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Hugh CromptonHUGH CROMPTON Unsuccessful poet who emigrated to Ireland and was never afterwards heard of : he left behind some indifferent verses, some of them coarse. Date: CIRCA 1787
Giovanni CrispoGIOVANNI CRISPO Italian poet, philosopher and teacher. Date: ? - 1595
Abraham Cowley - 2ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet, depicted with a recorder. Date: 1618 - 1667
Abraham Cowley - 3ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet, for whom life is an incurable disease. Date: 1618 - 1667
Amos CottleAMOS COTTLE English poet who translated much Icelandic verse, not especially well, but it is to his credit that he did it at all. Date: 1768 - 1800
Charles CotinAbbe CHARLES COTIN French churchman, poet and preacher. Date: 1604 - 1682
James CorryJAMES CORRY Secretary to the Irish Linen Board, friend of the poet Thomas Moore, pointing to an interesting letter he has just written with one of those pens Date: 1772 - 1848
Dirck CoornhertDIRCK COORNHERT Dutch poet and painter, who also dabbled in politics and theology. Date: 1522 - 1590
Jean CommireJEAN COMMIRE French churchman : poet, honest man and Jesuit Date: 1625 - 1702
George Colman (Younger)GEORGE COLMAN (younger) Poet, son of the playwright of the same name. Date: 1762 - 1836
Sir Aston CokayneSIR ASTON COKAYNE poet Date: 1608 - 1684
Derwent ColeridgeDERWENT COLERIDGE Churchman, Principal of St Marks College, Chelsea, and Rector of Hanwell. His father was the poet Coleridge. Date: 1800 - 1883
Claudian, Latin PoetCLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS Boot-licking Latin poet, born in Alexandria, went to Italy where panegyrics honouring royals and propaganda verses earned their due rewards. Date: ? - CIRCA 370
Vittoria ColonnaVITTORIA COLONNA Italian noblewoman, poet known for her sonnets in the style of Petrarch. Date: 1492 - 1547
Marie Joseph De ChenierMARIE JOSEPH DE CHENIER French poet and revolutionary, brother of Andre, author of Chant du depart and Hymne a la liberte Date: 1764 - 1811
Cino Da PestoiaCINO DA PESTOIA Italian poet and educator, depicted as a teacher. Date: 1270 - 1336
William ChamberlayneWILLIAM CHAMBERLAYNE Physician and poet Date: 1619 - 1689
Conrad Celtes - 2CONRAD CELTES German scholar, poet and philologist. Date: 1459 - 1508
Conrad Celtes - 1CONRAD CELTES German scholar, poet and philologist. Date: 1459 - 1508
Jane Cave, PoetJANE CAVE (later Mrs Winscom) Poet, depicted in the act of writing. Date: CIRCA 1783
Giacomo Marco CataneoGIACOMO MARIO CATANEO Italian poet and philologist Date: ? - 1525
Ansaldo CebaANSALDO CEBA Italian poet Date: 1565 - 1623
Annibale Caro - 2ANNIBALE CARO Italian poet. Date: 1507 - 1566
Samuel BishopSAMUEL BISHOP Churchman, educator - he was headmaster of Merchant Taylors School - and poet. Date: 1731 - 1795
Charles Hamilton BinningCHARLES HAMILTON BINNING Soldier and poet : after helping to defeat the Jacobites, he developed consumption and went to Naples where he died in his 30s. Date: 1697 - 1733
Adam BillautADAM BILLAUT French carpenter and poet, known as Maitre Adam. Date: 1602 - 1662
Edward BenlowesEDWARD BENLOWES Poet, whose Theophila was praised but otherwise little esteemed : noted for his generosity. He abandoned his Catholic views in later life. Date: 1603 - 1676
Guido BenamatiGUIDO UBALDO BENAMATI Italian poet. Date: ? - 1653
Beranger (His Tomb)PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER France places a laurel wreath on the tomb of this immensely popular poet. Date: 1780 - 1857
Beranger (Bayard)PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER Popular French poet. Date: 1780 - 1857
Beranger (Anon)PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER Genial French poet. Date: 1780 - 1857
Beranger (Maclise)PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER Popular French poet. Date: 1780 - 1857
Beranger (Charlet)PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER Popular French poet. Date: 1780 - 1857
Angelo BeoleoANGELO BEOLEO known as Ruzzante Italian poet. Date: 1502 - 1542
Cornelio BentivoglioCORNELIO BENTIVOGLIO Italian cardinal, poet and patron of art. Date: 1668 - 1732
Francois De BeauchateauFRANCOIS MATTHIEU CHATELET de BEAUCHATEAU, known as Le petit, French poet, son of actor mother and father, died in a pays etrange. Date: 1645 - ?
James Beattie, Writer 2JAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); sadly, his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803
James Beattie, WriterJAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803
James Beattie, Writer 3JAMES BEATTIE Scottish poet ( The minstrel ) of no great merit, and moral philosopher (of even less); sad to say, his wife went mad. Date: 1735 - 1803
Louise Ackermann, WriterLOUISE VICTORINE CHOQUET ACKERMANN, French mystical poet who, when her husband died after 2 years, lived a solitary existence in an old convent near Nice. Date: 1813 - 1890
Jean Antoine De BaifJEAN ANTOINE DE BAIF French poet. Date: 1532 - 1589
Jens Imanuel BaggesenJENS IMANUEL BAGGESEN Danish poet. Date: 1764 - 1826
Petrus De BackerePETRUS DE BACKERE Dutch Dominican poet and theologian, depicted wearing his monastic cowl. Date: 1517 - 1601
Francesco Balducci (1600-1642) Italian poet. Date: Circa 1640
Alfred Austin (1896)ALFRED AUSTIN, forgettable and unlikeable poet whose profuse output wins him more mockery than praise from the critics but, astonishingly, gets him appointed Poet Laureate, 1896. Date: 1835 - 1913
Alfred Austin (Strand)ALFRED AUSTIN, poet whose lack of talent was no hindrance to his appointment as Poet Laureate in 1896 : at different periods of his life. Date: 1835 - 1913
Emile Augier, StandingGUILLAUME VICTOR EMILE AUGIER French writer, poet and playwright of popular social dramas, leans casually on a desk. Date: 1820-1889
Alfred Austin (Punch)ALFRED AUSTIN, indifferent and unlikeable poet whose profuse output wins him more mockery than praise from the critics but, astonishingly, gets him appointed Poet Laureate, 1896. Date: 1835 - 1913