c. 625/620 – c. 580 BC

Ancient greek lyric poet.

1822 – 1888

Poet and cultural critic.

1896 – 1948

Writer, poet, visual artist, actor and theatre director.

1762 – 1851

Scottish poet and dramatist.

1821 – 1867

French poet, essayist and art critic.

1870 – 1953

British-French writer and historian

1818 – 1848

English novelist and poet.

1844 – 1930

Britain’s poet laureate from 1913 to 1930.

1887 – 1915

English first world war poet

1806 – 1861

English poet of the Victorian era.

1759 – 1796

Scottish poet and lyricist.

1788 – 1824

English poet, peer and politician.

1832 – 1898

English writer and poet, best known for Alice In Wonderland.

1874 – 1936

English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.

1772 – 1834

English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian

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1731 – 1800

English poet and Hymnodist