Category: English Authors

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An English author/poet is an author/poet who was born in England or (like Rudyard Kipling) was born abroad of English parents and was counted a British Citizen.

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English Authors

Pre Biographies

A

Joe Ackerley 04 Nov 1896 London, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jun 1967

Douglas Adams 11 Mar 1952 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 May 2001

Ellinor Adams 1858 Putney Heath, Surrey, England - 11 Apr 1913

Richard Adams 09 May 1920 Wash Common, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Dec 2016

William Adams 05 May 1828 London, England - 1891

William Adams 28 Dec 1851 Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 26 Jul 1904

Joseph Addison 01 May 1672 Milston, Wiltshire, England - 17 Jun 1719

Joan (Aiken) Goldstein 04 Sep 1924 Rye, Sussex, England - 04 Jan 2004

William Ainsworth 04 Feb 1805 Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jan 1882

Mark Akenside 09 Nov 1721 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 23 Jun 1770

Amelia (Alderson) Opie 12 Nov 1769 Norwich, Norfolk, England - 02 Dec 1853

Archibald Alison 29 Dec 1792 Kenley, Shropshire, England - 23 May 1867

Margery (Allingham) Youngman Carter 20 May 1904 Ealing, London, England - 30 Jun 1966

Anna (Allnutt) Brassey 07 Oct 1839 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 14 Sep 1887

Kingsley Amis 16 Apr 1922 Clapham, South London, England - 22 Oct 1995

Martin Amis 25 Aug 1949 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England - 19 May 2023

Henry Anderton 03 Dec 1808 Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Jun 1855

Emily (Andrews) Patmore abt 29 Feb 1824 Walworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jul 1862

Christopher Anstey 31 Oct 1724 Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England - 03 Aug 1805

Living Anstey

Joyce (Anstruther) Placzek 06 Jun 1901 London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Jul 1953

Thomas Armstrong 15 Aug 1848 Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England - 30 Aug 1920

Ethel Arnold 1865 Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Oct 1930

Matthew Arnold 24 Dec 1822 Laleham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Apr 1888

Anne Askew 1521 Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, England - 16 Jul 1546

Marjorie Astin 1903 Shipley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jun 1938

Joseph Atkinson 26 May 1822 Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Oct 1886

David Attenborough 1920s

Mabel (Attwell) Earnshaw 04 Jun 1879 Mile End, London, England - 05 Nov 1964

John Aubrey 12 Mar 1626 Easton Pierce, Kington St Michael, Wiltshire, England - 07 Jun 1697

Wystan Auden 21 Feb 1907 York, Yorkshire, England - 28 Sep 1973

Jane Austen 16 Dec 1775 Steventon, Hampshire, England - 18 Jul 1817

Alfred Austin 30 May 1835 Headingley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jun 1913

Wilbert Awdry 15 Jun 1911 Romsey, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Mar 1997

B

Francis Bacon 22 Jan 1561 York House on the Strand, London, England - 09 Apr 1626

John Baddeley 22 Dec 1842 Shoreditch Registration District, Middlesex, England - 28 Jun 1926

Catherine (Ball) Jenkins abt 1787 Lambourne, Essex, England - 06 Oct 1856

John Ball abt Oct 1585 Cassington, Oxfordshire, England - 20 Oct 1640

Rosamund (Ball) Marriott Watson 06 Oct 1860 Hackney Registration District, Middlesex, England - 29 Dec 1911

Lynne (Banks) Stephenson 31 Jul 1929 Barnes, London, England - 04 Apr 2024

Margaret Barber 1869 Rastrick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1901

Charles Bardsley abt 1844 Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - abt 1898

William Barnes 22 Feb 1801 Rushay Farm, Bagber, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England - 07 Oct 1886

Elizabeth (Barrett) Browning 06 Mar 1806 Cohnadatia Hall, Kelloe, Durham, County Durham, England - 29 Jun 1861

John Barrow 19 Jun 1764 Dragley Beck, Ulverston, Lancashire, England - 23 Nov 1848

Lording Barry 1580 London, England - 1629

Bernard Barton 30 Jan 1784 Carlisle, Cumberland, England - 19 Feb 1849

Phyllis (Barton) Matthewman 19 Jan 1896 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jul 1979

