Literary Library

Idris Davies

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1905 - April 6, 1953Welsh poetAuthor of "Wasteland of Wales", "Tonypandy and Other Poems" and "Selected Poems"
Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry United Kingdom Wales Welsh

Andrew Britton

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1981 - March 18, 2008British-born American spy novelistAuthor of "The American", "The Assassin" and "Threatcon Delta"
American-British Assassin British England English Espionage Government Great Britain Novel Novelist Spies Spy

Stella Gibbons

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1902 - December 19, 1989English author, journalist and poetAuthor of "The Mountain Beast", "Cold Comfort Farms" and "Nightengale Wood"
Author British England English English Poetry Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Robert Kinloch Massie, III

by Angela Beck
January 5, 1929 - December 2, 2019 American journalist, historian and biographerAuthor of "Peter the Great: His Life and World" (for which he won t...
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence Biographer Biography British History Catherine the Great German German History Germany Great Britain Historian history Journalism Journalist News Newspapers Peter the Great Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize for Biography Russian History War History World History

Isaac Newton

by Angela Beck
January 4, 1643 - March 31, 1727English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian and authorAuthor of "Principia", "Opticks", "T...
Alchemist Astronomer Astronomy Author British Doctor England English Enlightenment Great Britain Math Mathematician Mathematics Medical Medicine Physician Preacher Science Scientist Theologian Theology

J.R.R. Tolkien

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1892 - September 2, 1973English writer, poet and professorAuthor of "The Hobbit", "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Silmarillion...
British England English English Poetry Fantasy Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Douglas William Jerrold

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1803 - June 8, 1857English dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalistAuthor of "Black-Eyed Susan", "Men of Character" and "...
British Drama Dramatist England English Great Britain Journalism Journalist News Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Short Stories Short Story Theater Theatre

Anne Stevenson

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1933 - September 14, 2020American-British poet and writerAuthor of "Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath", "Five Looks at Elizabeth Bish...
American-British British England English Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Writer

Mo Hayder

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1962 - July 27, 2021British novelist, actress and modelAuthor of "Birdman", "The Treatment" and "Pig Island" (for which she was nominate...
Acting Actor Actress Barry Award British Crime England English Great Britain Model Novel Novelist

Sir James George Frazer

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1854 - May 7, 1941Scottish anthropologist and folklorist Author of "The Growth of Plato's Ideal Theory", ""Taboo and the Perils of the ...
Anthropologist Anthropology Folk Lore Folklorist Folktales Great Britain Scotland Scottish United Kingdom

William Harvey

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1578 - June 3, 1657English physician, lecturer and authorAuthor of "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus" and ...
Author British Doctor England English Great Britain King Charles I Lecturer Medical Medicine Physician

Edgar Wallace

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...
British Correspondent Crime England English Foreign Correspondent Great Britain Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News Correspondent Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre War