Eric Newby

Eric Newby

male, deceased (2006)
Army Officer, British, Old Pauline, English non-fiction outdoors writer, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, English…travelliterature, Travel writer
"Eric Newby" CBE MC (December 6, 1919 - October 20, 2006) was an English author of travel literature, regarded by many as one of the finest British...
Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh

male, deceased (1966)
Army Officer, British Military, Writer-illustrator, Protestant converts to Catholicism, World War II, Traditionalist Catholic writer…Travel writer, travelliterature, travel writings
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (October 28 1903 - April 10 1966) was a British writer, best known for such satirical and darkly humorous novels as...
Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft

female, deceased (1797)
Feminist, death by sepsis, historian, Women travel writer, English women writer, feminist philosopher…travelliterature, travel narrative, Travel writer
Mary Wollstonecraft (27 April 1759 - 10 September 1797) was a British writer, philosopher and feminist. During her brief career, she wrote novels,...
Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger

male, deceased (2003)
From Addis Ababa, Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford, Order of the British Empire, Explorer of Asia, Old Etonian, addis ababa…Travel writer, travelliterature
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, KBE, DSO, (3 June, 1910 - August 24, 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer born in Addis Ababa, the capital...
Robert Byron

Robert Byron

male, deceased (1941)
All These I Learnt, travelliterature, Merton College, Oxford, travelogue, Alumni of Merton College, Oxford, The Waste Land…Travel writer
Robert Byron (1905-1941) was a British travel writer, best known for his travelogue "The Road to Oxiana". Byron was born in 1905, and educated at...
William Least Heat-Moon

William Least Heat-Moon

male, 69 years old
University of Missouri–Columbia faculty, historian, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, William Trogdon, travelliterature, Missouri writer…Travel writer
William Least Heat-Moon, byname of William Trogdon (born 1940) is an American travel writer of English, Irish and Osage Nation ancestry.
Patrick Leigh Fermor

Patrick Leigh Fermor

male, 94 years old
Old King's Scholar, Distinguished Service Order, British Military, Army Officer, dso, British…travelliterature, Travel writer
Sir Patrick 'Paddy' Michael Leigh Fermor DSO (born 11 February 1915, London) is a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role...
Richard Hakluyt

Richard Hakluyt

male, deceased (1616)
British, Non-fiction writer, English, From Herefordshire, travelliterature, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552 - November 23, 1616) was an English writer, famous for his "Voyages". It provided William Shakespeare and others with...
Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder

male, 79 years old
Buddhist, beat poet, industrial worker of the world, poet, environmentalism, travelliterature…travel-journals and essays
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), essayist, lecturer, and environmental...

Tom Miller

male
Tucson, underground, anti-war press, underground press, Blue Ridge Mountains, Trading With The Enemy, travelliterature…Travel writer
Tom Miller is an author primarily known for travel literature. His major works include "The Panama Hat Trail", "On the Border", and "Trading With...