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Born April 22, 1816 • Nottingham • England
Died September 6, 1902 (aged 86) • Nottingham • England
Notable Works “Festus”
Portrait of poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
British poet and critic
T.S. Eliot stands at a chalkboard, writing a diagram with letters and Greek symbols representing characters for a play, in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study.
T.S. Eliot
American-English poet, playwright, and literary critic
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Peter Redgrove
English poet, novelist, and playwright
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author
William Gifford, detail of an oil painting by John Hoppner (1758–1810); in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Gifford
British editor and scholar
Alice Meynell, c. 1890.
Alice Meynell
British author
Austin, Alfred
Alfred Austin
British poet
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Irish poet
Leigh Hunt, detail of a watercolour and gouache on ivory by Margaret Gillies, 1838–46; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Leigh Hunt
British author
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John Pepper Clark
Nigerian author
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Kofi Awoonor
Ghanaian author
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley
British writer
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Dom Moraes
Indian writer
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Anthony Munday
English poet, dramatist, pamphleteer, and translator
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George Woodcock
Canadian writer
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John Lehmann
British poet
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A.J.M. Smith
Canadian poet and anthologist
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Earle Birney
Canadian writer and educator
Shenstone, detail of an oil painting by E. Alcock, 1750; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Shenstone
English connoisseur
Sir Edwin Arnold, pencil drawing by A.-P. Cole, 1903; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Edwin Arnold
British author

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