Richard Rolle, also often called Richard Rolle de Hampole, was a 14th century English mystical writer and composer of devotional prose that was mostly for the benefit of women readers. He was a hermit for most of his lifetime, originally from the northern part of the county of Yorkshire until eventually settling close to Hampole Cistercian nunnery in the southern area of the county. A number of ...
Richard Rowe was an English-born writer, tutor and journalist who emigrated to New South Wales, Australia when in his mid-20s. He was born on the 9th March 1828 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, the son of a Wesleyan minister. Unfortunately his father died while Richard was still an infant and the family moved south to the Essex town of Colchester. At the age of 25 ...
Richard Savage was an 18th century English poet and writer of tragi-comedy plays whose historical details are, unusually, mostly known from the contents of a biography written about him by Samuel Johnson, which he called Life of Mr Richard Savage. This book was published in 1744, a year after the subject’s death. Naturally though, one should view Johnson’s observations with a little ...
Richard Watson Dixon was an English poet and Wesleyan minister of the 19th century. He was born on the 5th May 1833 in the London borough of Islington, the son of a notable Wesleyan preacher of the time called Dr James Dixon. His parents sent him to be educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, whose headmaster was the eminent Anglican minister Dr Gifford. ...
Richard Watson Gilder was an American poet, newspaper editor and private soldier in the Unionist army during the Civil War. Many of his poems featured artistic themes such as the theatre, music and art although he did write a great deal of material describing his wartime experiences. He had the honour of having one of his most famous war poems, The Dead ...
