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Anna Laetitia Barbauld. William Battine. Peter Bayley (poet) Edward Baynard (physician) Benvenida Cohen Belmonte. Elizabeth Bentley (writer) John Berriman. Mary Matilda Betham. Margaret Bingham.
Poet. William Cowper (/ ˈkuːpər / KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 (Julian) [2] / 26 November 1731 (Gregorian) – 14 April 1800 (Julian) [2] / 25 April 1800 (Gregorian)) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and ...
William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850) was an English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semi-autobiographical poem of his early years that ...
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. [ 1 ] – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An exponent of Augustan literature, [ 2 ] Pope is best known for his satirical and discursive poetry including The Rape of the Lock ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 October 2024. English poet and artist (1757–1827) For other people named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation). William Blake Portrait by Thomas Phillips (1807) Born (1757-11-28) 28 November 1757 Soho, London, England Died 12 August 1827 (1827-08-12) (aged 69) Charing Cross, London ...
George Crabbe (/ kræb / KRAB; [1] 24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet, surgeon and clergyman. He is best known for his early use of the realistic narrative form and his descriptions of middle and working-class life and people. In the 1770s, Crabbe began his career as a doctor's apprentice, later becoming a surgeon.
Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most ...
Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. 18th-century English poets (181 P) 18th-century Irish poets (47 P) 18th-century Scottish poets (50 P) 18th-century Welsh poets (27 P)