Literary Library

Thomas Gray

December 26, 1716 - July 30, 1771English poet, classical scholar and professorAuthor of only 13 poems including "Elegy Written in a Country Church...

William Collins

December 25, 1721 - June 12, 1759English poetAuthor of "Persian Eclogues" and "Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegorical Subjects"

Lucy Worsley

December 18, 1973 - British historian, author, curator and television presenterAuthor of "Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses",...

Sir Herbert Edward Read

December 4, 1893 - June 12, 1968English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopherAuthor of "The Meaning of Art", "To Hell With Culture, ...

Winston Churchill

November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965British statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955 and writerAuthor of 43 b...

Cedric Henning Belfrage

November 8, 1904 - June 21, 1990English film critic, journalist, writer and political activistAuthor of "Promised Land", "Seeds of Destruction: The...

John Strype

November 1, 1643 - December 11, 1737English clergyman, historian and biographerAuthor of "The Life of the Learned Sir Thomas Smith, Kt, D.C.L.: Pr...