Emelia Bassano Jan 1569 England - 1645

Herbert Bates 16 May 1905 Rushden, Northamptonshire, England - 29 Jan 1974

Irene (Baumann) Lees 23 Apr 1905 Ardwick, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 16 Feb 1990

Richard Baxter 12 Nov 1615 Rowton, Shropshire, England - 08 Dec 1691

Robert Beale 1541 City of London, England - 25 May 1601

Mary (Beauchamp) Russell 31 Aug 1866 Kirribilli, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Feb 1941

Francis Beaumont 1584 England - 06 Mar 1616

Arthur Beavan 22 Jul 1844 Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - 1907

Thomas Beddoes 30 Jun 1803 Clifton, Bristol, England - 26 Jan 1849

Viola (Beerbohm) Parsons 17 Jul 1884 London, England - 15 Nov 1938

Ernest Benn 25 Jun 1875 Hackney, Middlesex, England - 17 Jan 1954

Alan Bennett 1930s

Edmund Bentley abt 1875 England

Nicholas Bentley 14 Jun 1907 Highgate, London, England - 14 Aug 1978

Timothy Berners-Lee 1950s

Charles Berry 27 Dec 1908 London, England, United Kingdom - 1996

Favell (Bevan) Mortimer 14 Jul 1802 Russell Square, London, England - 22 Aug 1878

Jane Bewick 29 Apr 1787 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 07 Apr 1881

Thomas Bewick abt 11 Aug 1753 Cherryburn, Mickley, Northumberland, England - 08 Nov 1828

William Bickham 1834 Lancashire, England - 03 Oct 1862

B cont.

Robert Binyon 10 Aug 1869 Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Mar 1943

Henry Bird 14 Jul 1829 Portsea, Portsmith, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Apr 1908

Franklin (Birkinshaw) Weldon 22 Sep 1931 Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England - 04 Jan 2023

Lilian Birt 1861 Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 1953

Edwin Biss 1876 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 15 Apr 1922

Richard Blackmore 07 Jun 1825 Longworth, Berkshire, England - 20 Jan 1900

Algernon Blackwood 14 Mar 1869 Shooters Hill, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 10 Dec 1951

Charles Blagden 06 Sep 1864 Islington Registration District, London, England - 25 Aug 1949

Francis Blagdon bef 19 Jan 1777 Westminster, London, England - abt 1819

Editha Blaikley 28 Oct 1886 Canonbury, London, England, United Kingdom - 1975

Eric Blair 25 Jun 1903 Motihari, Bihar, India - 21 Jan 1950

William Blake 28 Nov 1757 Westminster, London, England - 12 Aug 1827

Susanna Blamire 12 Jan 1747 Cardew, Cumberland, England - 05 Apr 1794

Lesley Blanch 06 Jun 1904 Brentford, Middlesex, England - 07 May 2007

Frederick Blaydes 1845 Uppingham Registration District, Rutland, England - abt 1931

Brian Blessed 1930s

Frances (Blogg) Chesterton 28 Jun 1869 Bloomsbury, City of Westminster, Greater London, England - 12 Dec 1938

Enid (Blyton) Waters 11 Aug 1897 East Dulwich, London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1968

Guy Bolton 23 Nov 1884 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Sep 1979

Thomas Bond 13 Jan 1926 Newbury, Berkshire, England - 27 Jun 2017

Arthur Bonsey 17 Aug 1912 Bristol, England - Feb 1989

George Boole 02 Nov 1815 Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England - 08 Dec 1864

Mary (Botham) Howitt 12 Mar 1799 Gloucestershire, England - 30 Jan 1888

John Boyle abt 1800 Hull, Yorkshire, England - 14 Jul 1866

Arthur Bradley 11 Nov 1850 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jan 1943

Margaret (Bradley) Woods 20 Nov 1855 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 1945

Christopher (Bradshaw-Isherwood) Isherwood 26 Aug 1904 Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jan 1986

Melvyn Bragg 1930s

William Bramley-Moore 27 Aug 1831 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 05 Oct 1918

Angela Brazil 30 Nov 1868 Preston, Lancashire, England - 13 Mar 1947

Harry Brearley 18 Feb 1871 South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Jul 1948

