Charles Sackville was an English poet and royal courtier whose achievements ensured a meteoric rise in status throughout his lifetime. He was made the 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex while also being awarded the Knights Companion Order of the Garter which entitled him to put KG in his post-nominals. He was born on the 24th January 1638, the son ...
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, was an English poet, playwright and statesman, serving Parliament and holding the post of Lord High Treasurer. He was born sometime during the year 1536, the son of Richard Sackville who was a cousin of Anne Boleyn. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge and Hertford College, Oxford he had early political ambitions and found his way into Parliament ...
The American poet and songwriter, more popularly known as Dan Emmett, is most famous for penning the famous, patriotic song Dixie although others have laid claim to its authorship. As a stage performer he made the already existing mode of entertainment known as “black face” even more popular when he advanced the concept from one or two performers blacking their hands and ...
Ebenezer Cooke, sometimes spelled Cook, was an American satirical poet and lawyer, born in London sometime during the second half of the 17th century. He is generally acknowledged by literary scholars to be the first American poet to write a satirical piece - The Sotweed Factor, or A Voyage to Maryland, A Satyr which was written in 1708. Precise details of his early life ...
Eden Phillpotts was an English poet and playwright who originated from colonial India in the 19th century. He was born on the 4th November 1862 in the British ruled town of Mount Abu. His parents sent him to be educated in England and he went to school in Plymouth, Devon. He may have had early literary aspirations but he chose to go into ...
