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(1079 – 1142),philosopher, theologian, and logician
Earliest work:Collationes(c.1127–32)
Latest work:Ethics(c.1139–40)
(1672 – 1719),writer and politician
Earliest work:To Jacob Tonson, the elder (12 February 1695)(1695)
Latest work:To John Grigsby (8 June 1719)(1719)
, Abbot of Iona
(?AD 627/8 – 704),abbot of Iona and writer
Earliest work:Life of Columba(c.AD 688–704)
Latest work:Life of Columba(c.AD 688–704)
(525/4 – 456/5 BC),tragic dramatist
Earliest work:The Persians(472 BC)
Latest work:The Libation Bearers(458 BC)
(fl. c.1100),historian
Earliest work:Historia Ierosolimitana: History of the Journey to Jerusalem(c.1119–30)
Latest work:Historia Ierosolimitana: History of the Journey to Jerusalem(c.1119–30)
, Bishop of Regensburg
(c.1200 – 1280),theologian
Earliest work:Unknown(c.1250–1280)
Latest work:Unknown(c.1250–1280)
(c.AD 740 – 804),abbot of St Martin's, Tours, and royal adviser
Earliest work:The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York(c.AD 781–793)
Latest work:The Bishops, Kings, and Saints of York(c.AD 781–793)
(1555 – 1626),bishop of Winchester
Earliest work:A Sermon preached at the spittle by M[aster] Andrewes the Wednesday in Easter week. April. 10. 1588(1588)
Latest work:XIII. A Sermon Preached at White-hall, on Easter day the 16. of April. 1620(1620)
, Archbishop of Canterbury
(c.1033 – 1109),abbot of Bec and archbishop of Canterbury
Earliest work:To Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (c. September)(1070)
Latest work:To Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury (May or June)(1089)
(bap.1667 – d.1735),physician and satirist
Earliest work:I. Law Is a Bottomless-Pit(1712)
Latest work:To Jonathan Swift (4 October)(1734)
(1822 – 1888),poet, writer, and inspector of schools
Earliest work:To Arthur Hugh Clough (28 March)(1845)
Latest work:To John Henry Newman (10 January)(1876)
(1617 – 1692),astrologer and antiquary
Earliest work:Ashmole's Autobiographical and Historical Notes His Correspondence and Other Contemporary Sources Relating to His Life and Work(1692)
Latest work:Ashmole's Autobiographical and Historical Notes His Correspondence and Other Contemporary Sources Relating to His Life and Work(1692)
(c.AD 125 – after 180),author and grammarian
Earliest work:Noctes Atticae(AD 140–180)
Latest work:Noctes Atticae(AD 140–180)
, Viscount St Alban
(1561 – 1626),lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher
Earliest work:Letter of advice to the queen(1584)
Latest work:To Elizabeth Stuart (16 September)(1625)
(c.1214 – 1292),philosopher and Franciscan friar
Earliest work:Unknown(1255–65)
Latest work:Unknown(1255–65)
(1743 – 1825),poet and essayist
Earliest work:To Mrs Priestley, on her Leaving Warrington(1767)
Latest work:Unknown(1824–5)
(1801 – 1886),poet and philologist
Earliest work:Eclogue: The Common A-Took In(1834)
Latest work:The Geäte A-Vallèn To(1886)
(1860 – 1937),playwright and novelist
Earliest work:The Admirable Crichton(1902)
Latest work:Mary Rose(1920)
(1713 – 1780),philosopher
Earliest work:The Fine Arts Reduced to a Single Principle(1746)
Latest work:The Fine Arts Reduced to a Single Principle(1746)
(1615 – 1691),ejected minister and religious writer
Earliest work:To Benjamin Cox (4 July)(1644)
Latest work:To Stephen Lobb (post 4 September)(1691)
, Archbishop of Canterbury
(1120 – 1170),Archbishop of Canterbury
Earliest work:To Bishop Henry of Winchester(mid-1162–late 1163)
Latest work:To Bishop William of Norwich, early December(1170)
(AD 673/4 – 735),monk, historian, and theologian
Earliest work:Historia Abbatum: History of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow(AD 716)
Latest work:To Bishop Ecgbert (5 November)(AD 734)
(1748 – 1832),philosopher, jurist, and reformer
Earliest work:To Rebecca Bentham (3 January)(1752)
Latest work:Deontology(1831)
(c.1592 – 1645),landowner and farmer
Earliest work:The Farming Book(1645)
Latest work:Will of Henry Best(1645)
(1842 – ?1914),author and journalist
Earliest work:Basilica(1867)
Latest work:The Passing of Satire(1912)
(1723 – 1780),legal writer and judge
Earliest work:Book I: Of The Rights of Persons(1765)
Latest work:Book IV: Of Public Wrongs(1769)
(1757 – 1827),engraver, artist, and poet
Earliest work:Song ("How sweet I roam'd from field to field")(1772)
Latest work:To John Linnell (3 July)(1827)
(c.AD 480 – 524),statesman and philosopher
Earliest work:De Consolatione Philosophiae: The Consolation of Philosophy(c.AD 524)
Latest work:De Consolatione Philosophiae: The Consolation of Philosophy(c.AD 524)
(1781 – 1848),moral philosopher and epistemologist
Earliest work:Theory of Science(1830)
Latest work:Theory of Science(1830)
(1720 – 1793),Naturalist and philosophical writer
Earliest work:Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul(1760)
Latest work:Analytical Essay on the Faculties of the Soul(1760)
(1740 – 1795),lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson
Earliest work:To Temple, (?October)(1756)
Latest work:To Gibb (27 March)(1795)
(d. in or before 1651),poet
Earliest work:Arcadius and Sepha(1626)
Latest work:Hinc Lachrimae, Or the Author to Aurora(1627)
(1627 – 1691),natural philosopher
Earliest work:Boyle to Richard Boyle, First Earl of Cork 18 February 1636(1636)
Latest work:The General History of the Air(1691)
(1683 – 1737),queen of Great Britain and Ireland, electress of Hanover, and consort of George II
Earliest work:Letter to Leibniz (7 June 1714)(1714)
Latest work:Letter to Leibniz (4 November 1716)(1716)
(1533 – 1642),a detailed play-by-play catalogue of drama written by English, Welsh, Irish, and Scottish authors, authored by Martin Wiggins in association with Catherine Richardson
Earliest work:1: The Play of Good Order(1533)
Latest work:2560: Masque for the Earl of Newcastle(1636)
(1820 – 1849),novelist and poet
Earliest work:Diary Paper 30 July(1841)
Latest work:To Ellen Nussey, 5 April(1849)
(1817 – 1848),writer and painter
Earliest work:Real Life in Verdopolis: A Tale(1833)
Latest work:To John Brown [?late August](1848)
(1816 – 1855),novelist
Earliest work:To the Revd Patrick Brontë, 23 September(1829)
Latest work:To Ellen Nussey, [?early March](1855)
