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

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Cecil Kaye 27 May 1868 Madron, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 05 Mar 1935

John Kaye bef 30 Jun 1814 London, Middlesex, England - 24 Jul 1876

Mary Kaye 21 Aug 1908 Simla, Himāchal Pradesh, India - 29 Jan 2004

John Keats 31 Oct 1795 Moorgate, London, England - 23 Feb 1821

John Keble 25 Apr 1792 Fairford, Gloucestershire, England - 29 Mar 1866

Living Keynes

Frank Kidson 15 Nov 1855 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Nov 1926

Ronald King-Smith 27 Mar 1922 Bitton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jan 2011

Charles Kingsley 12 Jun 1819 Holne, Devon, England - 23 Jan 1875

Charlotte (Kingsley) Chanter bef 17 Oct 1828 Barnack, Northamptonshire, England - bef 24 Mar 1882

Henry Kingsley 02 Jan 1830 Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 24 May 1876

Mary (Kingsley) Harrison 04 Jun 1852 Eversley, Hampshire, England - 27 Oct 1931

William Kingston 28 Feb 1814 Harley Street, London, England - 05 Aug 1880

Joseph Kipling 30 Dec 1865 Bombay, Maharashtra, India - 18 Jan 1936

Charles Knight 15 Mar 1791 Windsor, Berkshire, England - 09 Mar 1873

Eric Knight 10 Apr 1897 Menston, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - 15 Jan 1943

Elizabeth (Knipe) Cobbold bef 06 Mar 1765 London, England - abt 17 Oct 1824

Edmund Knox 10 May 1881 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jan 1971

Winifred (Knox) Peck abt 1882 Headington, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Nov 1962

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Lynton Lamb 15 Apr 1907 Hyderābād, Andhra Pradesh, India - 04 Sep 1977

Richmal Lamburn 15 Nov 1890 Bury, Lancashire, England - 11 Jan 1969

Osbert Lancaster 04 Aug 1908 London, England, United Kingdom - 27 Jul 1986

Letitia (Landon) Maclean 14 Aug 1802 London, England, United Kingdom - bef 15 Oct 1838

Walter Landor abt 30 Jan 1775 Warwick, Warwickshire, England - abt 17 Sep 1864

Sophia (Lane) Clifford abt 02 Aug 1846 London, England, United Kingdom - 21 Apr 1929

William Langland abt 1330 England - abt 1385

Philip Larkin 09 Aug 1922 Coventry, Warwickshire, England - 02 Dec 1985

David Lawrence 11 Sep 1885 Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England - 02 Mar 1930

Edward Lear 12 May 1812 Holloway, London, England - 29 Jan 1888

Living Lebrecht

Elizabeth Lee 25 May 1858 Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jul 1920

Laurence Lee Jun 1914 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 13 May 1997

Mary (Lee) Chudleigh Aug 1656 Clyst St George, Devon, England - 15 Dec 1710

Richard Lee 16 Oct 1774 St Marylebone, Middlesex, England - 03 Apr 1806

Tanith Lee 19 Sep 1947 London, England - 24 May 2015

Alexandra (Leighton) Orr 23 Nov 1828 St Petersburg, Russia - 23 Aug 1903

Prudence (Leith) Playfair 1940s

Mark Lemon 30 Nov 1809 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 23 May 1870

Lionel (Leonard) Lonsdale 1881 Saint Helier, Jersey - 04 Apr 1954

Hamon L'Estrange 1674 Pakenham, Suffolk, England - 1769

Peter Levi 16 May 1931 Ruislip, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Feb 2000

Matthew Lewis 09 Jul 1775 London, England - 14 May 1818

Anne Lister 03 Apr 1791 Halifax, Yorkshire, England - 22 Sep 1840

Joseph Lister 05 Apr 1827 Upton, Essex, England - 10 Feb 1912

Thomas Lister 1800 Grosvenor Square, London, England - 05 Jun 1842

Mark Littman 04 Sep 1920 London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 2015

John Locke 29 Aug 1632 Wrington, Somerset, England - 28 Oct 1704

Hugh Lofting 14 Jan 1886 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Sep 1947

