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Ancient 1200 BC - 500 BC
2 poets
Sappho
Sappho
c. 610 BC - c. 570 BC (~40)
2 2
Theognis of Megara
Theognis of Megara
c. 570 BC - c. 485 BC (~85)
1 1
Classical 500 BC - 500
6 poets
Pindar
Pindar
c. 518 BC - c. 438 BC (~80)
1 1
Gaius Valerius Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus
c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC (~30)
2 2
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Quintus Horatius Flaccus
8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)
3 3
Albius Tibullus
Albius Tibullus
c. 55 BC - 19 BC (~36)
1 1
Publius Ovidius Naso
Publius Ovidius Naso
20 March 43 BC - c. 17 (~60)
2 2
Publius Aelius Hadrianus
Publius Aelius Hadrianus
24 January 76 - 10 July 138 (~62)
1 1
Medieval 500 - 1400
22 poets
Caedmon
Caedmon
c. 600 - c. 681 (~81)
1 1
Bede the Venerable
Bede the Venerable
c. 673 - 26 May 735 (~62)
1 1
Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran
c. 690 - 740 (~50)
9 1
Wang Wei
Wang Wei
699 - 761 (~62)
6 1
Li Bai
Li Bai
701 - 762 (~61)
1 1
Du Fu
Du Fu
712 - 770 (~58)
15 1
Pei Di
Pei Di
714 - c. 800 (~86)
21 1
Abu Nuwas
Abu Nuwas
c. 756 - c. 814 (~58)
1 1
Ch'ŏyong
Ch'ŏyong
c. 800 - c. 900 (~100)
1 1
Li Shangyin
Li Shangyin
c. 812 - c. 858 (~46)
21 1
Ealhswith of Mercia
Ealhswith of Mercia
c. 920 - c. 970 (~50)
1 1
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen
c. 1098 - 17 September 1179 (~81)
1 1
Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī
30 September 1207 - 17 December 1273 (~66)
2 2
Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
c. May 1265 - 14 September 1321 (~56)
16 1
W. de Wycombe
W. de Wycombe
c. 1270 - c. 1330 (~60)
1 1
Robert Mannyng of Brunne
Robert Mannyng of Brunne
1288 - c. 1338 (~50)
1 1
Francesco Petrarca
Francesco Petrarca
1304 - 19 July 1374 (~70)
54 2
John Barbour
John Barbour
c. 1316 - 13 March 1395 (~79)
1 1
William Langland
William Langland
c. 1332 - c. 1400 (~68)
1 1
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer
c. 1343 - 25 October 1400 (~57)
9 2
Thomas Hoccleve
Thomas Hoccleve
c. 1368 - 8 May 1426 (~58)
1 1
John Lydgate
John Lydgate
c. 1370 - c. 1450 (~80)
1 1
Renaissance 1400 - 1600
70 poets
King James I of Scotland
King James I of Scotland
July 1394 - 21 February 1437 (~43)
1 1
Robert Henryson
Robert Henryson
c. 1425 - c. 1500 (~75)
9 1
John Skelton
John Skelton
c. 1460 - 21 June 1529 (~69)
8 1
William Dunbar
William Dunbar
c. 1460 - c. 1520 (~60)
3 1
Stephen Hawes
Stephen Hawes
c. 1474 - c. 1523 (~49)
2 1
Sir Thomas More
Sir Thomas More
7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535 (~57)
15 1
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Sir Thomas Wyatt
c. 1503 - 11 October 1542 (~39)
23 3
Thomas Tallis
Thomas Tallis
c. 1505 - 23 November 1585 (~80)
5 1
Thomas, Lord Vaux
Thomas, Lord Vaux
25 April 1509 - c. October 1556 (~47)
5 2
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
c. 1517 - 19 January 1547 (~30)
9 1
Nicholas Grimald
Nicholas Grimald
c. 1519 - c. May 1562 (~43)
1 1
Robert Wever
Robert Wever
c. 1520 - c. 1570 (~50)
1 1
Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard
11 September 1524 - 27 December 1585 (~61)
36 4
Alexander Scott
Alexander Scott
c. 1525 - c. 1584 (~59)
2 1
Richard Edwardes
Richard Edwardes
c. 1525 - 31 October 1566 (~41)
12 2
Richard Tottel
Richard Tottel
c. 1528 - 2 July 1593 (~65)
31 2
William Stevenson
William Stevenson
c. 1530 - 1575 (~45)
1 1
George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne
c. 1539 - 7 October 1577 (~38)
11 2
Barnabe Googe
Barnabe Googe
11 June 1540 - February 1594 (~54)
11 1
George Turberville
George Turberville
c. 1540 - c. 1597 (~57)
9 1
William Byrd
William Byrd
c. 1540 - 4 July 1623 (~83)
55 2
Sir Edward Dyer
Sir Edward Dyer
c. October 1543 - 11 May 1607 (~64)
5 2
David Melvill
David Melvill
c. 1544 - 1614 (~70)
7 2
Alexander Montgomerie
Alexander Montgomerie
c. 1545 - August 1598 (~53)
18 2
Edward de Vere
Edward de Vere
12 April 1550 - 24 June 1604 (~54)
1 1
Richard Rowlands
Richard Rowlands
c. 1550 - c. 1640 (~90)
1 1
Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser
c. 1552 - 13 January 1599 (~47)
34 4
Fulke Greville
Fulke Greville
3 October 1554 - 30 September 1628 (~74)
21 2
John Lyly
John Lyly
c. 1554 - November 1606 (~52)
2 1
Nicholas Breton
Nicholas Breton
c. 1554 - c. 1625 (~71)
17 1
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney
30 November 1554 - 17 October 1586 (~32)
19 3
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
c. 1554 - 29 October 1618 (~64)
17 2
George Peele
George Peele
c. 25 July 1556 - 9 November 1596 (~40)
7 2
Thomas Morley
Thomas Morley
c. 1557 - October 1602 (~45)
121 2
Robert Greene
Robert Greene
c. 11 July 1558 - 3 September 1592 (~34)
4 1
Thomas Lodge
Thomas Lodge
c. 1558 - 15 September 1625 (~67)
6 1
George Chapman
George Chapman
c. 1559 - 12 May 1634 (~75)
6 1
Anthony Munday
Anthony Munday
c. 13 October 1560 - 10 August 1633 (~73)
2 1
Robert Southwell
Robert Southwell
c. 1561 - 21 February 1595 (~34)
29 2
Henry Constable
Henry Constable
1562 - October 1613 (~51)
40 2
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel
c. 1562 - 14 October 1619 (~57)
6 1
Giles Farnaby
Giles Farnaby
c. 1563 - November 1640 (~77)
21 1
John Dowland
John Dowland
c. 1563 - 20 February 1626 (~63)
15 1
Joshua Sylvester
Joshua Sylvester
1563 - 28 September 1618 (~55)
6 1
Mark Alexander Boyd
Mark Alexander Boyd
1563 - 1601 (~38)
1 1
Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton
1563 - December 1631 (~68)
12 1
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe
26 February 1564 - 30 May 1593 (~29)
2 2
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
c. 23 April 1564 - 23 April 1616 (~52)
77 20
Francis Pilkington
Francis Pilkington
c. 1565 - 1638 (~73)
4 2
George Kirbye
George Kirbye
c. 1565 - 6 October 1634 (~69)
23 1
Michaell Cavendish
Michaell Cavendish
c. 1565 - c. 5 July 1628 (~63)
3 1
William Barley
William Barley
c. 1565 - 1614 (~49)
2 1
Thomas Campion
Thomas Campion
