To Kit

male, 51 years old
journalist, Alumni of the University of Warwick, columnist, poetical, Chip Tsao, humour
To Kit (August 17, 1958 -)is the pseudonym of Chip Tsao, a Hong Kong-based columnist-broadcaster. As a broadcaster, he is famous for his wry sense...

Karmel Kandreva

male, deceased (1982)
poet, writer, Italian, calabria, Arbëreshë, poetical
Karmel Kandreva was a Arberesh writer. He was born in Saint Japel in Calabria, Italy. Among his published works is a study "Didactic test in a...
George Moses Horton

George Moses Horton

male, deceased (1883)
American, chatham county, The Hope of Liberty, slavery, Naked Genius, African-American…Poetical Works
George Moses Horton (1797?-1883?) was an African-American slave who composed poetry. He was born into slavery on a tobacco farm in rural Chatham...
Henry Kirke White

Henry Kirke White

male, deceased (1806)
poet, lord byron, nottingham, English, remains, St John's College, Cambridge…Poetical Works
Henry Kirke White (March 21, 1785 - October 19, 1806) was an English poet. He was born at Nottingham, the son of a butcher, a trade for which he...
Adolphus William Ward

Adolphus William Ward

male, deceased (1924)
Oxford University, Hampstead, Thirty Years' War, University of Cambridge, English, hanover…Poetical Works
Adolphus William Ward was an English historian and man of letters. He was born at Hampstead, London, and was educated in Germany and at the...
Christopher Anstey

Christopher Anstey

male, deceased (1805)
poet, eton college, Old Etonian, bath, brinkley, cambridgeshire…Poetical Works
Christopher Anstey (October 31, 1724 - August 3, 1805) was an English writer and poet. Anstey was the son of a wealthy clergyman the rector of...

Robert Blair

male, deceased (1746)
poet, Scottish, university of edinburgh, blank verse, East Lothian, From Edinburgh…Poetical Works
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...

Anna Seward

female, deceased (1809)
English women writer, Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Women poet, The Female Advocate, Women writer, From Derbyshire…Poetical Works
Anna Seward (December 12, 1747 - March 25, 1809) was an English writer, often called the "Swan of Lichfield." Seward was the elder daughter of...

John Scott Of Amwell

male, deceased (1783)
Amwell, Hertfordshire, Amwell, John Scott, Poetical Works, Scott of Amwell, Religious Society of Friends
John Scott, known as Scott of Amwell, was a wealthy Quaker who lived at Amwell in Hertfordshire, England. He is now remembered mainly for his...
Giraut de Bornelh

Giraut de Bornelh

male, deceased (1215)
troubadour, Guiraut de Bornelh, Medieval composer, poet, limoges, tenso…poetical debate
Giraut de Bornelh, also known as Guiraut de Bornelh and Giraut de Borneil (c. 1138 - 1215) was a troubadour, born to a lower class family in the...