Richard Lovelace 06 Dec 1617 Woolwich, Kent, England - Apr 1658

Clarence Lowry 28 Jul 1909 New Brighton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Jun 1957

Frank Lucas 28 Dec 1894 Hipperholme, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jun 1967

Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish abt 1623 Colchester, Essex, England - 15 Dec 1673

Charles Lukis bef 09 Oct 1857 Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Oct 1917

Morwenna (Lyne) Bielby 23 May 1907 Highbridge, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jul 1979

Andrew Lynn 08 Dec 1796 West Shaftoe, Northumberland, England - 10 May 1861

Antonia (Lyon-Smith) Hunt 20 Sep 1925 Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 09 Oct 2010

George Lyttelton 17 Jan 1709 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 24 Aug 1773

M

Emillie Macaulay 01 Aug 1881 Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Oct 1958

Thomas Macaulay 25 Oct 1800 Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, England - 28 Dec 1859

Flora (MacDonald) Wylde abt 1812 Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 27 Nov 1888

Caitlin (Macnamara) Thomas 08 Dec 1913 Hammersmith, London, England - 31 Jul 1994

Falconer Madan 15 Apr 1851 Cam, Gloucestershire, England - 22 May 1935

Thomas Madox abt 1666 England - 13 Jan 1727

Stuart Mais 04 Jul 1885 Ladywood, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Apr 1975

Thomas Malory abt 1393 - abt 1470

Hilary (Mantel) McEwen 06 Jul 1952 Glossop, Derbyshire, England - 22 Sep 2022

Christopher Marlowe abt 1564 Canterbury, Kent, England - 30 May 1593

Florence (Marryat) Lean 09 Jul 1833 Brighton, Sussex, England - 27 Oct 1899

M cont.

Frederick Marryat 10 Jul 1792 Great George St, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England - 09 Aug 1848

Winifred (Marshall) Gales 10 Jul 1761 Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England - 26 Jun 1839

Violet Martineau 04 Sep 1865 Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Jan 1948

Andrew Marvell 31 Mar 1621 Winestead-in-Holderness, Yorkshire, England - 16 Aug 1678

Alfred Mason 07 May 1865 Dulwich, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 22 Nov 1948

William Maugham 25 Jan 1874 Paris, Seine, France - 16 Dec 1965

Isabella (Mayson) Beeton 12 Mar 1836 Marylebone, London, England - 06 Feb 1865

Marcus McKibbin 01 Dec 1908 Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Nov 1963

Emily (Melvill) Brodrick 15 Apr 1846 Fort William, West Bengal, India - 02 Aug 1906

Robert Mendl 1892 Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - 1983

George Meredith 12 Feb 1828 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 May 1909

Robert Merry 1755 London, England - 24 Jan 1798

Michael (Micklewhite) Caine 1930s

Albert Midlane 23 Jan 1825 Carisbrooke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Feb 1909

Agatha (Miller) Christie 15 Sep 1890 Torquay, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jan 1976

Henry Milman 10 Feb 1791 London, England - 24 Sep 1868

Alan Milne 18 Jan 1882 Hampstead, Middlesex, England - 31 Jan 1956

Christopher Milne 21 Aug 1920 11 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Apr 1996

Frances (Milton) Trollope 10 Mar 1779 Stapleton, Bristol, England - 06 Oct 1863

John Milton 09 Dec 1608 Cheapside, London, England - 08 Nov 1674

James Minchin 12 Mar 1825 Madras, India - 18 Jan 1903

Jim Moir 1950s

James Montgomery 04 Nov 1771 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland - 30 Apr 1854

John Morison 1791 Millseat of Craigston, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 13 Jun 1859

Richard Morris 1895 Kensington Registration District, London, England - 24 Mar 1918

William Morris 24 Mar 1834 Walthamstow, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 03 Oct 1896

Charles Raymond Bell Mortimer 25 Apr 1895 St George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - abt 1980

John Mortimer 21 Apr 1923 Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Jan 2009

Charles Mosley 14 Sep 1948 Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 05 Nov 2013

Geoffrey (Moss) McNeill-Moss Jan 1886 Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 13 Aug 1954