12 February 1567 - 1 March 1620 (~53)
34 2
Thomas Nashe
Thomas Nashe
1567 - c. 1601 (~34)
5 1
William Alexander
William Alexander
c. 1567 - 12 February 1640 (~73)
17 1
Sir Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton
30 March 1568 - December 1639 (~71)
2 2
Sir John Davies
Sir John Davies
16 April 1569 - 8 December 1626 (~57)
36 2
John Cooper
John Cooper
c. 1570 - c. 1626 (~56)
1 1
John Farmer
John Farmer
c. 1570 - c. 1605 (~35)
11 1
Richard Allison
Richard Allison
c. 1570 - c. 1615 (~45)
1 1
Sir Robert Ayton
Sir Robert Ayton
1570 - 25 February 1638 (~68)
2 1
John Ward
John Ward
8 September 1571 - 1638 (~67)
12 2
Martin Peerson
Martin Peerson
c. 1571 - 16 January 1651 (~80)
3 1
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson
c. 11 June 1572 - 6 August 1637 (~65)
48 5
John Donne
John Donne
1572 - 31 March 1631 (~59)
65 40
Thomas Dekker
Thomas Dekker
c. 1572 - 25 August 1641 (~69)
14 1
Thomas Tomkins
Thomas Tomkins
1572 - 9 June 1656 (~84)
25 2
John Wilbye
John Wilbye
7 March 1574 - September 1638 (~64)
63 1
Richard Barnefield
Richard Barnefield
29 June 1574 - 1627 (~53)
2 1
Thomas Heywood
Thomas Heywood
c. 1574 - August 1641 (~67)
21 2
Enlightenment 1600 - 1800
139 poets
Francis Davison
Francis Davison
c. 1575 - c. 1619 (~44)
1 1
John Bennet
John Bennet
c. 1575 - c. 1614 (~39)
1 1
Thomas Bateson
Thomas Bateson
c. 1575 - March 1630 (~55)
32 1
Thomas Greaves
Thomas Greaves
c. 1575 - c. 1620 (~45)
2 1
Thomas Weelkes
Thomas Weelkes
25 October 1576 - November 1623 (~47)
73 1
Robert Jones
Robert Jones
c. 1577 - c. 1617 (~40)
28 2
John Fletcher
John Fletcher
20 December 1579 - 29 August 1625 (~46)
21 2
Tobias Hume
Tobias Hume
c. 1579 - 16 April 1645 (~66)
3 1
John Webster
John Webster
c. 1580 - c. 1632 (~52)
3 1
Thomas Ford
Thomas Ford
c. 1580 - November 1648 (~68)
8 2
William Corkine
William Corkine
c. 1580 - c. 1620 (~40)
3 1
Phineas Fletcher
Phineas Fletcher
8 April 1582 - 13 December 1650 (~68)
7 2
Edward Herbert
Edward Herbert
3 March 1583 - 20 August 1648 (~65)
52 1
Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons
25 December 1583 - 5 June 1625 (~42)
3 1
Sir John Beaumont
Sir John Beaumont
c. 1583 - 19 April 1627 (~44)
12 1
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont
1584 - 6 March 1616 (~32)
15 1
John Bartlet
John Bartlet
c. 1585 - c. 1620 (~35)
3 2
William Drummond
William Drummond
13 December 1585 - 4 December 1649 (~64)
133 2
Giles Fletcher
Giles Fletcher
c. 1586 - 1623 (~37)
5 1
John Ford
John Ford
17 April 1586 - c. 1639 (~53)
4 1
George Wither
George Wither
11 June 1588 - 2 May 1667 (~79)
4 1
John Reynolds
John Reynolds
c. 1588 - c. 1655 (~67)
1 1
William Browne, of Tavistock
William Browne, of Tavistock
c. 1588 - c. 1650 (~62)
6 1
Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick
24 August 1591 - 15 October 1674 (~83)
94 31
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles
8 May 1592 - 8 September 1644 (~52)
12 1
Henry King
Henry King
16 January 1592 - 30 September 1669 (~77)
45 1
Thomas Vautor
Thomas Vautor
c. 1592 - 1619 (~27)
3 1
George Herbert
George Herbert
3 April 1593 - 1 March 1633 (~40)
64 3
Thomas Carew
Thomas Carew
1595 - 22 March 1640 (~45)
12 4
James Shirley
James Shirley
September 1596 - 29 October 1666 (~70)
4 1
John Attey
John Attey
c. 1598 - c. 1640 (~42)
2 1
William Strode
William Strode
c. 11 January 1602 - 1645 (~43)
69 1
Jasper Mayne
Jasper Mayne
23 November 1604 - 6 December 1672 (~68)
1 1
Thomas Randolph
Thomas Randolph
15 June 1605 - March 1635 (~30)
29 1
William Habington
William Habington
4 November 1605 - 30 November 1654 (~49)
4 1
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller
3 March 1606 - 21 October 1687 (~81)
5 4
Sir William Davenant
Sir William Davenant
c. February 1606 - 7 April 1668 (~62)
3 1
John Milton
John Milton
9 December 1608 - 8 November 1674 (~66)
30 2
Sir Richard Fanshawe
Sir Richard Fanshawe
12 June 1608 - June 1666 (~58)
22 2
Sir John Suckling
Sir John Suckling
10 February 1609 - 1642 (~33)
41 1
King James Bible
King James Bible
1611 - present
8 7
William Cartwright
William Cartwright
1 September 1611 - 29 November 1643 (~32)
39 3
Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet
1612 - 16 September 1672 (~60)
16 5
James Graham
James Graham
1612 - 21 May 1650 (~38)
14 2
Thomas Jordan
Thomas Jordan
c. 1612 - c. 1685 (~73)
64 1
Richard Crashaw
Richard Crashaw
c. 1613 - 25 August 1649 (~36)
5 1
Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace
1617 - 1657 (~40)
53 10
Abraham Cowley
Abraham Cowley
1618 - 28 July 1667 (~49)
29 3
Alexander Brome
Alexander Brome
1620 - 30 June 1666 (~46)
114 2
Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell
31 March 1621 - 16 August 1678 (~57)
18 8
Henry Vaughan
Henry Vaughan
17 April 1621 - 23 April 1695 (~74)
33 2
Thomas Stanley
Thomas Stanley
3 September 1625 - 12 April 1678 (~53)
54 3
John Bunyan
John Bunyan
November 1628 - 31 August 1688 (~60)
3 1
Charles Cotton
Charles Cotton
28 April 1630 - 16 February 1687 (~57)
50 2
John Dryden
John Dryden
9 August 1631 - 12 May 1700 (~69)
10 2
Katherine Philips
Katherine Philips
1 January 1632 - 22 June 1664 (~32)
3 2
Sir George Etherege
Sir George Etherege
c. 1635 - c. 10 May 1692 (~57)
24 1
Thomas Flatman
Thomas Flatman
21 February 1635 - 8 December 1688 (~53)
49 2
Thomas Traherne
Thomas Traherne
c. 1637 - 27 September 1674 (~37)
39 2
Sir Charles Sedley
Sir Charles Sedley
March 1639 - 20 August 1701 (~62)
44 1
Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn
1640 - 16 April 1689 (~49)
9 7
Edward Taylor
Edward Taylor
c. 1642 - 24 June 1729 (~87)
15 1
Thomas Shadwell
Thomas Shadwell
c. 1642 - 19 November 1692 (~50)
9 2
Charles Sackville
Charles Sackville
24 January 1643 - 29 January 1706 (~63)
22 1
Matsuo Bashō
Matsuo Bashō
1644 - 28 November 1694 (~50)
2 2
John Sheffield
John Sheffield
8 September 1647 - 24 February 1721 (~74)
2 2
John Wilmot
John Wilmot
1 April 1647 - 26 July 1680 (~33)
40 3
Charles Webbe
Charles Webbe
c. 1650 - c. 1680 (~30)
3 2
Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway
