Perhaps one of the most well-known poets of the 20th Century, Sir John Betjeman was born in London in 1906. Popular for such poems as Myfanwy and his humorous verse, Betjeman’s Collected Poems that was released in 1958 was one of the biggest selling volumes of poetry at the time. He was born into a middle class London family and went to ...
George Chapman was an English writer and classical scholar whose greatest works were the first translations into English of the classic works by Homer – Iliad and Odyssey. He wrote a great number of dramatic works, some of which were tragedies and some comedies. These received mixed reactions from Elizabethan theatre-goers. His poetry was not really appreciated in his lifetime ...
Born in 1567 in London, Thomas Campion was a prolific poet, talented musician and composer who was very popular during his lifetime. His poetry and music were closely interlinked and he wrote a number of pieces for songs and masques, playing a small but important part in the history of literature in England. His early life was influenced by the low mortality ...
Born in 1837 in Spain, Rosalia de Castro was a part of the autonomous Galician society in the north west of the country and is now considered one of the most well respected romantic poets of the time. She wrote not only in Spanish but also in the Galician language and is closely linked to literary greats such as Eduardo ...
The name Benjamin Franklin is synonymous with the very beginnings of the United States of America. Indeed, he is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the US. He was a true polymath, in that he had so many strings to his bow that it would take a considerable amount of time to discuss all of his attributes. In short though ...
