Category: English Poets

Lascelles Abercrombie 09 Jan 1881 Ashton upon Mersey, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Oct 1938

Charles Ainley 16 Nov 1870 Dalton by Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Mar 1939

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

Sarah Alleyne 15 Oct 1836 Saint James, Barbados - 16 Aug 1884

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

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

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

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

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

George Ashton 30 Jul 1899 Bramley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 May 1981

Alexander Ashworth 24 Jul 1895 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 1959

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

Marjorie Astin 23 Feb 1903 Shipley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jun 1938

Doris (Atkinson) Winckler 30 Mar 1899 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Nov 1993

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

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

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

Valerie Helene (Barnett) Mendes 1930s

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

Samuel Barrow 1623 London, England - 1682

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

Emelia Bassano Jan 1569 England - 1645

Caroline (Bathurst) Champion de Crespigny 14 Sep 1797 England - 26 Dec 1861

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

Lily (Beanland) Charlesworth 16 Jul 1895 Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Oct 1957

Frederic Beaumont 24 Jul 1902 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 May 1993

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

Annie (Bentley) Woods 20 Dec 1869 Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 29 Jan 1951

Elizabeth (Berney) Grimston 1563 Norwich, Norfolk, England - 1603

Arthur Berry 1920s - 1990s

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

Marjorie (Best) Winward 11 Nov 1898 Hunslet, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Dec 1967

George Bidder 21 May 1863 Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom - 31 Dec 1953

Georgina (Bidder) Kitson Clark 26 Dec 1864 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 20 Jun 1954

Everett Billington 27 Dec 1907 Wharfedale Registration District, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Oct 1986

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

John Bird 05 Dec 1899 Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 16 Jul 1982

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

Richard Blakeborough 24 Jan 1850 Ripon, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Apr 1918

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

Emily (Bland) Pheasey 30 Dec 1869 Shipley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jul 1956

Robert Bloomfield 03 Dec 1766 Honington, Suffolk, England - 19 Aug 1823

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

Denis Botterill 31 Oct 1904 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Oct 1969

Matthew Botterill 01 Oct 1880 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Mar 1960

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

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

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

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

Joseph (Brogan) Medley 02 Apr 1882 Clifford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Aug 1962

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

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

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

Felicia (Browne) Hemans 25 Sep 1793 Liverpool, Lancashire, England - 16 May 1835

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

Robert Browning 07 May 1812 Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 12 Dec 1889

Jacintha Buddicom abt 01 May 1901 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - abt 04 Nov 1993

Alice Buisson 21 Feb 1895 Shipley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Aug 1953

Maud Bulmer 20 May 1855 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Oct 1941

Edward Bulwer-Lytton 08 Nov 1831 London, England - 24 Nov 1891

George (Burden) Burdon 19 Jan 1870 Oulston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Dec 1950

Samuel Butler abt 1613 Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, England - 25 Sep 1680

Gladys (Butt) Cordellis 10 Jul 1887 Eastbourne, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jul 1948

Launcelot (Byng) Cranmer-Byng 23 Nov 1872 Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Jan 1945

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

Frederick Carter 06 Dec 1893 Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Dec 1980

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

George Chapman abt 1560 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England - 12 May 1634

William (Chapman) Dale Chapman 25 Dec 1897 Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Dec 1964

Douglas Charlesworth 09 Jan 1884 Cawthorne, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Apr 1941

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

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

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

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

Ethel (Clifford) Dilke 26 Jan 1876 London, England, United Kingdom - 14 Dec 1959

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

Pauline (Clough) Young 09 Jun 1888 Preston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 09 Mar 1972

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

Lorna (Collard) Horstmann 24 Feb 1900 Woolston, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 28 Aug 1996

Thomas Collett 09 Oct 1846 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1936

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

Henry Constable abt 1565 - 09 Oct 1613

Rupert John Cornford abt 1916 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 1936

George Cornish 07 Jun 1794 West Teignmouth, Devon, England - 10 Sep 1849

Clarice Covell 04 Sep 1891 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jul 1970