3 March 1652 - 14 April 1685 (~33)
1 1
John Oldham
John Oldham
9 August 1653 - 9 December 1683 (~30)
12 2
Thomas d'Urfey
Thomas d'Urfey
c. 1653 - 26 February 1723 (~70)
18 2
William Walsh
William Walsh
6 October 1662 - 15 March 1708 (~46)
11 2
Matthew Prior
Matthew Prior
c. July 1664 - 18 September 1721 (~57)
36 2
Lady Grizel Baillie
Lady Grizel Baillie
25 December 1665 - 6 December 1746 (~81)
2 1
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745 (~78)
35 2
William Congreve
William Congreve
24 January 1670 - 19 January 1729 (~59)
4 1
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
1 May 1672 - 17 June 1719 (~47)
10 2
Isaac Watts
Isaac Watts
17 July 1674 - 25 November 1748 (~74)
38 2
Elizabeth Thomas
Elizabeth Thomas
1675 - 1731 (~56)
50 2
Mary Monck
Mary Monck
c. 1677 - 1715 (~38)
1 1
Thomas Parnell
Thomas Parnell
11 September 1679 - 24 October 1718 (~39)
6 2
Allan Ramsay
Allan Ramsay
c. 15 October 1684 - 7 January 1758 (~74)
14 1
John Gay
John Gay
30 June 1685 - 4 December 1732 (~47)
1 1
Henry Carey
Henry Carey
c. 26 August 1687 - 5 October 1743 (~56)
2 2
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
21 May 1688 - 30 May 1744 (~56)
10 6
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
May 1689 - 21 August 1762 (~73)
31 1
William Broome
William Broome
30 April 1689 - 16 November 1745 (~56)
1 1
William Oldys
William Oldys
14 July 1696 - 15 April 1761 (~65)
1 1
James Thomson
James Thomson
c. 11 September 1700 - 27 August 1748 (~48)
15 2
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley
18 December 1707 - 29 March 1788 (~81)
18 1
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
18 September 1709 - 13 December 1784 (~75)
15 2
William Shenstone
William Shenstone
18 November 1714 - 11 February 1763 (~49)
15 1
Richard Jago
Richard Jago
1 October 1715 - 8 May 1781 (~66)
3 2
Thomas Gray
Thomas Gray
26 December 1716 - 30 July 1771 (~55)
26 2
Yosa Buson
Yosa Buson
1716 - 17 January 1784 (~68)
1 1
John Skinner
John Skinner
3 October 1721 - 16 June 1807 (~86)
14 2
Mark Akenside
Mark Akenside
9 November 1721 - 23 June 1770 (~49)
8 2
Tobias George Smollett
Tobias George Smollett
c. 19 March 1721 - 17 September 1771 (~50)
1 1
WIlliam Collins
WIlliam Collins
25 December 1721 - 12 June 1759 (~38)
10 1
Christopher Smart
Christopher Smart
11 April 1722 - 21 May 1770 (~48)
4 1
Fanny Greville
Fanny Greville
c. 1724 - 28 July 1789 (~65)
1 1
Jean Elliot
Jean Elliot
April 1727 - 29 March 1805 (~78)
1 1
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith
c. 10 November 1728 - 4 April 1774 (~46)
3 1
John Scott
John Scott
9 January 1730 - 12 December 1783 (~53)
11 1
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt
1730 - 13 February 1809 (~79)
1 1
William Cowper
William Cowper
26 November 1731 - 25 April 1800 (~69)
63 2
James Beattie
James Beattie
25 October 1735 - 18 August 1803 (~68)
2 1
Robert Cunninghame-Graham
Robert Cunninghame-Graham
1735 - 11 December 1797 (~62)
2 1
Thomas Godfrey
Thomas Godfrey
4 December 1736 - 3 August 1763 (~27)
11 1
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
9 February 1737 - 8 June 1809 (~72)
12 1
Isobel Pagan
Isobel Pagan
c. 1740 - 3 November 1821 (~81)
21 3
Michael Bruce
Michael Bruce
27 March 1746 - 5 July 1767 (~21)
14 1
Anna Lætitia Barbauld
Anna Lætitia Barbauld
20 June 1743 - 9 March 1825 (~82)
16 8
Hannah More
Hannah More
2 February 1745 - 7 September 1833 (~88)
1 1
Thomas Chatterton
Thomas Chatterton
20 November 1752 - 24 August 1770 (~18)
6 5
Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Smith
4 May 1749 - 28 October 1806 (~57)
91 7
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
28 August 1749 - 22 March 1832 (~83)
23 2
Robert Fergusson
Robert Fergusson
5 September 1750 - 16 October 1774 (~24)
11 2
Elizabeth Craven
Elizabeth Craven
17 December 1750 - 13 January 1828 (~78)
1 1
Lady Anne Lindsay
Lady Anne Lindsay
8 December 1750 - 6 May 1825 (~75)
3 1
Philip Freneau
Philip Freneau
2 January 1752 - 18 December 1832 (~80)
3 1
Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley
c. 1753 - 5 December 1784 (~31)
26 2
George Crabbe
George Crabbe
24 December 1754 - 3 February 1832 (~78)
27 2
Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson
27 November 1757 - 26 December 1800 (~43)
2 2
William Blake
William Blake
28 November 1757 - 12 August 1827 (~70)
51 35
Robert Burns
Robert Burns
25 January 1759 - 21 July 1796 (~37)
72 33
Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie
11 September 1762 - 23 February 1851 (~89)
27 5
William Lisle Bowles
William Lisle Bowles
24 September 1762 - 7 April 1850 (~88)
31 8
Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers
30 July 1763 - 18 December 1855 (~92)
25 2
Mary Lamb
Mary Lamb
3 December 1764 - 20 May 1847 (~83)
4 3
Lady Nairne
Lady Nairne
16 August 1766 - 26 October 1845 (~79)
54 3
Amelia Alderson Opie
Amelia Alderson Opie
12 November 1769 - 2 December 1853 (~84)
85 19
Ivan Krylov
Ivan Krylov
13 February 1769 - 21 November 1844 (~75)
1 1
James Hogg
James Hogg
c. 9 December 1770 - 21 November 1835 (~65)
19 1
William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth
7 April 1770 - 23 April 1850 (~80)
135 51
Dorothy Wordsworth
Dorothy Wordsworth
25 December 1771 - 25 January 1855 (~84)
86 3
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott
15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832 (~61)
14 2
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
21 October 1772 - 25 July 1834 (~62)
47 25
Robert Southey
Robert Southey
12 August 1774 - 21 March 1843 (~69)
7 4
Romantic 1800 - 1850
116 poets
Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
10 February 1775 - 27 December 1834 (~59)
12 5
Charlotte Richardson
Charlotte Richardson
5 March 1775 - 26 September 1825 (~50)
2 2
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
16 December 1775 - 18 July 1817 (~42)
6 2
Joseph Blanco White
Joseph Blanco White
11 July 1775 - 20 May 1841 (~66)
1 1
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
30 January 1775 - 17 September 1864 (~89)
110 8
