M. R. James

M. R. James

male, deceased (1936)
Montague Rhodes James, OM (August 1, 1862-June 12, 1936), who published under the byline M. R. James, was a noted British mediaeval scholar and...

Peter Of Spain

male
Peter of Spain or, in Latin, Petrus Hispanus (13th century) is the Mediaeval author of "Tractatus", a standard textbook on logic, and often...
Michael Scot

Michael Scot

male, deceased (1232)
Michael Scot (1175 - ?1232) was a medieval mathematician and scholar.
William Burges

William Burges

male, deceased (1881)
William Burges (2 December, 1827-20 April, 1881) was an English architect and designer. The greatest of the Victorian art-architects, Burges sought...

Abhinavagupta

male
Abhinavagupta (fl. c. 975 - 1025) was one of India's great literary critics and philosophers. He was born in Kashmir and he wrote on Shaivism,...
Jessie Weston

Jessie Weston

female, deceased (1928)
Jessie Laidlay Weston (1850-1928) was an independent scholar and folklorist, working mainly on mediaeval Arthurian texts. Her best-known work is...

Margaret Frazer

female
Margaret Frazer is a pen name of a duo historical novelists known for their series of mediaeval mysteries featuring the Benedictine nun Dame...
Rudolf von Ems

Rudolf von Ems

male, deceased (1254)
Rudolf von Ems (c. 1200 - 1254) was a mediaeval German epic poet.
Charles Eamer Kempe

Charles Eamer Kempe

male, deceased (1907)
Charles Eamer Kempe (June 29 1837 - April 29 1907) was a well-known Victorian stained glass designer. He studied for the priesthood at Pembroke...
Ioan P. Culianu

Ioan P. Culianu

male, deceased (1991)
Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano (January 5 1950-May 21 1991) was a Romanian historian of religion, culture, ideas, philosopher, political essayist,...