Edward Moxon 12 Dec 1801 Wakefield, Yorkshire, England - 03 Jun 1858

Chris Moyles 1970s

Catherine (Mumford) Booth 17 Jan 1829 Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Oct 1890

Madeleine Munday 07 Nov 1895 Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Mar 1981

Anna (Murphy) Jameson 19 May 1794 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 17 Mar 1860

N

Thomas Nashe bef Nov 1567 Lowestoft, Suffolk, England - abt 1601

Arthur Needler 18 Aug 1900 Sulcoates, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jun 1976

Edith (Nesbit) Tucker 15 Aug 1858 Kennington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 04 May 1924

John Nettles 1940s

Elias Newcomen 1547 Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire, England - 12 Jul 1614

Florence Nightingale 12 May 1820 Firenze, Firenze, Tuscany, Italy - 13 Aug 1910

James David Niven 01 Mar 1910 Belgrave Mansions, London, England - 29 Jul 1983

Wilfred Noble 29 Aug 1908 Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Dec 1987

Roger North 03 Sep 1651 Tostock, Suffolk, England - bef 11 Feb 1734

Amyas Northcote 25 Oct 1864 St Thomas Registration District, Devon, England - 11 May 1923

Mabel (Northgrave) Tibble 29 Jan 1902 East Rounton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Aug 1980

Nevil Shute Norway 17 Jan 1899 Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jan 1960

O

Elliott O'Donnell 27 Feb 1872 Clifton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 08 May 1965

Ida O'Malley 1873 Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 1939

John Osborne 12 Dec 1929 Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom - 24 Dec 1994

Richard Osman 1970s

Thomas Overbury 1581 Compton Scorpion, Warwickshire, England - 14 Sep 1613

Wilfred Owen 18 Mar 1893 Oswestry, Shropshire, England - 04 Nov 1918

P

Violet Paget 14 Oct 1856 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France - 13 Feb 1935

William Palgrave 24 Jan 1826 Westminster, Middlesex, England - 30 Sep 1888

Michael Palin 1940s

Alastair Panton 02 Nov 1916 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 29 Dec 2002

Edith Pargeter 28 Sep 1913 Horsehay, Shropshire, England - 14 Oct 1995

Elnathan Parr 03 Mar 1577 Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England - bef 14 Nov 1622

Katherine Parr abt Aug 1512 Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire, England - 05 Sep 1548

Coventry Patmore 23 Jul 1823 Woodford, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 26 Nov 1896

Henry Patterson 27 Jul 1929 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 09 Apr 2022

Jeremy Paxman 1950s

Thomas Peacock 18 Oct 1785 Weymouth, Dorset, England - 23 Jan 1866

Shirley (Pearce) Conran 21 Sep 1932 London, England - 09 May 2024

Kathleen (Pearson) Bonsey 10 Dec 1903 Islington, Middlesex, England - 29 Aug 1992

Emily (Pepys) Lyttleton 09 Aug 1833 Westmill, Hertfordshire, England - 12 Sep 1877

P cont.

Samuel Pepys 23 Feb 1633 London, England - 26 May 1703

Diana (Perry) Petre 07 Apr 1912 - 2001

Grayson Perry 1960s

Joyce (Phipps) Grenfell 10 Feb 1910 Knightsbridge, London, England - 30 Nov 1979

Mary (Pierrepont) Wortley-Montagu 15 May 1689 London, England - 21 Aug 1762

George Pitt 30 Mar 1795 Lancashire, England - 16 Feb 1855

Giles Playfair 27 Sep 1910 South Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom - 17 Jan 1996

Anne Plumptre 1760 Norwich, Norfolk, England - 1818

James Plumptre 07 Nov 1771 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England - 1832

John Polidori 07 Sep 1795 London, England - 24 Aug 1821

Caroline (Ponsonby) Lamb 13 Nov 1785 Dorset, England - 26 Jan 1828

Alexander Pope 21 May 1688 London, England - 30 May 1744

Anne (Popham) Bell 22 Jun 1916 Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 18 Jul 2018

Arthur Popham 22 Mar 1889 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 08 Dec 1970