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell
27 July 1777 - 15 June 1844 (~67)
34 3
Antoine Ó Raifteirí
Antoine Ó Raifteirí
c. 30 March 1779 - 25 December 1835 (~56)
2 2
Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore
15 July 1779 - 10 July 1863 (~84)
4 2
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
28 May 1779 - 25 February 1852 (~73)
55 31
Ebenezer Elliott
Ebenezer Elliott
17 March 1781 - 1 December 1849 (~68)
8 1
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
Edward Hovell-Thurlow
10 June 1781 - 4 June 1829 (~48)
33 2
Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham
7 December 1784 - 30 October 1842 (~58)
11 3
Bernard Barton
Bernard Barton
31 January 1784 - 19 February 1849 (~65)
109 3
John Kenyon
John Kenyon
2 December 1784 - 3 December 1856 (~72)
1 1
Leigh Hunt
Leigh Hunt
19 October 1784 - 28 August 1859 (~75)
24 8
Thomas Love Peacock
Thomas Love Peacock
18 October 1785 - 23 January 1866 (~81)
2 1
Barry Cornwall
Barry Cornwall
21 November 1787 - 5 October 1874 (~87)
141 10
Richard Henry Dana
Richard Henry Dana
15 November 1787 - 2 February 1879 (~92)
2 1
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
22 January 1788 - 19 April 1824 (~36)
97 28
Sir Aubrey de Vere
Sir Aubrey de Vere
28 August 1788 - 5 July 1846 (~58)
21 2
Alphonse de Lamartine
Alphonse de Lamartine
21 October 1790 - 1 March 1869 (~79)
1 1
Charles Wolfe
Charles Wolfe
14 December 1791 - 21 February 1823 (~32)
2 1
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
Lydia Huntley Sigourney
1 September 1791 - 10 June 1865 (~74)
24 2
John Keble
John Keble
25 April 1792 - 29 March 1866 (~74)
1 1
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
4 August 1792 - 8 July 1822 (~30)
75 13
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
Felicia Dorothea Hemans
25 September 1793 - 16 May 1835 (~42)
28 11
John Clare
John Clare
13 July 1793 - 20 May 1864 (~71)
143 18
John Gibson Lockhart
John Gibson Lockhart
12 June 1794 - 25 November 1854 (~60)
1 1
William Cullen Bryant
William Cullen Bryant
3 November 1794 - 12 June 1878 (~84)
52 11
George Darley
George Darley
December 1795 - 23 November 1846 (~51)
4 1
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan
1795 - 19 September 1839 (~44)
3 1
John Keats
John Keats
31 October 1795 - 23 February 1821 (~26)
105 22
William Sidney Walker
William Sidney Walker
4 December 1795 - 15 October 1846 (~51)
52 1
Hartley Coleridge
Hartley Coleridge
19 September 1796 - 6 January 1849 (~53)
35 10
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851 (~54)
10 2
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth
c. 1797 - 26 November 1883 (~86)
1 1
Giacomo Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi
29 June 1798 - 14 June 1837 (~39)
12 2
William Thom
William Thom
c. December 1798 - 29 February 1848 (~50)
15 1
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood
23 May 1799 - 3 May 1845 (~46)
48 25
Sir Henry Taylor
Sir Henry Taylor
18 October 1800 - 27 March 1886 (~86)
1 1
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay
25 October 1800 - 28 December 1859 (~59)
1 1
William Barnes
William Barnes
22 February 1801 - 7 October 1886 (~85)
8 1
Edward Coote Pinkney
Edward Coote Pinkney
1 October 1802 - 11 April 1828 (~26)
3 2
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
14 August 1802 - 15 October 1838 (~36)
42 3
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
28 July 1802 - 15 July 1839 (~37)
5 2
Amastan Ag Mohamed
Amastan Ag Mohamed
c. 1803 - 1878 (~75)
1 1
Gerald Griffin
Gerald Griffin
12 December 1803 - 12 June 1840 (~37)
2 1
James Clarence Mangan
James Clarence Mangan
1 May 1803 - 20 June 1849 (~46)
104 8
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
25 May 1803 - 27 April 1882 (~79)
101 47
Richard Henry Horne
Richard Henry Horne
31 December 1803 - 13 March 1884 (~81)
18 1
Robert Stephen Hawker
Robert Stephen Hawker
3 December 1803 - 15 August 1875 (~72)
46 3
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
Thomas Lovell Beddoes
30 June 1803 - 26 January 1849 (~46)
35 1
Charles Whitehead
Charles Whitehead
4 October 1804 - 5 July 1862 (~58)
11 2
Francis Sylvester Mahony
Francis Sylvester Mahony
31 December 1805 - 18 May 1866 (~61)
5 1
Thomas Edwards Hankinson
Thomas Edwards Hankinson
19 June 1805 - 6 October 1843 (~38)
16 2
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
6 March 1806 - 29 June 1861 (~55)
67 2
James Ballantine
James Ballantine
11 June 1806 - 18 December 1877 (~71)
49 1
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis
20 January 1806 - 20 January 1867 (~61)
1 1
Frederick Tennyson
Frederick Tennyson
5 June 1807 - 26 February 1898 (~91)
31 1
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
27 February 1807 - 24 March 1882 (~75)
160 69
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier
17 December 1807 - 7 September 1892 (~85)
6 2
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
Caroline Elizabeth Sheridan
22 March 1808 - 15 June 1877 (~69)
30 10
Charles Tennyson Turner
Charles Tennyson Turner
4 July 1808 - 25 April 1879 (~71)
30 8
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Alfred Lord Tennyson
6 August 1809 - 6 October 1892 (~83)
60 27
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
19 January 1809 - 7 October 1849 (~40)
50 18
Edward FitzGerald
Edward FitzGerald
31 March 1809 - 14 June 1883 (~74)
1 1
James Nack
James Nack
4 January 1809 - 23 September 1879 (~70)
40 2
John Stuart Blackie
John Stuart Blackie
28 July 1809 - 2 March 1895 (~86)
29 2
Juliusz Słowacki
Juliusz Słowacki
4 September 1809 - 3 April 1849 (~40)
6 2
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
29 August 1809 - 7 October 1894 (~85)
139 16
Richard Monckton Milnes
Richard Monckton Milnes
19 June 1809 - 11 August 1885 (~76)
64 2
Francis Hastings Doyle
Francis Hastings Doyle
21 August 1810 - 8 June 1888 (~78)
41 3
Sir Samuel Ferguson
Sir Samuel Ferguson
10 March 1810 - 9 August 1886 (~76)
20 1
William Bell Scott
William Bell Scott
12 September 1811 - 22 November 1890 (~79)
67 3
