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Daniel Henry Deniehy was an Australian-born poet, journalist, lawyer and politician of Irish descent. He was a great orator and fervent campaigner in New South Wales for independence from colonial rule. He was born on the 18th August 1828 in Sydney. His parents were ex-convicts who had been transported from Ireland and who had done well from themselves since obtaining their freedom. They could ...
William Howitt was an English poet who also published books on the natural world, religion and history. His output was substantial, numbering over fifty titles on different subjects. He was born on the 18th December 1792 in the small Derbyshire town of Heanor. As his parents were Quakers they sent him to the Friends public school in Ackworth, West Yorkshire. He was a keen ...
William Hunnis was a 16th century English poet, composer of religious music and a playwright. His strong Protestant faith caused him occasional alarms at a time when religious tensions were everywhere in Europe. His skill as a musician and composer earned him a place at the Chapel Royal during the early1550s. Little is known of his origins but it is believed that he was ...
William John Macquorn Rankine was a 19th century Scottish scientist, civil engineer, mathematician and occasional poet. Despite his lofty achievements in complex disciplines such as thermodynamics he demonstrated, in poems like The Mathematician in Love and The Three Foot Rule, a genuinely witty turn of phrase. The latter was well ahead of its time, talking about the reluctance of British workers to ...
George Eliot was the pen name used by a female author whose real name was Mary Ann Evans. She wrote poetry but was more famous for classical novels that will forever have their place amongst the greats of English literature such as Middlemarch and The Mill on the Floss. She was most prolific during the mid- to late 19th century, producing seven ...
Gary Snyder, now in his 87th year, is a true American man of letters. A Pulitzer Prize winner for his poetry, he is closely associated with the Beat Generation poets and the San Francisco Renaissance of American literature. He has followed the Buddhist faith for many years, translating pieces of ancient Chinese and modern Japanese literature into English. As an ardent campaigner on ...
Adrienne Rich was an American writer who was described as "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century" Her poetry and essays were written in such a way as to confirm her radical and feminist views. It is generally acknowledged that her literary efforts were most certainly influential in raising the profile of women in ...
Edward Carpenter was an English poet and anthologist who, remarkably for his time, was a leading campaigner for the rights of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender individuals. He had many friends and acquaintances in the literary and entertainment fields, including John Ruskin, Isadora Duncan and Walt Whitman and he also corresponded with the so-called “Father of the Indian Nation” Mahatma Gandhi. Carpenter had ...
William Johnson Cory was a 19th century English poet whose most famous works were written in Latin. He was also a popular teacher at the famous Eton public school before being asked to resign in controversial circumstances after almost thirty years service. Became into the world as William Johnson on the 9th January 1823 in the Devon village of Great Torrington. He was sent ...
William Charles Wentworth was an Australian-born poet, explorer, journalist, jockey and politician who was one of those who campaigned vigorously on behalf of colonial self-government. There are doubts about his true date of birth but some reports say that he was born on the 13th August 1790 into a family with links to an old aristocratic family of Irish descent, at least on his ...
