George Herbert

George Herbert

male, deceased (1633)
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 - March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Being born into an artistic and wealthy family, he received a...
Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson

male, 56 years old
Peter Robinson (born 18 February 1953) is a British poet born in Salford, Lancashire. With the exception of five years, he grew up in Liverpool. He...
James Boyd

James Boyd

male, deceased (1944)
James Boyd, the son of a wealthy coal and oil family in Pennsylvania, was an American novelist. Boyd's parents, John Yeomans Boyd and Eleanor...
Thomas May

Thomas May

male, deceased (1650)
Thomas May was a poet and historian. May was born in Mayfield, the son of Sir Thomas May. He went to Cambridge, and then to Gray's Inn, but...
Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray

male, deceased (1771)
Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771), was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of Cambridge University. He was born in...

Thomas Wyatt

male, deceased (1542)
Sir Thomas Wyatt was born at Allington Castle, near Maidstone in Kent, though his family was originally from Yorkshire. His father, Henry Wyatt,...
Charles Williams

Charles Williams

male, deceased (1945)
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, was a British poet, novelist, theologian, and literary critic.
Robert Greene

Robert Greene

male, deceased (1592)
Robert Greene, BA, MA, (1558 – September 3, 1592) was an English playwright, poet, pamphleteer, and prose writer. He was born in Norwich, En...
Siegfried Sassoon

Siegfried Sassoon

male, deceased (1967) (Houston, Texas, United States)
Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC (8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical...
John Skelton

John Skelton

male, deceased (1529)
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...
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