Hilda (Brearley) Barber 26 Sep 1901 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Apr 1955

Frederick Brereton 05 Aug 1872 Norbiton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1957

Robert Bridges 23 Oct 1844 Walmer, Kent - 21 Apr 1930

Raymond Briggs 18 Jan 1934 Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 2022

Henry Brinton 27 Jul 1901 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jun 1977

Joyce Brisley 06 Feb 1896 Bexhill, Sussex, England - 20 Sep 1978

Vera Brittain 29 Dec 1893 Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England - 29 Mar 1970

Anne Brontë 17 Jan 1820 Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - 28 May 1849

Charlotte (Brontë) Nicholls 21 Apr 1816 Thornton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Mar 1855

Emily Brontë 30 Jul 1818 Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - 19 Dec 1848

Patrick Brontë 26 Jun 1817 Thornton, Yorkshire, England - 24 Sep 1848

Rupert Brooke 03 Aug 1887 Rugby, Warwickshire, England - 23 Apr 1915

Timothy Brooke-Taylor 17 Jul 1940 Buxton, Derbyshire, England - 12 Apr 2020

Alfred Brown 21 Aug 1894 Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Mar 1969

Basil Brown 22 Jan 1888 Bucklesham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 12 Mar 1977

Isaac Browne 21 Jan 1706 Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England - 14 Feb 1760

Isaac Browne 07 Dec 1745 Holborn, London, England - 30 May 1818

Thomas Browne 19 Oct 1605 London, England - 19 Oct 1682

Robert Browning 07 May 1812 London, Middlesex, England - 12 Dec 1889

John Brunner 14 Sep 1934 Wallingford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Aug 1995

Eustace Budgell 19 Aug 1686 Symondsbury, Dorset, England - abt 04 May 1737

Edward Bulwer-Lytton 25 May 1803 London, Middlesex, England - 18 Jan 1873

Robert Bunbury 18 Mar 1804 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 May 1846

John Bunyan bef 28 Nov 1628 Elstow, Bedfordshire, England - 31 Aug 1688

Frances (Burney) D'Arblay 13 Jun 1752 Lynn Regis, Norfolk, England - 06 Jan 1840

Bernard Burrows 03 Jul 1910 England - 07 May 2002

Richard Burton 19 Mar 1821 Torquay, Devon, England - 20 Oct 1890

Robin Bush 12 Mar 1943 Hayes, Middlesex, England - 22 Jun 2010

Samuel Butler 04 Dec 1835 Langar, Nottinghamshire, England - 18 Jun 1902

Geraldine (Butt) Robertson-Glasgow 14 Jun 1854 Winchester, Hampshire, England - 23 Sep 1920

Lucy (Butt) Cameron 29 Apr 1781 Stanford on Teme, Worcestershire, England - 06 Sep 1858

John Byng 18 Feb 1743 Southill, Bedfordshire, England - 08 Jan 1813

George (Byron) Noel 22 Jan 1788 Marylebone, Middlesex, England - 19 Apr 1824

C

Katharine (Cade) Burdekin 23 Jul 1896 Spondon, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Aug 1963

Thomas Caine 14 May 1853 Runcorn, Cheshire, England - 31 Aug 1931

Louisa (Cairns) Davidson 02 Sep 1893 - 12 Dec 1985

C cont.

Arthur Calder-Marshall 19 Aug 1908 El Misti, Wallington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 17 Apr 1992

Simon Callow 1940s

William Camden 02 May 1551 London, Middlesex, England - 09 Nov 1623

Henry Campkin 1815 - 06 Apr 1890

Edward Carlyle 1871 - 1952

Richard Carpenter abt 1606 Bedfordshire, England - aft 1670

William Carpenter 29 Oct 1813 Exeter - Nov 1885

Mary Cartland 09 Jul 1901 Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England - 21 May 2000

Fairfax Cartwright 20 Jul 1857 Paris, Seine, France - 09 Jan 1928

Living Carver

John Cary 23 Feb 1754 Corsley, Wiltshire, England - 22 Aug 1835

Charles Causley 24 Aug 1917 Launceston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 04 Nov 2003