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
18 July 1811 - 24 December 1863 (~52)
36 2
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870 (~58)
15 1
Edward Lear
Edward Lear
12 May 1812 - 29 January 1888 (~76)
23 8
Robert Browning
Robert Browning
7 May 1812 - 12 December 1889 (~77)
86 19
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
William Edmondstoune Aytoun
21 June 1813 - 4 August 1865 (~52)
29 2
Aubrey Thomas de Vere
Aubrey Thomas de Vere
10 January 1814 - 20 January 1902 (~88)
47 1
Charles Mackay
Charles Mackay
27 March 1814 - 24 December 1889 (~75)
6 3
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë
21 April 1816 - 31 March 1855 (~39)
17 7
Philip James Bailey
Philip James Bailey
22 April 1816 - 6 September 1902 (~86)
15 1
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
12 July 1817 - 6 May 1862 (~45)
157 2
Cecil Frances Alexander
Cecil Frances Alexander
14 April 1818 - 12 October 1895 (~77)
15 3
Elizabeth Prentiss
Elizabeth Prentiss
26 October 1818 - 13 August 1878 (~60)
5 2
Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë
30 July 1818 - 19 December 1848 (~30)
35 11
Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough
1 January 1819 - 13 November 1861 (~42)
38 12
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley
12 June 1819 - 23 January 1875 (~56)
39 2
George Eliot
George Eliot
22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880 (~61)
14 2
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
1 August 1819 - 28 September 1891 (~72)
54 3
J.G. Holland
J.G. Holland
24 July 1819 - 12 October 1881 (~62)
17 7
James Russell Lowell
James Russell Lowell
22 February 1819 - 12 August 1891 (~72)
14 3
John Ruskin
John Ruskin
8 February 1819 - 20 January 1900 (~81)
18 1
Julia Ward Howe
Julia Ward Howe
27 May 1819 - 17 October 1910 (~91)
46 1
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
31 May 1819 - 26 March 1892 (~73)
113 9
Alice Cary
Alice Cary
26 April 1820 - 12 February 1871 (~51)
14 2
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë
17 January 1820 - 28 May 1849 (~29)
49 9
Ebenezer Jones
Ebenezer Jones
20 January 1820 - 14 September 1860 (~40)
45 1
Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow
17 March 1820 - 20 July 1897 (~77)
26 2
José María Iparraguirre
José María Iparraguirre
12 August 1820 - 6 April 1881 (~61)
1 1
Anne Whitney
Anne Whitney
2 September 1821 - 23 January 1915 (~94)
23 3
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
9 April 1821 - 31 August 1867 (~46)
9 4
Dorothy Greenwell
Dorothy Greenwell
6 December 1821 - 29 March 1882 (~61)
9 2
Lady Jane Wilde
Lady Jane Wilde
27 December 1821 - 3 February 1896 (~75)
32 3
Maria White Lowell
Maria White Lowell
8 July 1821 - 27 October 1853 (~32)
2 1
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold
24 December 1822 - 15 April 1888 (~66)
18 12
Coventry Patmore
Coventry Patmore
23 July 1823 - 26 November 1896 (~73)
26 1
Elizabeth Stoddard
Elizabeth Stoddard
6 May 1823 - 1 August 1902 (~79)
60 1
George Henry Boker
George Henry Boker
6 October 1823 - 2 January 1890 (~67)
14 2
William Brighty Rands
William Brighty Rands
24 December 1823 - 23 April 1882 (~59)
12 1
William Johnson Cory
William Johnson Cory
9 January 1823 - 11 June 1892 (~69)
19 2
William Philpot
William Philpot
16 April 1823 - 16 April 1889 (~66)
67 1
Phoebe Cary
Phoebe Cary
4 September 1824 - 31 July 1871 (~47)
24 3
Sydney Dobell
Sydney Dobell
5 April 1824 - 22 August 1874 (~50)
36 2
William Allingham
William Allingham
19 March 1824 - 18 November 1889 (~65)
1 1
Victorian 1850 - 1900
174 poets
Bayard Taylor
Bayard Taylor
11 January 1825 - 19 December 1878 (~53)
27 2
Frances E. W. Harper
Frances E. W. Harper
24 September 1825 - 22 February 1911 (~86)
38 4
Francis James Child
Francis James Child
1 February 1825 - 11 September 1896 (~71)
4 3
William Whiting
William Whiting
1 November 1825 - 3 May 1878 (~53)
1 1
George John Cayley
George John Cayley
26 January 1826 - 11 October 1878 (~52)
3 1
Stephen Collins Foster
Stephen Collins Foster
4 July 1826 - 13 January 1864 (~38)
2 1
Achsa White Sprague
Achsa White Sprague
17 November 1827 - 6 July 1862 (~35)
29 1
Edward James Mortimer Collins
Edward James Mortimer Collins
29 June 1827 - 28 July 1876 (~49)
30 3
John Townsend Trowbridge
John Townsend Trowbridge
18 September 1827 - 12 February 1916 (~89)
27 2
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
12 May 1828 - 9 April 1882 (~54)
149 5
Gerald Massey
Gerald Massey
29 May 1828 - 29 October 1907 (~79)
75 3
Henry Timrod
Henry Timrod
8 December 1828 - 7 October 1867 (~39)
48 1
Christina Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
5 December 1830 - 29 December 1894 (~64)
112 68
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
10 December 1830 - 15 May 1886 (~56)
448 185
Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt Jackson
15 October 1830 - 12 August 1885 (~55)
35 2
T. E. Brown
T. E. Brown
5 May 1830 - 29 October 1897 (~67)
31 3
Charles Stuart Calverley
Charles Stuart Calverley
22 December 1831 - 17 February 1884 (~53)
21 1
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
8 November 1831 - 24 November 1891 (~60)
47 4
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
8 December 1832 - 26 April 1910 (~78)
1 1
Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll
27 January 1832 - 14 January 1898 (~66)
35 11
Richard Realf
Richard Realf
14 June 1832 - 28 October 1878 (~46)
46 2
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Edmund Clarence Stedman
8 October 1833 - 18 January 1908 (~75)
26 2
Sir Lewis Morris
Sir Lewis Morris
23 January 1833 - 12 November 1907 (~74)
92 6
James Thomson
James Thomson
23 November 1834 - 3 June 1882 (~48)
24 1
William Morris
William Morris
24 March 1834 - 3 October 1896 (~62)
38 2
Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin
30 May 1835 - 2 June 1913 (~78)
35 17
Celia Thaxter
Celia Thaxter
29 June 1835 - 25 August 1894 (~59)
48 2
Louise Chandler Moulton
Louise Chandler Moulton
10 April 1835 - 10 August 1908 (~73)
87 2
