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Bernard Barton was a writer of poetry and hymns. His had a religious upbringing and is often referred to by literary critics as the “Quaker Poet”. He lived in various parts of the country and was employed at different times as a tutor and a bank clerk while writing poetry in his spare time. His good friend, the writer Charles Lamb, tried ...
It is believed that Dr BenJamin Tompson was the first recorded American-born poet, born into a family of zealous Puritan immigrants. He seems to have stayed close to home, in the New England area, and became a schoolmaster at various schools in and around Boston. One of his students, Cotton Mather, went on to be a famous poet as well. He ...
The American non-conformist minister, BenJamin Colman, his name sometimes recorded as Coleman, was considered to be one of the best of his generation. His efforts in this field were recognised by the University of Glasgow who, in 1731, awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. He was a skilled and thoughtful poet as well as being a revered minister. He was born ...
Blanche Edith Baughan was a naturalised New Zealand poet, occasional teacher and shepherdess and also a campaigner for penal reform and social justice for the poor and disadvantaged. She was born on the 16th January 1870 in Putney, South London, the younger of six children. She lost her father when aged only ten but grew up with a decent education, going on to gain ...
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson holds quite an esteemed place in the history of Norwegian literature, being one of the so-called “De Fire Store” (The Four Greats). He is rated equally alongside Alexander Kieland, Jonas Lie and Henrik Ibsen. He also holds the honour of being the poet who produced the words for a song that became his country’s National Anthem - Ja, vi ...
The Sanskrit writer known as Bilhana was a well-known Kashmiri poet who was most famous for a long love poem that he wrote numbering some fifty stanzas. He called it Caurapâñcâśikâ, and this became known in English as The Collection of Fifty Verses by a Love Thief. It was dedicated to a royal Princess, possibly called Princess Yaminipurnatilaka, daughter of King Madanabhirama. Legend ...
Bert Leston Taylor was an American poet and author who specialised in humorous content in both his books and magazine or newspaper columns. He was also a librettist by the age of 21 and went on to become one of the most famous columnists in the entire United States. Additionally he is generally acknowledged as one of the central figures in the Chicago ...
Bernard O'Dowd was an Australian poet who authored a number of books on poetry and the law. He worked as a journalist on several publications, including the radical newspaper called Tocsin and, at times, he was also a teacher and political activist. Over a period of 48 years he served the Melbourne Supreme Court, first as assistant-librarian and then, from 1913, as Chief ...
Charles Churchill was an 18th century English poet and satirist. As well as serving time as a minister he was also a much-feared, and respected, theatrical critic who, during his tragically short lifetime, was never afraid to voice his criticism of performances on the various London stages. He was born in February 1732 in London and was educated at Westminster School where he soon ...
Charles Cotton was a 17th century English poet who also contributed to sporting publications such as Izaak Walton’s The Compleat Angler. He also wrote a guide to different sports and games called The Compleat Gamester. He was a well-known translator and one of his most significant projects involved translating into English the work of the French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. He was born ...
