Alexander Hamilton
(1757 - 1804) Secretary of the Treasury, founder of the Federalist Party, an influential delegate to…
William T. Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman,…
Robert Burnet
(1826-1893) Author who was born in what is now Zimbabwe. He wrote Phantoms of Africa, The Third Eye,…
Louisa May Alcott
(1832-1888) Children's author who wrote Little Women amongst other children's stories.
Hans Christian Andersen
(1805-1875) Author that wrote children's stories such as The Tin Soldier, The Tinderbox and The Ugly…
Matthew Arnold
(1822-1888) Critic and poet that wrote such poems as The Scholar Gipsy and Sohrab and Rustum
George Bancroft
(1800-1891) Historian and diplomat that wrote a 10 volume History of the United States and established…
James M. Barrie
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet (1860-1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright who wrote Peter…
Walter Besant
(1836-1901) British novelist and social reformer who wrote The Children of Gideon, Conditions of Men…
Edmund Burke
(1729-1797) English statesman and author of Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
George W. Cable
(1844-1925) Writer who fought in the Civil War who wrote Silent South and fought for equal rights for…
Thomas Carlyle
(1795-1881) Scottish writer who wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia and Sartor Resartus his…
Samuel L. Clemens
(1835-1910) American writer who wrote classics such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures…
Richard H. Dana
(1815-1882) Author of Two Years Before the Mast and the standard manuel for sea law The Seaman's Friend.
Morgan Dix
(1827-1908) American author that wrote works such as Commentaries on Romans and on Galatians and Colossians;…
Alexandre Dumas
(1802-1870) French author who wrote The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.
Alexandre Dumas
(1802-1870) French author that wrote The Three Musketeers and The count of Monte Cristo
George M. Ebers
(1837-1898) German author who studied Early Egyptian life and wrote many books such as Egypt and the…
George F. Edmunds
(1826-1919) US senator of Vermont who was the Author of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and coauthor of…
Edward Eggleston
(1837-1902) American author that wrote biographies of American Indians and the History of the United…
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
(1820-1880) English novelist during the Victorian era that wrote books such as Middlemarch and The Mill…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882) Author and minister that wrote Society and Solitude and Letters and Social Arms.
Eugene Field
(1850-1895) American writer and poet who became a reporter and journalist. He wrote children's stories…
Henry Rider Haggard
(1856-1925) Novelist who wrote many stories such as King Solomon's Mines and She
Nathaniel Hawthorne
(1804-1864) Early American writer who wrote the Classic novel "The Scarlet Letter
Thomas W. Higginson
(1823-1900) American author who was a commander of the first regiment of former slaves during the Civil…
Washington Irving
(1783-1859) American writer who wrote a collection of children's stories that included Rip van Winkle…
Henry James, Jr.
(1843-1916) American author that wrote many short stories and novels such as The Two Magics and Daisy…
Reverend Mason L. Weems
(1759-1825) Clergyman that wrote the first biography of President George Washington