Elizabeth (Cavendish) Egerton abt 1626 Welbeck, Nottinghamshire, England - 14 Jul 1663

William Cavendish 06 Dec 1592 Handsworth Manor, Yorkshire, England - 25 Dec 1676

Robert Cecil 01 Jun 1563 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 24 May 1612

Houston Chamberlain 09 Sep 1855 Southsea, Hampshire, England - 09 Jan 1927

Florence (Charlesworth) Barclay 02 Dec 1862 Jersey - 10 Mar 1921

Geoffrey Chaucer abt 1343 London, England - abt 25 Oct 1400

John Cheke 16 Jun 1514 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 13 Sep 1557

Hugh Chesterman 20 Mar 1884 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom - 03 Nov 1941

Gilbert Chesterton 29 May 1874 Kensington, London, England - 14 Jun 1936

Wilfred Childe 26 Apr 1890 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Nov 1952

Joseph Chitty 12 Mar 1775 - 17 Feb 1841

Mary Cholmondeley 08 Jun 1859 Hodnet, Shropshire, England - 15 Jul 1925

Winston Churchill 30 Nov 1874 Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England - 24 Jan 1965

Charlotte (Cibber) Charke bef 08 Feb 1713 London, England - 06 Apr 1760

John Clare 13 Jul 1793 Helpston, Northamptonshire, England - 20 May 1864

Arthur Clarke 16 Dec 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 19 Mar 2008

Julian Clary 1950s

John Cleese 1930s

Reginald Clemo 11 Mar 1916 Goonamarris, St Stephen in Brannel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jul 1994

John Cleveland 16 Jun 1613 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England - 29 Apr 1658

Anne (Clifford) Herbert 30 Jan 1590 Skipton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England - 22 Mar 1676

John Clive 06 Jan 1933 England - 14 Oct 2012

Arthur Clough 01 Jan 1819 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Nov 1861

Beryl (Clutterbuck) Markham 26 Oct 1902 Rutland, England - 03 Aug 1986

Arthur Clutton-Brock 23 Mar 1868 Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 08 Jan 1924

Henry Cole 15 Jul 1808 Bath, Somerset, England - 18 Apr 1882

Henry Cole 1843 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 23 Dec 1916

Samuel Coleridge 21 Oct 1772 Ottery St.Mary, Devon, England - 25 Jul 1834

Richard Coles 1960s

Arthur Collins abt 1863 St Giles, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 13 Jan 1932

William Collins 08 Jan 1824 Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - 23 Sep 1889

John Colvin 18 Jun 1922 Tokyo, Japan - 04 Oct 2003

William Congreve 24 Jan 1670 Bardsey, West Yorkshire, England - 19 Jan 1729

Cyril Connolly 10 Sep 1903 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Nov 1974

Roderick Cook 09 Feb 1932 London, England, United Kingdom - 17 Aug 1990

John Cooper 15 Sep 1929 Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jun 2018

Anthony Cope bef 1485 Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England - 05 Jan 1551

Walter Copinger 14 Apr 1847 Clapham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 1910

David Cornwell 19 Oct 1931 Poole, Dorset, England - 12 Dec 2020

Fearne (Cotton) Wood 1980s

Florence (Couch) Barratt 17 Jun 1865 Bodmin, Cornwall, England - 17 Nov 1924

Noël Coward 16 Dec 1899 Teddington, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1973

George Cowling 29 Dec 1881 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jul 1946

William Cowper 26 Nov 1731 Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England - 25 Apr 1800

George Crabbe 24 Dec 1754 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England - 03 Feb 1832

Lucy Crane Oct 1841 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - Mar 1882

Bryan Cranstone 1918 Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Sep 1989

Elizabeth Cresswell 11 Jul 1934 Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Sep 2005

Isaac Crewdson 06 Jun 1780 Kendal, Westmorland, England - 08 May 1844

Ida (Crowe) Pollock 12 Apr 1908 Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 03 Dec 2013

Edward Crowley 12 Oct 1875 Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 1947

Pender Cudlip 21 May 1835 Sithney, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 29 Aug 1911

Ralph Cudworth 1617 Aller, Somerset, England - 26 Jun 1688

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