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 ...
