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Also Known As Richard Aungerville
Born 1287 • Bury Saint Edmunds • England
Died 1345 (aged 58) • England
Notable Works “The Love of Books”
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George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne
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Richard Flecknoe
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John Davies, detail of an engraving, 1631
John Davies
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Mary Somerville.
Mary Somerville
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Child, Francis J.
Francis J. Child
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Michael Morpurgo
British author
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Sidney Colvin
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Juliana Ewing
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William Shakespeare
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Engraved portrait of John Milton by Jacob Houbraken, showing Milton with shoulder-length hair, a lace collar, and period clothing, facing forward in an oval frame.
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British prime minister Winston Churchill
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Charles Dickens
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Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
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William Blake
William Blake
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Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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