Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

male, 68 years old
meme, atheist, The Selfish Gene, Atheist activist, British, British atheist…Science writer, OxfordUniversity, University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Clinton Richard Dawkins (born March 26, 1941) is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer who holds the Charles...
C. S. Lewis

C. S. Lewis

male, deceased (1963)
Christian, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, philosopher, Old Malvernian, Narnia…Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, OxfordUniversity
Clive Staples Lewis, commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. Lewis is known for his work on medieval literature,...
John Wesley

John Wesley

male, deceased (1791)
English pamphlet writer, Christianity in London, English letter writer, Renewers of the church, Christian Revivalist, Christianity in Oxford…English sermon writer, Religion in Oxford, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Sermon writer, Lincoln College, Oxford
John Wesley was an eighteenth-century Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. Methodism had...
William Morris

William Morris

male, deceased (1896)
Victorian poetry, Mythopoeic writer, Communalism, socialist, graphic designer, Marxist…University of Oxford, Exeter College, Oxford, Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford, OxfordUniversity
William Morris was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement,...
W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

male, deceased (1973)
OxfordUniversity, From York, gay, Anglican, writer, Playwright…Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, LGBT writer
Wystan Hugh Auden IPA: ;, who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th...
J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

male, deceased (1973)
The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, author, writer, the silmarillion, middle-earth…fantasy writer, Traditionalist Catholic writer, Writer-illustrator, Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, Fellow of Merton College, Oxford
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English philologist, writer and university professor, best known as the au...
Michael Howard

Michael Howard

male, 86 years old
Army Officer, Recipient of the Military Cross, British Military, Military writer, Italian Campaign, Order of the British Empire…Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, OxfordUniversity
Sir Michael Eliot Howard, OM, CH, CBE, MC (born 29 November 1922) is a retired British military historian, formerly Chichele Professor of the...
Robert Burton

Robert Burton

male, deceased (1640)
OxfordUniversity, Doctor, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Non-fiction writer, Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford, Scholar…Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford, University of Oxford
Robert Burton was an English scholar and vicar at Oxford University, best known for writing "The Anatomy of Melancholy".
Michael Pollan

Michael Pollan

male, 54 years old
Judith Belzer, Stephen Pollan, Bennington College alumni, Columbia University alumni, journalism teacher, Magazine editor…University of California, Berkeley, OxfordUniversity, writer, Science writer, Columbia University
Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." His previous book, "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural...
Duns Scotus

Duns Scotus

male, deceased (1308)
Christian Hebraist, Latin writer, Medieval Latin author, Logician, Philosopher of language, Scholastic philosopher…Medieval writer, OxfordUniversity
Blessed John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 - November 8, 1308) was a theologian, philosopher, and logician. Some argue that during his tenure at Oxford, the...
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