Alfred Tennyson, also known as Alfred Lord Tennyson, (born August 6, 1809, Somersby, Lincolnshire, England – died October 6, 1892, Lurgashall, Sussex, England) was...
William Makepeace Thackeray (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India – died December 24, 1863, London, England) was an English novelist, poet, and illustrator, mainly...
Helen Adams Keller (born June 27, 1880, Tuscumbia, Alabama, U.S. – died June 1, 1968, Easton, Connecticut, U.S.) was an American author and lecturer...
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (born May 18, 1872, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales—died February 2, 1970, Penrhyndeudraeth, Merioneth, Wales) was a British polymath, philosopher, logician, and...
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (born May 5, 1813, Copenhagen, Denmark – died November 11, 1855, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and social critic...