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
30 November 1835 - 21 April 1910 (~75)
1 1
Susan Coolidge
Susan Coolidge
29 January 1835 - 9 April 1905 (~70)
148 4
Theodore Tilton
Theodore Tilton
2 October 1835 - 29 May 1907 (~72)
15 2
Bret Harte
Bret Harte
25 August 1836 - 5 May 1902 (~66)
21 3
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
1836 - 1870 (~34)
33 2
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
11 November 1836 - 19 March 1907 (~71)
63 2
William Schwenck Gilbert
William Schwenck Gilbert
18 November 1836 - 29 May 1911 (~75)
5 2
David Gray
David Gray
29 January 1838 - 3 December 1861 (~23)
21 1
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne
5 April 1837 - 10 April 1909 (~72)
37 14
Joaquin Miller
Joaquin Miller
8 September 1837 - 17 February 1913 (~76)
25 2
John Burroughs
John Burroughs
3 April 1837 - 29 March 1921 (~84)
1 1
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy
2 June 1840 - 11 January 1928 (~88)
101 39
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
17 August 1840 - 10 September 1922 (~82)
32 9
Edward Rowland Sill
Edward Rowland Sill
29 April 1841 - 27 February 1887 (~46)
61 2
Mathilde Blind
Mathilde Blind
21 March 1841 - 26 November 1896 (~55)
78 6
Robert Williams Buchanan
Robert Williams Buchanan
18 August 1841 - 10 June 1901 (~60)
25 3
Sarah Doudney
Sarah Doudney
15 January 1841 - 8 December 1926 (~85)
7 1
Arthur Macy
Arthur Macy
6 June 1842 - 1 June 1904 (~62)
43 4
Sidney Lanier
Sidney Lanier
3 February 1842 - 7 September 1881 (~39)
2 1
Stéphane Mallarmé
Stéphane Mallarmé
18 March 1842 - 9 September 1898 (~56)
19 1
Violet Fane
Violet Fane
24 February 1843 - 13 October 1905 (~62)
80 4
Ada Cambridge
Ada Cambridge
21 November 1844 - 19 July 1926 (~82)
15 6
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
Arthur O'Shaughnessy
14 March 1844 - 30 January 1881 (~37)
40 20
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins
28 July 1844 - 8 June 1889 (~45)
79 16
John Boyle O'Reilly
John Boyle O'Reilly
28 June 1844 - 10 August 1890 (~46)
44 12
Maurice Thompson
Maurice Thompson
9 September 1844 - 15 February 1901 (~57)
52 2
Paul Verlaine
Paul Verlaine
30 March 1844 - 8 January 1896 (~52)
10 2
Robert Bridges
Robert Bridges
23 October 1844 - 21 April 1930 (~86)
55 3
Watcyn Wyn
Watcyn Wyn
7 March 1844 - 19 November 1905 (~61)
13 5
Alexander Anderson
Alexander Anderson
30 April 1845 - 11 July 1909 (~64)
73 3
John Banister Tabb
John Banister Tabb
22 March 1845 - 19 November 1909 (~64)
1 1
William Canton
William Canton
27 October 1845 - 2 May 1926 (~81)
51 2
Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell
11 October 1847 - 27 November 1922 (~75)
66 2
Henry Augustin Beers
Henry Augustin Beers
2 July 1847 - 7 September 1926 (~79)
1 1
Henry Scott Holland
Henry Scott Holland
27 January 1847 - 17 March 1918 (~71)
1 1
Edwin J. Ellis
Edwin J. Ellis
20 May 1848 - 1916 (~68)
9 1
John Vance Cheney
John Vance Cheney
29 December 1848 - 1 May 1922 (~74)
1 1
Edmund William Gosse
Edmund William Gosse
21 September 1849 - 16 May 1928 (~79)
36 2
Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus
22 July 1849 - 19 November 1887 (~38)
50 3
James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley
7 October 1849 - 22 July 1916 (~67)
23 2
William Ernest Henley
William Ernest Henley
23 August 1849 - 11 July 1903 (~54)
125 8
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
5 November 1850 - 30 October 1919 (~69)
104 22
Eugene Field
Eugene Field
2 September 1850 - 4 November 1895 (~45)
22 3
Philip Bourke Marston
Philip Bourke Marston
13 August 1850 - 13 February 1887 (~37)
175 22
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
13 November 1850 - 3 December 1894 (~44)
5 4
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
18 July 1850 - 19 July 1939 (~89)
33 4
Edwin Markham
Edwin Markham
23 April 1852 - 7 March 1940 (~88)
121 3
Francis William Bourdillon
Francis William Bourdillon
22 March 1852 - 13 January 1921 (~69)
1 1
Henry Van Dyke
Henry Van Dyke
10 November 1852 - 10 April 1933 (~81)
1 1
Arthur Rimbaud
Arthur Rimbaud
20 October 1854 - 10 November 1891 (~37)
17 1
Edith M. Thomas
Edith M. Thomas
12 August 1854 - 13 September 1925 (~71)
89 2
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900 (~46)
69 8
Fannie Isabel Sherrick
Fannie Isabel Sherrick
c. 31 May 1855 - c. 1890 (~35)
42 2
Fiona Macleod
Fiona Macleod
12 September 1855 - 12 December 1905 (~50)
124 5
George Edward Woodberry
George Edward Woodberry
12 May 1855 - 2 January 1930 (~75)
78 1
William Sharp
William Sharp
12 September 1855 - 12 December 1905 (~50)
108 3
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Lizette Woodworth Reese
9 January 1856 - 17 December 1935 (~79)
151 3
A. Mary F. Robinson
A. Mary F. Robinson
27 February 1857 - 9 February 1944 (~87)
98 12
Ben King
Ben King
17 March 1857 - 8 April 1894 (~37)
2 2
Charles Harding Firth
Charles Harding Firth
16 March 1857 - 19 February 1936 (~79)
1 1
John Davidson
John Davidson
11 April 1857 - 23 March 1909 (~52)
31 2
Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross
13 May 1857 - 16 September 1932 (~75)
10 1
E. Nesbit
E. Nesbit
15 August 1858 - 4 May 1924 (~66)
79 4
Sam Walter Foss
Sam Walter Foss
19 June 1858 - 26 February 1911 (~53)
1 1
William Watson
William Watson
2 August 1858 - 11 August 1935 (~77)
36 2
A.E.Housman
A.E.Housman
26 March 1859 - 30 April 1936 (~77)
127 19
Francis Thompson
Francis Thompson
18 December 1859 - 13 November 1907 (~48)
10 1
Katharine Lee Bates
Katharine Lee Bates
12 August 1859 - 28 March 1929 (~70)
40 3
Nixon Waterman
Nixon Waterman
12 November 1859 - 1 September 1944 (~85)
59 3
Douglas Hyde
Douglas Hyde
17 January 1860 - 12 July 1949 (~89)
27 1
George Marion McClellan
George Marion McClellan
29 September 1860 - 17 May 1934 (~74)
51 4
Wilfred Campbell
Wilfred Campbell
1 June 1860 - 1 January 1918 (~58)
76 1
Amy Levy
Amy Levy
10 November 1861 - 10 September 1889 (~28)
59 3
Bliss Carman
Bliss Carman
15 April 1861 - 8 June 1929 (~68)
31 12
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr.
