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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets ...
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular poets ...
Archibald Strong
Archibald Thomas Strong (30 December 1876 – 2 September 1930) was an Australian scholar and poet.
Archibald Thomas Strong (30 December 1876 – 2 September 1930) was an Australian scholar and poet.
Benjamin Thorpe
Benjamin Thorpe was an English Anglo-Saxon scholar.
Benjamin Thorpe was an English Anglo-Saxon scholar.
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, wh...
Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff MC (25 September 1889 – 28 February 1930) was a Scottish writer, most famous for his English translation of most of Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu, wh...
Ciaran Carson
Ciaran Gerard Carson is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.
Ciaran Gerard Carson is a Belfast, Northern Ireland-born poet and novelist.
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 28 November 1942) is an Irish poet born in Cork (city).
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin (born 28 November 1942) is an Irish poet born in Cork (city).
Frederick Klaeber
Frederick J. Klaeber (born Friedrich J. Klaeber) (1 October 1863 – 4 October 1954) was a German philologist who was Professor of Old and Middle English at the University of Minnesota.
Frederick J. Klaeber (born Friedrich J. Klaeber) (1 October 1863 – 4 October 1954) was a German philologist who was Professor of Old and Middle English at the University of Minnesota.
Gordon Hall Gerould
Gordon Hall Gerould, B.A., B.Litt. was a philologist and folklorist of the United States.
Gordon Hall Gerould, B.A., B.Litt. was a philologist and folklorist of the United States.
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG, PC (11 August 1852 – 2 December 1928), the second Governor-General of Australia, was born at Chapel House, Twickenham, in Surrey, England.
Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, GCMG, PC (11 August 1852 – 2 December 1928), the second Governor-General of Australia, was born at Chapel House, Twickenham, in Surrey, England.
Humfrey Wanley
Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726) was a librarian, palaeographer and scholar of Old English, employed by manuscript collectors such as Robert and Edward Harley.
Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726) was a librarian, palaeographer and scholar of Old English, employed by manuscript collectors such as Robert and Edward Harley.
J. J. Earle
John J. Earle (1824 – 1903) was a British academic and clergyman, the rector of Swanswick and Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford.
John J. Earle (1824 – 1903) was a British academic and clergyman, the rector of Swanswick and Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Oxford.
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Ri...
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Ri...
John Earle (professor)
John Earle M.A., LL.D. (1824 – 1903) was a British Anglo-Saxon language scholar.
John Earle M.A., LL.D. (1824 – 1903) was a British Anglo-Saxon language scholar.
John Josias Conybeare
John Josias Conybeare, elder brother of William Daniel Conybeare, was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
John Josias Conybeare, elder brother of William Daniel Conybeare, was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
John Mitchell Kemble
John Mitchell Kemble (1807 - 26 March 1857), English scholar and historian, was the eldest son of Charles Kemble the actor and Maria Theresa Kemble.
John Mitchell Kemble (1807 - 26 March 1857), English scholar and historian, was the eldest son of Charles Kemble the actor and Maria Theresa Kemble.
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, known as Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, known as Jorge Luis Borges, was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires.
Marie Borroff
Marie E. Borroff is an American poet, translator, and the Sterling Professor Emerita in English at Yale University.
Marie E. Borroff is an American poet, translator, and the Sterling Professor Emerita in English at Yale University.
Michael J. Alexander
Michael Joseph Alexander (born 1941) is a British academic.
Michael Joseph Alexander (born 1941) is a British academic.
R. K. Gordon
Robert Kay Gordon (1887-1973) was an English scholar of medieval and early modern English literature and administrator at the University of Alberta in Canada.
Robert Kay Gordon (1887-1973) was an English scholar of medieval and early modern English literature and administrator at the University of Alberta in Canada.
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Seamus Heaney is an Irish poet, playwright, translator, lecturer and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Sid Bradley
Sid Bradley is an academic, author and specialist in Anglo-Saxon literature.
Sid Bradley is an academic, author and specialist in Anglo-Saxon literature.
William Ellery Leonard
William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876, in Plainfield, New Jersey – May 2, 1944, in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American poet, playwright, translator, and literary scholar.
William Ellery Leonard (January 25, 1876, in Plainfield, New Jersey – May 2, 1944, in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American poet, playwright, translator, and literary scholar.
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