Literary Library

John Addington Symonds

by Angela Beck
October 5, 1840 - April 14, 1893English poet, literary critic, biographer and historianAuthor of "Studies of the Greek Poets", "Renaissance in Ita...
Biographer Biography British British Poetry Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Greece Greek Historian history Literary Critic Poem Poems Poet Poetry

William B. Brahms

by Angela Beck
October 1, 1966 -American librarian, encyclopedist, author and historianAuthor of "Franklin Township", "Notable Last Facts" and "Last Words of Not...
American Author Encyclopedia Encyclopedist Historian history Librarian Library

Daniel Boorstin

by Angela Beck
October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004American historian and writerAuthor of "The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America", "The Americans: The De...
American Democracy Historian history Librarian Library Library of Congress Writer

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

Justin Winsor

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1831 - October 22, 1897American writer, librarian and historianAuthor of "Narrative on Critical History of America", "Christopher Colum...
American History Historian history Librarian Library Mississippi Writer

William James Sidis

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1898 - July 17, 1944American mathematician, linguist, historian, teacher and authorAuthor of "Passaconaway in the White Mountains" (writt...
Addition Author Harvard Historian history Language Languages Linguist Math Mathematician Mathematics School Teach Teacher

Roy Sydney Porter

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1946 - March 3, 2002British historian, writer and lecturerAuthor of over 100 books including "English Society in the 18th Century", "M...
British England English Great Britain Historian Lecturer Leo Gershoy Award Writer

Joel T. Headley

by Angela Beck
December 30, 1814 - December 30, 1897American clergyman, historian, author, newspaper editor, adventurer and politicianAuthor of "Napolean and His...
Adventure Author Clergy Clergyman Editor Historian history News Newspaper Newspaper Editor Newspapers Political Politics Secretary of State

Alasdair Gray

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1934 - December 29, 2019Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, translator, historian and artistAuthor of "Lanark: A...
Art Artist Historian Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry Saltire Society Book of the Year Scotland Scottish Short Story Translator Whitbread Novel Award

Stillman Drake

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1910 - October 6, 1993Canadian historian of sciencePublished over 130 books as articles on Galileo Galilei including "Discoveries and ...
Canada Canadian Galileo Historian Science

Suzanne L. Marchand

by Angela Beck
December 22, 1961 - American intellectual, cultural historian and professorAuthor of "Down from Olympus: Archaeology and Philhellenism in Germany, ...
Archaeology Cultural Historian Historian history Professor Teach Teacher University

Terry Jones

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1942 - January 21, 2020 Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and author Author of "The Tyrant and the Squire", "The Saga of Eri...
Actor Author Children's Book Author Children's Book Award Comedian Comedy Director Historian Monty Python Wales Welsh Whitbread Award