| | | John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 - August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in the... | | William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American novelist and poet whose works feature his native state of Mississippi. He is regarded as one of the most... | | Philo (20 BC - 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judaeus And as Yedidia, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in... | | Rex Warner (March 9 1905 - June 24 1986) was an English classicist, writer and translator. He is now probably best remembered for "The Aerodrome"... | | Sebastian Brant (also Brandt) (1457 - May 10, 1521), German humanist and satirist, was born in Strasbourg. He studied at Basel, took the degree of... | | Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a pagan writer of Late Antiquity, the founder of the "trivium" and "quadrivium" categories that structured... | | Sebastian Vrancx (also written as Sebastiaan or Sebastiaen) (22 January 1573 - 19 May 1647) was a Flemish painter and etcher of the Antwerp school... | | Alain de Lille (or Alanus ab Insulis) (c. 1128 - 1202), French theologian and poet, was born, probably in Lille, some years before 1128. Little is... | | Hannah Hurnard (1905-1990) is a twentieth century Christian author, best known for her allegory "Hinds' Feet on High Places". Hurnard was born in... | | Thomas Usk (died March 4, 1388) was appointed the under-sheriff of London by Richard II in 1387. Born in London, he is the author of "The Testament... | |