Abraham Portal abt 10 May 1726 Clowne, Derbyshire, England - 1809

Dennis Potter 17 May 1935 Coleford, Gloucestershire, England - 07 Jun 1994

Frederick Potter 1834 Lark Stoke, Gloucestershire, England - 21 Nov 1915

Helen (Potter) Heelis 28 Jul 1866 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 22 Dec 1943

Anthony Powell 21 Dec 1905 Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Mar 2000

Robert (Powell) Baden-Powell 22 Feb 1857 6 Stanhope Street, Paddington, London, England - 08 Jan 1941

Theodore Powys 20 Dec 1875 Shirley, Derbyshire, England - 27 Dec 1953

Terence Pratchett 28 Apr 1948 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England - 12 Mar 2015

Samuel Pratt 25 Dec 1749 St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England - 04 Oct 1814

Lilian (Price) Maude 03 Feb 1880 Kinver, Staffordshire, England - 31 Mar 1970

John Priestley 13 Sep 1894 Bradford, Yorkshire, England - 14 Aug 1984

Matthew Prior 21 Jul 1664 Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England - 18 Sep 1721

Adelaide Procter 1825 25 Bedford Square, London, Middlesex, England - 1864

Bryan Procter 21 Nov 1787 England - 04 Oct 1874

Living Pryor

James Puckle 1667 Norwich, Norfolk, England - 26 Jul 1724

Edward (Purcell) FitzGerald 31 Mar 1809 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 14 Jun 1883

Sally Purcell 01 Dec 1944 Aston Fields, Worcestershire, England - 04 Jan 1998

Anthony Purver 1702 Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire, England - 17 Jul 1777

Magnus Pyke 29 Dec 1908 Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Oct 1992

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Francis Quarles bef 08 May 1592 Romford, Essex, England - bef 08 Sep 1644

Arthur Quiller-Couch 21 Nov 1863 Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 12 May 1944

Thomas (Quincey) de Quincey 15 Aug 1785 Manchester, Lancashire, England - 08 Dec 1859

R

Mary (Rainbow) Stewart 17 Sep 1916 Sunderland, County Durham, England, United Kingdom - 09 May 2014

Margaret (Raine) Hunt 12 Jun 1831 Chester le Street, County Durham, England - 1912

Walter Raleigh abt 1554 Hayes Barton, Devon, England - 29 Oct 1618

James Ralph abt 1705 London, England - 24 Jan 1762

Gordon Ramsay 1960s

Arthur Ransome 18 Jan 1884 Leeds, Yorkshire, England - 03 Jun 1967

René Raymond 24 Dec 1906 London, England - 06 Feb 1985

Phoebe (Rayner) Hesketh 29 Jan 1909 Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - Feb 2005

Herbert Read 04 Dec 1893 Muscoates, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1968

Living Read

Charles Reade 08 Jun 1814 Ipsden, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Apr 1884

Talbot Reed 03 Apr 1852 Highgate, London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1893

Mary (Reynolds) Palmer 09 Feb 1716 Devon, England - 27 May 1794

Dorothy Miller (Richardson) Odle 1873 Abingdon, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1957

Samuel Richardson bef 19 Aug 1689 Mackworth, Derbyshire, England - bef 04 Jul 1761

Hester Helena Makepeace Thackeray (Ritchie) Fuller 1878 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 28 Feb 1960

Brian Dennis Kenneth Roberts 1930 Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 1997

William Roberts 30 Nov 1868 Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 1959

Tony Robinson 1940s

Charles (Robinson) Newton- Robinson 18 Oct 1853 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 21 Apr 1913

Henry Robinson 13 May 1775 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England - 05 Feb 1867

Norah (Robinson) Jorisch 27 Aug 1904 Shipdham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 10 Sep 1983

Peter Robinson 17 Mar 1950 Armley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Oct 2022

Robert Robinson 17 Dec 1927 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 12 Aug 2011

Joseph Robson abt 27 Sep 1808 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 26 Aug 1870

Helen (Rogers) Watson 1857 East Stonehouse, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1934

Peter Roget bef 18 Jan 1779 Soho, London, England - 12 Sep 1869

Christina Rossetti 05 Dec 1830 London, England - 29 Dec 1894

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