Poets Timeline
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Bio William Knox was born August 17, 1789, in Lillieslief, Roxburghshire, and educated there and at Loretto Academy in Musselburgh. He took up farming from his parents but abandoned it for journalism, and especially poetry. He brought out three volumes of verse, The Lonely Hearth, and Other…Nationality ScottishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Romantic
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Bio Adkins, Nelson Frederick. Fitz-Greene Halleck: An Early Knickerbocker Wit and Poet. 1930. Ringe, Donald A. "Halleck, Fitz-Greene." American National Biography Online (American Council of Learned Societies: Oxford University Press, 2000).Nationality AmericanLiterary Movement Knickerbocker GroupLiterary Period Unknown -
Bio Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) was born of a noble family at Mâcon, where he spent a happy childhood with his mother and sisters. In October 1816 Lamartine visited Aix-les-Bains where he met Madame Julie Charles, who, as Elvire, was to inspire many of the poems in the famous…Nationality FrenchLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Unknown -
Bio A prolific American actor and playwright, born in New York City, who wrote more than 50 plays, Payne was renowned for one thing only, the song "Home Sweet Home" from his opera Clari, performed first at Covent Garden on May 8, 1823. He acted as American consul at Tunis 1842-45 and 1851…Nationality AmericanLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period American Renaissance
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Bio The astronomer John Frederick William Herschel was born on March 7, 1792, in Slough, Buckinghamshire. He attended Dr. Gretton's School in Hitcham, Eton College (briefly), and St. John's College Cambridge first as a student (1809-13), and then as elected fellow, graduating with M.A. in…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Victorian -
Bio The Early Poems of John Clare, 1804–1822. Ed. E. Robinson and D. Powell. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989 John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822–1837. Ed. E. Robinson, D. Powell, and P. M. S. Dawson. 4 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996–98. The Later Poems of John…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Romantic -
Bio Henry Francis Lyte was born on June 1, 1793, at Ednam, Scotland, and educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh (the alma mater of Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett, in Northern Ireland) and Trinity College, Dublin, where he won the Chancellor's Prize for English verse…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Victorian
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Bio Thomas Carlyle was born on December 4, 1795. After attending Annan Academy and Edinburgh University, he taught mathematics for a time before finding his vocation as one of the foremost essayists, biographers, and historians of his century. At first he devoted himself to introducing…Nationality ScottishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Victorian -
Bio Mezo, Richard E. "Drake, Joseph Rodman." American National Biography Online. American Council of Learned Societies: Oxford University Press, 2000.Nationality AmericanLiterary Movement Knickerbocker GroupLiterary Period Unknown -
Bio Born September 19, 1796, at Kingsdown, Bristol, Hartley Coleridge was the oldest son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was the subject of one of his father's finest poems, "Frost at Midnight," and of Wordsworth's astute "To H. C. -- Six Years Old." After his parents separated, Hartley was…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Victorian -
Bio George Moses Horton was born in slavery about 1797 on William Horton's tobacco plantation in Northampton Country, North Carolina. Growing up as a cow-hand in Chatham county, where his master moved, George educated himself to read scripture and to make poems. At 17 years old, he became…Nationality AmericanLiterary Movement African AmericanLiterary Period American Renaissance -
Bio Alfred de Vigny (1797-1863) was a rather austere man, proud of his noble birth and the restrictive demands of the military career which was traditional in his family. His poetry is philosophic and the lessons it teaches are stoic: nature is cruel or indifferent and man must accept his…Nationality FrenchLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Unknown
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Bio Mary Botham, born at Coleford, Gloucestershire, was daughter of Samuel Botham, a Quaker, and in 1821 married William Howitt. They turned to joint-authoring for a living and made a success of their many interests. She wrote novels such as Wood Leighton, a history of the United States, and…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period American Renaissance -
Bio Thomas Macaulay was born October 25, 1800, at Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1826. His political career began in the House of Commons as a Whig member for the borough of Calne, and then for Leeds. In 1834, the year…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Victorian -
Bio Thomas Cole's Poetry. Ed. Marshall B. Tymn. York: Liberty Cap Books, 1972. Wallach, Alan. "Cole, Thomas." American National Biography Online. American Council of Learned Societies: Oxford University Press, 2000.Nationality AmericanLiterary Movement Knickerbocker GroupLiterary Period Unknown -
Bio John Henry Newman converted from the Church of England to Roman Catholicism in 1845 and was ordained in Rome the next year. His Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864), The Grammar of Assent (1870), and The Idea of a University (1873) are important treatises in nineteenth-century English thought.…Nationality EnglishLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period Victorian -
Bio Morris, George P. Poems. New York: Charles Scribner, 1860. --. The Deserted Bride and Other Poems. New York: Adlard & Saunders, 1838. --. The Whip-poor-will. 1843. --. The Songs and Ballads of George P. Morris. New York: Cady & Burgess, 1852 [ca. 1845]. --. Poems…Nationality AmericanLiterary Movement UnknownLiterary Period American Renaissance
