Sir William Alexander, also known as the 1st Earl of Stirling, was a Scottish poet, statesman and royal courtier. A significant public achievement was to be involved in the process that colonised the Canadian town of Port Royal in Nova Scotia and Long Island, New York during the 17th century. He was born around the year 1567 in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire. Little is recorded ...
Sir Denham was an poet who was much in favour in royal circles. He was eventually elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London, a scientific body of men that was instigated during the reign of Charles II. Doubt surrounds Denham’s year of birth with some records suggesting 1614, while others say 1615. It is known that he came into the world in Dublin ...
Sir John Davies was an English poet who also served as a Member of Parliament on different occasions during the first two decades of the 17th century. As a prominent lawyer he was Attorney General for Ireland while laying down a number of legal principles that passed into the statute books for the whole British Empire. He was born in early April 1659, ...
William Davenant, whose name is sometimes spelled D'Avenant, was a 17th century English poet and playwright. He lived at a turbulent time in English history with his writing career spanning the Civil War, the Interregnum period between the execution of Charles I and the Restoration, and beyond. He was a leading figure in the English Renaissance theatre and was also a favoured ...
This distinguished English poet, novelist and literary critic had strong political views and actually became well known as an anarchist. Despite this though he attained a knighthood and was decorated for his First World War service. As well as poetry, Read wrote a number of books on art and, with a leaning towards art as an educational tool, he was among the ...