12 February 1861 - 14 March 1949 (~88)
92 1
Katharine Tynan Hinkson
Katharine Tynan Hinkson
23 January 1861 - 2 April 1931 (~70)
132 2
Louise Imogen Guiney
Louise Imogen Guiney
7 January 1861 - 2 November 1920 (~59)
3 1
Mary Coleridge
Mary Coleridge
23 September 1861 - 25 August 1907 (~46)
258 8
Owen Seaman
Owen Seaman
18 September 1861 - 2 February 1936 (~75)
17 2
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
7 May 1861 - 7 August 1941 (~80)
6 3
Daniel Webster Davis
Daniel Webster Davis
25 March 1862 - 11 October 1913 (~51)
31 2
Henry Newbolt
Henry Newbolt
6 June 1862 - 19 April 1938 (~76)
4 1
C. P. Cavafy
C. P. Cavafy
29 April 1863 - 29 April 1933 (~70)
21 1
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D'Annunzio
12 March 1863 - 1 March 1938 (~75)
8 1
George Santayana
George Santayana
16 December 1863 - 26 September 1952 (~89)
73 1
May (Julian) Sinclair
May (Julian) Sinclair
24 August 1863 - 14 November 1946 (~83)
5 2
Violet Jacob
Violet Jacob
1 September 1863 - 9 September 1946 (~83)
12 3
Banjo Paterson
Banjo Paterson
17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941 (~77)
66 26
Charles Murray
Charles Murray
27 September 1864 - 12 April 1941 (~77)
19 3
Stephen Phillips
Stephen Phillips
28 July 1864 - 9 December 1915 (~51)
27 4
Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons
28 February 1865 - 22 January 1945 (~80)
231 23
John Wesley Holloway
John Wesley Holloway
28 July 1865 - 31 October 1935 (~70)
59 2
Madison Julius Cawein
Madison Julius Cawein
23 March 1865 - 8 December 1914 (~49)
22 4
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936 (~71)
46 17
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
13 June 1865 - 28 January 1939 (~74)
77 22
Richard Le Gallienne
Richard Le Gallienne
20 January 1866 - 15 September 1947 (~81)
9 1
Ernest Dowson
Ernest Dowson
2 August 1867 - 23 February 1900 (~33)
67 18
George William Russell
George William Russell
10 April 1867 - 17 July 1935 (~68)
169 5
James Edwin Campbell
James Edwin Campbell
28 September 1867 - 26 January 1896 (~29)
36 3
Lionel Johnson
Lionel Johnson
15 March 1867 - 4 October 1902 (~35)
47 1
Paul-Jean Toulet
Paul-Jean Toulet
5 June 1867 - 6 September 1920 (~53)
1 1
Sadakichi Hartmann
Sadakichi Hartmann
8 November 1867 - 22 November 1944 (~77)
20 2
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters
23 August 1868 - 5 March 1950 (~82)
85 25
Jessie Pope
Jessie Pope
18 March 1868 - 14 December 1941 (~73)
25 2
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
23 February 1868 - 27 August 1963 (~95)
17 1
Arthur Shearly Cripps
Arthur Shearly Cripps
10 June 1869 - 1 August 1952 (~83)
4 1
Charlotte Mew
Charlotte Mew
15 November 1869 - 24 March 1928 (~59)
2 2
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson
22 December 1869 - 6 April 1935 (~66)
68 10
George Sterling
George Sterling
1 December 1869 - 17 November 1926 (~57)
45 1
James D. Corrothers
James D. Corrothers
2 July 1869 - 12 February 1917 (~48)
10 1
Laurence Binyon
Laurence Binyon
10 August 1869 - 10 March 1943 (~74)
5 3
Manmohan Ghose
Manmohan Ghose
19 January 1869 - 4 January 1924 (~55)
12 2
Strickland Gillilan
Strickland Gillilan
21 September 1869 - 25 April 1954 (~85)
8 2
William Vaughn Moody
William Vaughn Moody
8 July 1869 - 17 October 1910 (~41)
5 1
Alfred Douglas
Alfred Douglas
22 October 1870 - 20 March 1945 (~75)
7 2
Eva Gore-Booth
Eva Gore-Booth
22 May 1870 - 30 June 1926 (~56)
1 1
Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc
27 July 1870 - 16 July 1953 (~83)
38 3
T. Sturge Moore
T. Sturge Moore
4 March 1870 - 18 July 1944 (~74)
17 1
J.M. Synge
J.M. Synge
16 April 1871 - 24 March 1909 (~38)
21 6
James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson
17 June 1871 - 26 June 1938 (~67)
64 2
Nora Hopper Chesson
Nora Hopper Chesson
2 January 1871 - 14 April 1906 (~35)
187 79
Paul Valéry
Paul Valéry
30 October 1871 - 20 July 1945 (~74)
20 2
Ralph Hodgson
Ralph Hodgson
9 September 1871 - 3 November 1962 (~91)
34 2
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane
1 November 1871 - 5 June 1900 (~29)
128 2
W. H. Davies
W. H. Davies
3 July 1871 - 26 September 1940 (~69)
47 23
Cale Young Rice
Cale Young Rice
7 December 1872 - 24 January 1943 (~71)
68 8
Frederic William Moorman
Frederic William Moorman
8 September 1872 - 8 September 1919 (~47)
7 3
John McCrae
John McCrae
30 November 1872 - 28 January 1918 (~46)
1 1
Mary Reynolds Aldis
Mary Reynolds Aldis
c. 1872 - 20 June 1949 (~77)
21 1
Max Ehrmann
Max Ehrmann
26 September 1872 - 9 September 1945 (~73)
5 2
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
Patrick Reginald Chalmers
27 June 1872 - 12 September 1942 (~70)
16 15
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar
27 June 1872 - 9 February 1906 (~34)
41 11
Ford Madox Hueffer
Ford Madox Hueffer
17 December 1873 - 26 June 1939 (~66)
60 8
George Cabot Lodge
George Cabot Lodge
10 October 1873 - 21 August 1909 (~36)
82 2
Lola Ridge
Lola Ridge
12 December 1873 - 19 May 1941 (~68)
39 2
W.M. Herschell
W.M. Herschell
17 November 1873 - 2 December 1939 (~66)
1 1
Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare
25 April 1873 - 22 June 1956 (~83)
8 3
Amy Lowell
Amy Lowell
9 February 1874 - 12 May 1925 (~51)
62 8
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
29 May 1874 - 14 June 1936 (~62)
36 13
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein
3 February 1874 - 27 July 1946 (~72)
29 25
Gordon Bottomley
Gordon Bottomley
20 February 1874 - 25 August 1948 (~74)
30 1
Josephine Preston Peabody
Josephine Preston Peabody
30 May 1874 - 4 December 1922 (~48)
34 2
Manuel Machado
Manuel Machado
29 August 1874 - 19 January 1947 (~73)
37 4
Robert Frost
Robert Frost
26 March 1874 - 29 January 1963 (~89)
48 10
Robert W. Service
Robert W. Service
16 January 1874 - 11 September 1958 (~84)
1 1
Trumbull Stickney
Trumbull Stickney
20 June 1874 - 11 October 1904 (~30)
46 2
Modern 1900 - 1950
144 poets
Alice Dunbar Nelson
Alice Dunbar Nelson
19 July 1875 - 18 September 1935 (~60)
21 2
Anna Hempstead Branch
Anna Hempstead Branch
18 March 1875 - 8 September 1937 (~62)
38 2
Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado
26 July 1875 - 22 February 1939 (~64)
18 3
S.E.K. Mqhayi
S.E.K. Mqhayi
1 December 1875 - 29 July 1945 (~70)
1 1
William Hughes Mearns
William Hughes Mearns
28 September 1875 - 13 March 1965 (~90)
2 2
Yone Noguchi
Yone Noguchi