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

William Cross 05 Feb 1871 Burradon, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 29 Nov 1961

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

James Dance 17 Mar 1721 Finsbury St Paul, Middlesex, England - 29 Jan 1774

Samuel Daniel abt 1562 Taunton, Somerset, England - abt Oct 1619

Polly (Darby) Robinson 27 Nov 1757 Bristol, England - 26 Dec 1800

Isabella (Darling) Aylmer abt 1832 Bellshill, Chatton, Northumberland, England - 27 Dec 1908

Erasmus Darwin 12 Dec 1731 Elston, Nottinghamshire, England - 18 Apr 1802

Edith Davies 14 Jun 1879 Penmaen-mawr, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 13 Feb 1944

Emily (Davis) Pfeiffer 26 Nov 1827 Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 23 Jan 1890

Miles Day 01 Dec 1896 St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England - 27 Feb 1918

Ethel Dean 25 May 1884 Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Sep 1951

Walter de la Mare 25 Apr 1873 Charlton, Kent, England - 22 Jun 1956

Leonard (Diggs) Digges abt 1588 London, England - 07 Apr 1635

Henry Dobson 18 Jan 1840 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 02 Sep 1921

John Donne abt 24 Jan 1572 Bread Street, City of London, England - 31 Mar 1631

Charles Doughty 19 Aug 1843 Theberton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England - 20 Jan 1926

John Dryden 09 Aug 1631 Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, England - 01 May 1700

Alfred Dunning 24 Apr 1901 Thornhill Lees, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 May 1973

Richard (Edwards) Edwardes - 31 Oct 1566

William Empson 1906 Howden, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 1984

Julian Fane 10 Oct 1827 - 19 Apr 1870

Eleanor Farjeon 13 Feb 1881 London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jun 1965

Albert Farnell 13 Jun 1879 Little Horton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Apr 1963

George Fayers 11 Dec 1853 Norwood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 25 Oct 1927

Rose (Feilmann) Fyleman 06 Mar 1877 Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Aug 1957

Rudolf Ferro 07 Aug 1899 Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Sep 1985

Giles Fletcher 1585 Cranbrook, Kent, England - 1623

Joseph Fletcher 07 Feb 1863 Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jan 1935

Phineas Fletcher bef 08 Apr 1582 Cranbrook, Kent, England - 13 Dec 1650

Charles Ford 09 Dec 1865 Batley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1946

Jane (Fox) Crewdson 22 Oct 1808 Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 22 Sep 1863

John Freeth abt 1731 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England - 29 Sep 1808

Roy Fuller 11 Feb 1912 Failsworth, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Sep 1991

Richard (Gallienne) Le Gallienne 20 Jan 1866 West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 15 Sep 1947

Walter Garstang 09 Feb 1868 Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Feb 1949

Robert Gathorne-Hardy 1902 Fairlie, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - abt 1973

John Gay 30 Jun 1685 Barnstaple, Devon, England - 04 Dec 1732

William Golding 19 Sep 1911 Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1993

Robert Goodyear 26 Oct 1877 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Nov 1948

Robert Graves 24 Jul 1895 Wimbledon, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1985

Thomas Gray 26 Dec 1716 Cornhill, London, England - 30 Jul 1771

Edmond Grayle abt 1577 Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire, England - 1643

Russell Green 22 Nov 1893 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Mar 1972

Dorothy Greenwell 06 Dec 1821 Lanchester, Durham, England - 29 Mar 1882

Sarah (Griffiths) Clay 09 Jan 1870 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Dec 1934

Percival (Hale-Coke) Hale Coke 22 Jun 1898 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Aug 1946

Wilfrid Halliday 20 Feb 1889 Pudsey, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Mar 1975

Eva (Hanbury-Tracy) Anstruther 25 Jan 1869 London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1935

Arabella Hankey 12 Jan 1834 London, England - 09 May 1911

Thomas Hardisty 02 Dec 1873 Dacre, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Nov 1957

Thomas Hardy 02 Jun 1840 Upper Bockhampton, Dorset, England - 11 Jan 1928

Henry Harington 29 Sep 1727 Kelston, Somerset, England - 15 Jan 1816

Oswald Harland 15 Dec 1892 Snainton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Dec 1972

