Noted Men and Women of Great Britain Source: Biographical Records B. D. Name 1764 1831 Abernethy, John 1672 1719 Addison, Joseph 1805 1882 Ainsworth, W. H. 1721 1770 Akenside, Mark. 1861 1936 Allenby, Viscount. 1832 1904 Arnold, Edwin... 1822 1888 Arnold, Matthew. 1515 1568 Ascham, Roger. 1852 1928 Asquith, Herbert H. 1775 1817 Austen, Jane. 1561 1626 Bacon, Francis. 1214 1294 Bacon, Roger. 1781 1843 Bagot, Charles. 1763 1851 Baillie, Joanna. 1848 1930 Balfour, Arthur J. 1860 1937 Barrie, James M.. 1615 1691 Baxter. Richard. 1584 1616 Beaumont, Francis. 1117 1170 Becket, Thomas à. 673 735 Bede, the Venerable. 1748 1832 Bentham, Jeremy.. 1662 1742 Bentley, Richard. 1685 1753 Berkeley, George. 1847 1933 Besant, Annie. 1723 1780 Blackstone. William. 1829 1912 Booth, Gen. William. 1740 1795 Boswell, James 1778 1830 Hazlitt, William 1825 1895 Huxley. Thos. Henry 1859 1935 Jellicoe, Earl.. 1803 1857 Jerrold, Douglas W. 1709 1784 Johnson, Samuel. 1574 1637 Jonson, Ben.. 1573 1652 Jones, Inigo 1796 1821 Keats, John. 1865 1936 Kipling, Rudyard. 1775 1834 Lamb, Charles. 1775 1864 Landor, Walter S.. 1400 Langland, William 1555 Latimer, Hugh. 1330 1838 1903 Lecky, W. E. H. 1491 Blography. Poet. 1632 1704 Locke, John. 1811 1889 Bright, John. 1816 1855 Brontë, Charlotte. Fiction. 1803 1873 Lytton, E. Bulwer. 1778 1868 Brougham, Sir Henry.. Historian. 1800 1859 Macaulay, Thomas B.. 1806 1861 Browning, Elizabeth B.. Poet. 1812 1889 Browning, Robert. Poet. 1838 1922 Bryce, James. History. 1628 1688 Bunyan, John. Religion. Essays. 1621 1678 Marvell, Andrew Poet. 1584 1640 Massinger, Philip. 1844 1930 Bridges, Robert.. 1729 1797 Burke, Edmund. 1759 1796 Burns, Robert. 1612 1680 Butler, Samuel. 1774 1839 Butler, Samuel. 1788 1824 Byron (Geo. Gordon) 1777 1844 Campbell Thomas. 1770 1827 Canning, George 1795 1881 Carlyle, Thomas. 1421 1491 Caxton, William.. 1863 1937 Chamberlain, Sir Austen. 1836 1914 Chamberlain, Joseph. 1869 1940 Chamberlain, Neville.. 1328 1400 Chaucer, Geoffrey. 1694 1773 Chesterfield, Earl of. 1725 1774 Clive, Robert 1762 1835 Cobbett, William. 1804 1865 Cobden, Richard 1772 1834 Coleridge, S. T.... 1670 1729 Congreve, William. 1728 1779 Cook, James. 1731 1800 Cowper, William 1489 1556 Cranmer, Thomas. 1599 1658 Cromwell, Oliver. 1809 1882 Darwin, Charles.. 1731 1802 Darwin, Erasmus. 1606 1668 Davenant, Sir William. 1593 1669 Davidson, William. 1661 1731 Defoe, Daniel. 1785 1859 De Quincey, Thomas. 1812 1870 Dickens. Charles.. 1804 1881 Disraeli, Benjamin. 1573 1631 Donne, Rev. John.. 1540 1596 Drake, Sir Francis. 1563 1631 Drayton, Michael. 1631 1700 Dryden. John 1866 1937 MacDonald, J. Ramsay.Statesman. 1808 1892 Manning, Henry E. 1650 1722 Marlborough, Duke of.. Soldier. 1564 1593 Marlowe, Christopher 1831 1879 Maxwell, Jas. Clerk.. 1828 1909 Meredith, George. 1708 1778 Pitt, Wm.E. of Chatham Archbishop. 1658 1695 Purcell, Henry 1860 1935 Reading. Marquess of.. 1772 1823 Ricardo, David. 1689 1761 Richardson. Samuel. 1832 1914 Roberts, Earl 1721 1793 Robertson, William. 1763 1855 Rogers, Samuel. 1847 1929 Rosebery, Earl of. 1800 1882 Ross, James C. 1828 1862 Rossetti, D. Gabriel. 1819 1900 Ruskin, John... 1830 1903 Salisbury, Marquess. 1868 1912 Scott, Robert F. 1771 1832 Scott, Sir Walter. 1874 1922 Shackleton, Ernest H.. 1564 1616 Shakespeare, William. 1792 1822 Shelley, Percy Bysshe. 1751 1816 Sheridan, Richard B. 1554 1586 Sidney. Sir Philip. 1723 1790 Smith, Adam 1580 1631 Smith, Capt. John.. 1771 1845 Smith, Sydney. 1721 1771 Smollett, Tobias.. 1774 1843 Southey, Robert. 1820 1903 Spencer, Herbert. 1552 1599 Spenser, Edmund. 1672 1729 Steele, Richard. Drama. Poet. Blography. Mathemat Poet. Soldier. Orator. Poet. Novelist. History. Patriot. Fiction.Poetry 1837 1909 Swinburne, Algernon C.. Poet. Positivist. 1613 1667 Taylor, Jeremy. 1809 1892 Tennyson, Alfred. 1811 1863 Thackeray, W. M. Religion. Poet. Fiction. 1746 1820 Grattan, Henry. 1716 1771 Gray, Thomas 1856 1925 Haggard, Rider 1777 1859 Hallam, Henry.. 1594 1643 Hampden, John. 1840 1928 Hardy. Thomas. 1831 1923 Harrison, Frederic. 