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(1630 – 1687),poet and translator
Earliest work:An Elegy upon the Death of Henry, Lord Hastings(1649)
Latest work:The Idea(1687)
(1731 – 1800),poet and letter-writer
Earliest work:Verses Written at Bath, in 1748, on Finding the Heel of a Shoe(1748)
Latest work:Papilio et Limax(1800)
(1754 – 1832),poet and Church of England clergyman
Earliest work:Juvenilia, 1772-1775(1772)
Latest work:To George Crabbe, Junior (7 January)(1832)
(1612/3 – 1648),poet
Earliest work:In faciem Augustiss. Regis à morbillis integram.(1632)
Latest work:Epithalamium(1635)
, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland
(1599 – 1658),English statesman, politician and soldier
Earliest work:Letter to Henry Downhall(1626)
Latest work:Final prayer of Oliver Cromwell(1658)
, first Earl of Essex
(c.1485 – 1540),royal minister
Earliest work:To John Creke (17 August)(1523)
Latest work:To the Lords of the Council (24 July)(1540)
(bap.1735 – d.1813),agriculturist
Earliest work:Journal(1765)
Latest work:19. Wentbridge 6th January 1785(1785)
(fl. ?1st century AD),historian
Earliest work:Histories of Alexander the Great(AD 20–120)
Latest work:Histories of Alexander the Great(AD 20–120)
(c.1616 – 1687),writer on language
Earliest work:The Universal Character(1657)
Latest work:Didascalocophus or The Deaf and Dumb Man's Tutor(1680)
(1809 – 1882),naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection
Earliest work:Diary of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle(1836)
Latest work:Autobiography(1882)
(1606 – 1668),poet, playwright, and theatre manager
Earliest work:The Fable of the Potts(1629)
Latest work:Ladies, who fine as Fivepence are(1668)
(1857 – 1909),schoolteacher and writer
Earliest work:Ayrshire Jock(c.1880)
Latest work:Cain's Final Blessing [from Cain](1909)
(c.1569 – 1626),lawyer and poet
Earliest work:Sonnet 1(1591)
Latest work:On the Name of Charolus, Being the Diminative of Charus(1625)
(1778 – 1829),chemist and inventor
Earliest work:To Cornelius Cardew(1793)
Latest work:To Lavinio de Medici Spada (27 April)(1829)
(1785 – 1859),essayist
Earliest work:Juvenilia(1799–1800)
Latest work:Appendix [to ‘Lord Carlisle on Pope’](1859)
(1660 – 1731),writer and businessman
Earliest work:To Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham(1703)
Latest work:To Henry Baker(1730)
(c.1572 – 1632),playwright and pamphleteer
Earliest work:The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment of King James(1603)
Latest work:The Sun's Darling(1624)
(d. in or before 1600),silkweaver and writer
Earliest work:A Declaration made by the Archbishop of Collen upon the Deed of his Marriage(1583)
Latest work:The Gentle Craft(1597–8)
(1812 – 1870),novelist
Earliest work:To Master John Tribe and Miss Tribe(1821)
Latest work:To Messrs Pulvermacher Corp(1870)
, Earl of Beaconsfield
(1804 – 1881),prime minister and novelist
Earliest work:Lothair(1870)
Latest work:Lothair(1870)
(1572 – 1631),poet and Church of England clergyman
Earliest work:Paradoxes(1592)
Latest work:Letter To Mrs. Cokayne. 15 January(1631)
(1631 – 1700),poet, playwright, and critic
Earliest work:Upon the death of the Lord Hastings(1649)
Latest work:Fables Ancient and Modern; Translated into Verse, from Homer, Ovid, Boccace and Chaucer(1700)
(1460 – 1513),poet and courtier
Earliest work:The Golden Targe(1508)
Latest work:To the Merchantis of Edinburgh(1622)
(b. c.1060 – d. in or after 1126),Benedictine monk and historian
Earliest work:Vita Sancti Odonis: The Life of St Oda(c.1089–93)
Latest work:Vita et Miracula Sancti Oswaldi: The Life and Miracles of St Oswald(c.1113–6)
(1768 – 1849),novelist and educationist
Earliest work:Maria Edgeworth to Sophy Ruxton (15 Oct)(1802)
Latest work:To Mrs. Edgeworth (8 April)(1844)
(1803 – 1882),lecturer and author
Earliest work:The Genius and National Character of the Anglo-Saxon Race(1843)
Latest work:The Rule of Life(1867)
(c.1467 – 1536),humanist scholar and reformer
Earliest work:To Peter Winckel(1484)
Latest work:To Conrad Goclenius (28 June)(1536)
(c.485 – 406 BC),tragic dramatist
Earliest work:Alcestis(438 BC)
Latest work:Iphigenia at Aulis(406 BC)
(1568 – 1632/5),translator
Earliest work:Godfrey of Bulloigne(1600)
Latest work:Fairfax's Original Poems(1600)
, first baronet
(1608 – 1666),diplomat and translator
Earliest work:Poems from Il Pastor Fido(1648)
Latest work:[7. To Lady Fanshawe] Merida Sunday 28 of February(1666)
(1676/7 – 1707),playwright
Earliest work:On the Death of General Schomberg kill’d at the Boyn.(1694)
Latest work:The Beaux Stratagem(1707)
(1762 – 1814),philosopher
Earliest work:I. Philosophy [Monday, February 24](1794)
Latest work:Outline of what is Distinctive of the Wissenschaftslehre with regard to the Theoretical Power(1795)
(1707 – 1754),author and magistrate
Earliest work:To Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (September)(1727)
Latest work:To John Fielding (20 September)(1754)
(1710 – 1768),novelist
Earliest work:78. To Samuel Richardson [Duke Street]. 8 Jan. 1748/9(1749)
Latest work:110. To Mrs Elizabeth Montagu 22 Aug. 1767(1767)
, Countess of Winchilsea
(1661 – 1720),poet
Earliest work:An Apology for my fearful temper in a letter in Burlesque upon the firing of my chimney at Wye College(1702)
Latest work:To His Excellency the Lord Cartret at Stockholm(1720)
, Bishop of Rochester
(c.1469 – 1535),bishop of Rochester, cardinal, and martyr
Earliest work:Treatise on the Penitential Psalms(1507–8)
Latest work:Against the Pernicious Doctrine of Martin Luther(1521)
(1793 – 1873),playwright and writer
Earliest work:The Inchcape Bell(1828)
Latest work:The Inchcape Bell(1828)
(1635 – 1688),miniature painter and man of letters
Earliest work:Upon a Chine of Beef(1655)
Latest work:Lines to Archbishop Sancroft(1688)
(1579 – 1625),playwright
Earliest work:Henry VIII, or All Is True(1613)
Latest work:The Two Noble Kinsmen(1613)
(bap.1586 – d.1639),playwright
Earliest work:John Forde in commendation of his very good friend the Author(1606)
Latest work:On the best of English Poets, Ben: Jonson, Deceased(1638)
(1854 – 1941),social anthropologist and classical scholar
Earliest work:To J. M. Image, October 1875 Trinity College, Cambridge(1875)
Latest work:To J. J. Thomson, 2 May 1931 Albemarle Club, London(1931)
, Bishop of Chartres
(d.1028),bishop of Chartres and teacher
Earliest work:To Abbot Abbo of Fleury, 2 February–11 July(1004)
Latest work:To Bishop Reginardus of Liège(late 1027–early 1028)
