Christopher Marlowe

Christopher Marlowe

male, deceased (1593)
Christopher "Kit" Marlowe was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. The foremost Elizabethan tragedian before William...

Robert Blair

male, deceased (1746)
Robert Blair (1699 - February 4, 1746) was a Scottish poet. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Robert Blair, one of the king's chaplains, and was...

Robert Francis

male, deceased (1987)
Robert Francis (1901-1987) was an American poet who lived much of his life in Amherst, Massachusetts. Francis won the Shelley Memorial Award in...

John Philips

male, deceased (1709)
John Philips. Born in Brampton, Oxfordshire, he was a poet, son of an archdeacon of Salop, and educated at Oxford. His "Splendid Shilling", a...
Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

male, deceased (1849)
Thomas Lovell Beddoes was an English poet and dramatist. Born in Clifton, Somerset, England, he was the son of Dr. Thomas Beddoes, a friend of...
John Davidson

John Davidson

male, deceased (1909)
John Davidson, Scottish poet and playwright, best known for his ballads. He was born at Barrhead, East Renfrewshire as the son of a Dissenting...
Nathaniel Lee

Nathaniel Lee

male, deceased (1692)
Nathaniel Lee (c. 1653 - May 6, 1692), was an English dramatist. He was the son of Dr Richard Lee, a Presbyterian clergyman who was rector of...
Alessandro Manzoni

Alessandro Manzoni

male, deceased (1873)
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (March 7, 1785-May 22, 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist
James Grahame

James Grahame

male, deceased (1811)
James Grahame (April 22, 1765 - September 14, 1811) was a Scottish poet. He was born in Glasgow, the son of a successful lawyer. After completing...
Giovanni Rucellai

Giovanni Rucellai

male, deceased (1525)
Giovanni Rucellai (1475-1525) was an Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and man of letters. He was also an important figure in the fields of...