1880 1941 Harty, Hamilton 1795 1857 Havelock, Henry Composer. Soldier. Poets-Laureate of England Source: Official Records There is no authentic record of the origin of the office of Poet-Laureate of England. According to Warton, there was a Versificator Regis, or King's Poet, in the reign of Henry III, (1216-1272), and he was paid 100 shillings a year. Geoffrey Chaucer (1328-1400) assumed the title of Poet-Laureate. and in 1389 got a royal grant of a yearly allowance of wine. In the reign of Edward IV, (1461-1483) John Kay held the post. Under Henry VII, (14851509) Andrew Bernard was the Poet-Laureate, and was succeeded under Henry VIII, (1509-1547) by John Skelton. Next came Edmund Spenser, who died in 1599; then Samuel Daniel, who died in 1619, and then Ben Jonson (app't'd 1619). Sir William D'Avenant was appointed in 1638. John Religion. Dryden was appointed in 1670 but was deposed at the Revolution. The others, with the date of appointment, when known, have been: Thomas Shadwell, 1689; Nahum Tate, 1692; Nicholas Rowe, 1715; the Rev. Laurence Eusden, 1718; Colly Cibber, 1730; William Whitehead, 1758, on the refusal of Gray; Rev. Thomas Warton, 1785, on the refusal of Mason; Henry J. Pye, 1790: Robert Southey, 1813, on the refusal of Sir Walter Scott: William Wordsworth, 1843; Alfred Tennyson, 1850 Alfred Austin, 1896; Robert Bridges, 1913 (died April 21, 1930); John Masefield, 1930. D'Avenant was the godson (and considered by some the natural son) of William Shakespeare. He was 10 years old when Shakespeare died. Noted Painters of Great Britain 1836 1912 Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawr. 1846 1935 Farquharson, Joseph Ancient Authors, Greek (B. C. years are in bold face.) Ancient Authors, Latin (B. C. years are in light face) Source: Historical Records Orat. Philos. Dram. Hist. Poet. 280 Philos. 490 Timon.. Philos. Philos Hist. Tacitus, the son-in-law of Agricola, left an account of the German people, based on his own travels and partly on Caesar and other authorities. He was famous as an orator and historian. Dram Poet. Natur. Poet. 62 113 Pliny the Youn'r.Essays. Arch. 1744 1810 Dashkova, Ekaterina R. 1743 1872 1865 1803 1816 Derzhavin, Gavrila R... 1929 Diaghilev, Sergei P. Ballet Producer 1821 1881 Dostoyevsky, Feodor M. Author 1560 1633 Filaret (Feo. Romanov) Patriarch 1745 1792 Fonvizin, Denis I.. 1936 Glazunov, Alexander K. Composer 1857 Glinka, Michael I.. 1809 1852 Gogol, Nicholas V.. 1870 1940 Goldman, Emma. 1862 1916 Goltzin, Boris, Prince.. 1643 1714 Golitzin, Vasil, Prince.. 1776 1831 Golovnin, Vasil M. 1812 1891 Goncharov, Ivan A.. 1868 1936 Gorky, Maxim. 1795 1829 Griboyedov, Alex. S. 1853 1934 Grot, Konstantin Y 1780 1853 Haas, Feodor P. 1812 1870 Herzen, Alexander I.. 1859 1935 Ippolitov-Ivanov, M 1765 1826 Karamzin, Nicholas M. Littérateur Poet 1791 Potemkin, G. A., Prince Statesman 1888 Przhevalsky, Nicholas.. Explorer 1837 Pushkin, Alexander S... Poet 1844 1930 Repin, Ilya Y 1920 Rebikov, Vladimir I....Composer Painter 1844 Author 1908 Rimsky-Korsakov, N... Composer 1856 1919 Rozanov. Vasili V. Author 1848 1909 Rozhestvensky, Zinovi Admiral 1829 1894 Rubinstein, Anton G... Composer 1835 1881 Rubinstein, Nicholas G. Musician 1370 1430 Rublyov, Andrei. Ikons Painter Composer 1725 1796 Rumyantsev-Zadunai Author sky, Peter A., Count. Statesman Anarchist 1854 1915 Savina, Maria G.. Actress To the western world modern Russian literature is chiefly known through translations of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgeniev, Chekhov, Gorky, and Andreyev. These classics are still published in the Soviet Union. In connection with the centenary of Tolstoy's birth the State Publishing House (Gosizdat) issued the novelist's collected works in 100 volumes. Although one of Russia's youngest arts, music is among those most highly developed. It originally grew out of the demands of the old aristocracy in the seventeenth century, seeking to imitate the aristocratic culture of western Europe. The first branch of music to reach excellence in Russia was the opera. Musicians of the Neapolitan school, such as Arraya, Galuppi, Cimarosa, and Paisiello, serving at the Tsar's court, produced Russia's first operas. These were followed by French importa tions. Toward the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth centuries, native composers began to transform the material of Russian folk song into operas. The greatest of these early Russian composers was Mikhail Glinka, whose works were composed for the court, the nobility, and the new merchant class. Moussorgsky, Borodin, and Rimsky-Korsakoff based much of their music on Russian folk songs. The last-named, when a young officer in the navy of the Czar, visited New York City when his ship was in that port. Tschaikovsky drew some of his musical inspirations from Rossini and Verdi, and several of his compositions were based on Italian national melodies. The symphonies of the modern Russian composers are an entire departure from the styles of Beethoven and Mozart. |