Ada (Harrison) Austin abt 1900 Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, South Africa - 1958

Thomas Harrison 29 Jul 1849 New Leeds, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Jan 1924

William Harvey 14 Apr 1885 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jun 1937

Christopher Vernon Hassall abt 24 Mar 1912 Kensington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1963

Thomas (Haste) Haiste 12 Jan 1852 Kiddal Lane End, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jun 1927

Frances Havergal 14 Dec 1836 Astley, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 03 Jun 1879

Cora Hazard 20 Dec 1907 Thurnscoe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Nov 1936

Walter George Headlam 15 Feb 1866 Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 20 Jun 1908

William Henley 23 Aug 1849 Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England - 11 Jul 1903

George Herbert 03 Apr 1593 Montgomery, Powys, Wales - 01 Mar 1633

Hugh Herklots 05 Sep 1903 Sikandra, Uttar Pradesh, India - 17 May 1971

Robert Herrick bef 24 Aug 1591 Cheapside, London, England - 15 Oct 1674

Richard Heslop 1842 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 1916

Jasper Heywood abt 1535 - 09 Jan 1598

John Heywood abt 1497 Coventry, Warwickshire, England - aft 1578

Thomas Heywood abt 1570 Lincolnshire, England - 1641

Tobias Hill 30 Mar 1970 Kentish Town, London, England - 26 Aug 2023

Susanna (Hiller) Highmore 1690 Effingham, Surrey, England - 18 Nov 1750

Robert Hird 17 Oct 1768 Bedale, Yorkshire, England - bef 04 Jun 1841

Flora (Hoffenberg) Jabri 12 Dec 1909 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 29 Apr 1998

Eleanor (Holmes) Newfield 10 Aug 1903 Bentham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 May 1978

Gerard Hopkins 28 Jul 1844 Stratford, Essex, England - 08 Jun 1899

Alexander Hore-Ruthven 30 Aug 1913 Quetta, Balochistan, India - 24 Dec 1942

David Horner 29 Jul 1900 Mells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom. - 1983

Henry Howard 1517 London, England - 19 Jan 1547

Richard Howitt 23 Feb 1799 Derbyshire, England - 05 Feb 1869

Edward Hughes 17 Aug 1930 Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Oct 1998

Living Hughes

James Hunt 19 Oct 1784 Eagle Hall, Southgate, Middlesex, England - 28 Aug 1859

Michael (Hurwitz) Houghton 20 Mar 1897 Spitalfields, London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jun 1961

Frank Hutton 02 Feb 1895 Willaston, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 1985

Aldous Huxley 26 Jul 1894 Godalming, Surrey, England - 22 Nov 1963

John Ingleson 21 Mar 1904 Otley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1986

Percy Jackson 09 Sep 1892 Prestwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Oct 1976

Hildebrand Jacob 19 Oct 1693 London, England - 31 Mar 1740

Margaret (Jameson) Chapman 08 Jan 1891 Whitby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Sep 1986

Horace Jarvis 03 Sep 1869 Nailstone, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Feb 1951

Rosa (Jeaffreson) Newmarch 18 Dec 1857 Warwick, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Apr 1940

Soame Jenyns abt 01 Jan 1704 England - 18 Dec 1787

Samuel Johnson 18 Sep 1709 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - 13 Dec 1784

Emily (Jones) Lucas 15 Apr 1893 London, England - 30 Jun 1966

Geraint Jones 25 Feb 1904 Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 04 Nov 1997

Benjamin Jonson abt 11 Jun 1572 England - abt 16 Aug 1637

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

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

William Kerr 04 Jun 1889 Sydling St Nicholas, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 10 May 1967

William King bef 03 Jun 1663 London St Andrew Undershaft with St Mary Axe, Middlesex, England - 25 Dec 1712

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

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

John Lamb 12 Aug 1859 Aughton-in-Halton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Feb 1932

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

William Langland abt 1330 England - abt 1385

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