (born April 27, 1920) is a Scottish poet and translator who is associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely...
Hereward The Wake

Hereward The Wake

male, 974 years old
Hereward the Wake, known in his own times as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an 11th century leader in the Kingdom of England who...
Bill Griffiths

Bill Griffiths

male, 61 years old
Bill Griffiths (born 1948) is a poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar associated with the British Poetry Revival. Griffiths was born in Middlesex. As a...