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The Roman de la Rose. Miniature. Folio 2. By Guillaume de LoGuillaume de Lorris (1200-1240). French scholar and poet from Lorris. Author of the first section of the Roman de la Rose. Miniature. Folio 2. Library of the University of Valencia. Spain
Miquel dels Sants Oliver i Toira (1864-1920). Spanish writer. Portrait by Joan Piza. Town halll of Palma de Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain
Ovid (43BC-17 / 18 AD). The Amores (Love Affairs). Lyon, 1639Ovid (43BC-17/18 AD). Roman poet. The Amores (Love Affairs). Lyon, 1639
Stella GibbonsStella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 19 December 1989), English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932)
William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalistWilliam Cullen Bryant (1794-1878), American poet, journalist and editor of the New York Evening Post. Date: circa 1870s
Mary Agnes HamiltonMiss Mary Agnes Hamilton(1884-1966), politician and author, Labour MP for Blackburn from 1929 to 1931. Pictured here in 1932 at the time of her appointment to the Board of Govenors of the BBC. 1932
Donald Mackenzie Wallace, English civil servant and writerSir Donald Mackenzie Wallace (1841-1919), English civil servant, newspaper editor and foreign correspondent. circa 1900s
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American educator and authorKate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), American educator and author of childrens stories, best known for her novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. circa 1900s
Flora Annie Steel, English writerFlora Annie Steel (1847-1929), English writer, best known for novels set in British India. circa 1900s
Pasquale Villari, Italian historian and politicianPasquale Villari (1827-1917), Italian historian and politician. circa 1890s
William Clark Russell, English writerWilliam Clark Russell (1844-1911), English writer best known for his nautical novels. circa 1900s
Arthur Quiller-Couch, British writerSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), British novelist, poet, anthologist and literary critic. circa 1890s
Max Pemberton, British novelistSir Max Pemberton (1863-1950), popular British novelist, mainly of adventure and mystery stories. circa 1890s
Herbert Paul, English writer and Liberal MPHerbert Woodfield Paul (1853-1935), English writer, journalist and Liberal Member of Parliament. circa 1890s
Justin McCarthy, Irish writer and politicianJustin McCarthy (1830-1912), Irish nationalist, historian, novelist and politician, Member of Parliament from 1879 until 1900. circa 1900s
Maarten Maartens, Dutch writerMaarten Maartens (real name Jozua Marius Willem van der Poorten Schwartz, 1858-1915), Dutch writer who wrote in English (novels, short stories, plays and poems). circa 1890s
Alfred Comyn Lyall, British civil servant and writerSir Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835-1911), British civil servant, literary historian and poet. circa 1900s
W H Mallock, English novelist and economics writerWilliam Hurrell Mallock (1849-1923), English novelist and economics writer. circa 1890s
Lucas Malet, English novelistLucas Malet (real name Mary St Leger Kingsley, 1852-1931), English novelist. circa 1900
Mor Jokai, Hungarian dramatist and novelistMor Jokai (Moric Jokay de Asva, 1825-1904), Hungarian dramatist and novelist. circa 1900
Robert Hichens, English writerRobert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950), English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and dramatist. circa 1900s
Maurice Hewlett, English novelist, poet and essayistMaurice Henry Hewlett (1861-1923), English historical novelist, poet and essayist. circa 1900s
Henry Harland, American novelist and editorHenry Harland (1861-1905), American novelist and founding editor (in London) of The Yellow Book. circa 1900
Richard Garnett, British scholar, librarian and writerRichard Garnett (1835-1906), British scholar, librarian (at the British Museum), biographer, poet and translator. circa 1890s
Francis Marion Crawford, American writerFrancis Marion Crawford (1854-1909), American writer of novels and stories. circa 1890s
John Churton Collins, British literary criticJohn Churton Collins (1848-1908), British literary critic, journalist, essayist and lecturer. circa 1890s
Winston Churchill, American novelistWinston Churchill (1871-1947), American best-selling novelist and playwright. circa 1900s
George Washington Cable, American novelistGeorge Washington Cable (1844-1925), American novelist from Louisiana. circa 1890s
Mary Cholmondeley, English novelistMary Cholmondeley (1859-1925), English novelist. circa 1900
Georg Brandes, Danish critic and scholarGeorg Brandes (1842-1927), Danish critic and scholar, regarded as the theorist behind the Modern Breakthrough of Scandinavian culture. circa 1900s
E F Benson, English authorEdward Frederic Benson (1867-1940), English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, best known for his Mapp and Lucia series. circa 1900s
James Lane Allen, American novelistJames Lane Allen (1849-1925), American novelist and short story writer from Kentucky. circa 1890s
Gertrude Atherton, American authorGertrude Franklin Horn Atherton (1857-1948), American author of novels, short stories, essays and articles. circa 1900
Gothic. The life of St. Augustine. Mural painting. From ChurGothic art. The life of St. Augustine. Mural painting. From Church of Santa Maria in Lluca. Author anonymous, 1360. Catalonia. Spain
Karel Klostermann - Czech WriterKarel Klostermann (1848-1923) - a Czech and Austrian writer who wrote under the alias Faustin. Date: circa 1920
Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, SW LondonPembroke Lodge, Richmond Park, London, childhood home of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and author. He lived there with his grandparents from the age of four
Bertrand Russell, philosopher and authorBertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and author. Outline of his policies in an election leaflet as suffragist candidate in the Wimbledon By-Election, 1907. Date: 1907
Memorial to Bertrand Russell, philosopher and authorMemorial to Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and author, at Trinity College, Cambridge. Date: early 1970s
Desmond Morris, scientist, author and presenterDesmond Morris (b.1928), English scientist, author and presenter, best known for his book The Naked Ape (1967). Seen here with his son Jason. circa 1969
Irving WashingtonThree quarters head and shoulders portrait of American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat Irving Washington (1783-1859), facing left. Date: c1861
Maxim Gorky - Russian and Soviet writerMaxim Gorky (Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) (1868-1936) - Russian and Soviet writer, a founder of the Socialist realism literary method and a political activist. Date: circa 1910s
Goldsmiths Tomb, Temple, LondonOliver Goldsmiths Tomb, Temple, London. Goldsmith (1728-1774) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet. Date: circa 1910s
Gyp - prolific French writerSibylle Gabrielle Marie Antoinette de Riqueti (1850-1932) comtesse de Martel de Janville, aka Gyp prolific French writer Date: circa 1910s
Yevgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844). Russian poet. Portrait. EngrYevgeny Baratynsky (1800-1844). Russian poet. Romanticism style. Portrait. Engraving. Colored
Charles Perrault (1628-1703). French writer. Tom Thumb. EngrCharles Perrault (1628-1703). French writer. Tom Thumb. Hop-o -My-Thumbs ogre. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1862. Colored
Willibald Pirckheimer (1470-1530). German lawyer, author and humanist. Portrait. Engraving by R. Brend Amour. Colored
Baldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Count of Casatico. RenaiBaldassare Castiglione (1478-1529). Count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and prominent Renaissance author. Portrait by Raphael (1483-1520). Louvre. Paris. France
Mark Twain (1835-1910). American writer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1885. Engraving by M. Klinkicht. Colored