8 December 1875 - 13 July 1947 (~72)
68 4
Charles Frederick White
Charles Frederick White
1876 - 1955 (~79)
89 2
Grace Fallow Norton
Grace Fallow Norton
29 October 1876 - 1926 (~50)
41 3
Joshua Henry Jones
Joshua Henry Jones
1876 - 14 December 1955 (~79)
90 2
William Ellery Leonard
William Ellery Leonard
25 January 1876 - 2 May 1944 (~68)
93 2
Douglas Malloch
Douglas Malloch
5 May 1877 - 2 July 1938 (~61)
35 1
George Reginald Margetson
George Reginald Margetson
1877 - c. 1952 (~75)
26 1
Marsden Hartley
Marsden Hartley
4 January 1877 - 2 September 1943 (~66)
5 1
Adelaide Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey
9 September 1878 - 8 October 1914 (~36)
126 5
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
6 January 1878 - 22 July 1967 (~89)
50 19
Edward Thomas
Edward Thomas
3 March 1878 - 9 April 1917 (~39)
126 24
Grace Hazard Conkling
Grace Hazard Conkling
7 February 1878 - 15 November 1958 (~80)
66 1
John Masefield
John Masefield
1 June 1878 - 12 May 1967 (~89)
17 8
Thomas MacDonagh
Thomas MacDonagh
1 February 1878 - 3 May 1916 (~38)
33 3
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
2 June 1878 - 26 May 1962 (~84)
7 3
William Stanley Braithwaite
William Stanley Braithwaite
6 December 1878 - 8 June 1962 (~84)
121 2
Harold Monro
Harold Monro
14 March 1879 - 16 March 1932 (~53)
80 2
Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
15 July 1879 - 6 June 1944 (~65)
211 6
Lucian B. Watkins
Lucian B. Watkins
25 May 1879 - 2 February 1921 (~42)
69 2
Vachel Lindsay
Vachel Lindsay
10 November 1879 - 5 December 1931 (~52)
41 3
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens
2 October 1879 - 2 August 1955 (~76)
15 8
Alfred Noyes
Alfred Noyes
16 September 1880 - 25 June 1958 (~78)
6 2
Charles Bertram Johnson
Charles Bertram Johnson
5 October 1880 - 20 March 1958 (~78)
32 3
Georgia Douglas Johnson
Georgia Douglas Johnson
10 September 1880 - 15 May 1966 (~86)
130 3
John Freeman
John Freeman
29 January 1880 - 23 September 1929 (~49)
4 2
Leslie Pinckney Hill
Leslie Pinckney Hill
14 May 1880 - 15 February 1960 (~80)
61 2
Marriott Edgar
Marriott Edgar
5 October 1880 - 5 May 1951 (~71)
1 1
Myra Viola Wilds
Myra Viola Wilds
c. 1880 - c. 1935 (~55)
52 2
Alice Corbin
Alice Corbin
16 April 1881 - 18 July 1949 (~68)
34 7
Edgar A. Guest
Edgar A. Guest
20 August 1881 - 5 August 1959 (~78)
73 21
Edward Smyth Jones
Edward Smyth Jones
March 1881 - 28 September 1968 (~87)
35 2
Franklin P. Adams
Franklin P. Adams
15 November 1881 - 23 March 1960 (~79)
1 1
Lascelles Abercrombie
Lascelles Abercrombie
9 January 1881 - 27 October 1938 (~57)
11 1
Mary Webb
Mary Webb
25 March 1881 - 8 October 1927 (~46)
133 4
Waverley Turner Carmichael
Waverley Turner Carmichael
1881 - 1936 (~55)
23 1
Witter Bynner
Witter Bynner
10 August 1881 - 1 June 1968 (~87)
80 4
A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
18 January 1882 - 31 January 1956 (~74)
77 67
Anne Spencer
Anne Spencer
6 February 1882 - 27 July 1975 (~93)
14 3
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
Benjamin Griffith Brawley
22 April 1882 - 1 February 1939 (~57)
19 2
Catherine Pozzi
Catherine Pozzi
13 July 1882 - 3 December 1934 (~52)
9 1
Cicely Fox Smith
Cicely Fox Smith
1 February 1882 - 8 April 1954 (~72)
17 2
Helen Hamilton
Helen Hamilton
12 March 1882 - 7 November 1954 (~72)
3 3
James Joyce
James Joyce
2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 (~59)
36 24
James Oppenheim
James Oppenheim
24 May 1882 - 4 August 1932 (~50)
63 2
James Stephens
James Stephens
2 February 1882 - 26 December 1950 (~68)
112 2
Jessie R. Fauset
Jessie R. Fauset
27 April 1882 - 30 April 1961 (~79)
24 1
John Drinkwater
John Drinkwater
1 June 1882 - 25 March 1937 (~55)
126 5
Mina Loy
Mina Loy
27 December 1882 - 25 September 1966 (~84)
50 23
Raymond Garfield Dandridge
Raymond Garfield Dandridge
c. 1882 - 24 February 1930 (~48)
77 2
Robert Nathaniel Dett
Robert Nathaniel Dett
11 October 1882 - 2 October 1943 (~61)
35 2
Alfred Kreymborg
Alfred Kreymborg
10 December 1883 - 14 August 1966 (~83)
91 2
Arthur Davison Ficke
Arthur Davison Ficke
10 November 1883 - 30 November 1945 (~62)
74 2
Ernst Stadler
Ernst Stadler
11 August 1883 - 30 October 1914 (~31)
3 2
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran
6 January 1883 - 10 April 1931 (~48)
34 5
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
Marjorie L. C. Pickthall
14 September 1883 - 22 April 1922 (~39)
26 2
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
17 September 1883 - 4 March 1963 (~80)
65 2
Eunice Tietjens
Eunice Tietjens
29 July 1884 - 6 September 1944 (~60)
76 2
J. C. Squire
J. C. Squire
2 April 1884 - 20 December 1958 (~74)
3 1
J. Milton Hayes
J. Milton Hayes
1884 - 1940 (~56)
1 1
James Elroy Flecker
James Elroy Flecker
5 November 1884 - 3 January 1915 (~31)
60 2
R. Williams Parry
R. Williams Parry
6 March 1884 - 4 January 1956 (~72)
1 1
Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale
8 August 1884 - 29 January 1933 (~49)
124 25
Walter J. Turner
Walter J. Turner
13 October 1884 - 18 November 1946 (~62)
33 1
D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence
11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930 (~45)
652 57
Elinor Wylie
Elinor Wylie
7 September 1885 - 16 December 1928 (~43)
121 3
Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
30 October 1885 - 1 November 1972 (~87)
70 2
F. S. Flint
F. S. Flint
19 December 1885 - 28 February 1960 (~75)
52 4
Gerald Gould
Gerald Gould
9 April 1885 - 2 November 1936 (~51)
137 2
Humbert Wolfe
Humbert Wolfe
5 January 1885 - 5 January 1940 (~55)
70 3
Louis Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
1 October 1885 - 18 December 1977 (~92)
39 3
William H. A. Moore
William H. A. Moore
c. 1885 - 1960 (~75)
7 1
Charles Williams
Charles Williams
20 September 1886 - 15 May 1945 (~59)
74 3
Clifford Bax
Clifford Bax
13 July 1886 - 18 November 1962 (~76)
36 2
Helen Dudley
Helen Dudley
3 June 1886 - 1932 (~46)
1 1
Hilda Doolittle
Hilda Doolittle
10 September 1886 - 27 September 1961 (~75)
43 6
John Gould Fletcher
John Gould Fletcher
3 January 1886 - 20 May 1950 (~64)
34 2
Joyce Kilmer
Joyce Kilmer
6 December 1886 - 30 July 1918 (~32)
1 1
Shaemas O'Sheel
Shaemas O'Sheel
12 January 1886 - 2 April 1954 (~68)
39 1
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon
8 September 1886 - 1 September 1967 (~81)
54 21
William Rose Benét
William Rose Benét
2 February 1886 - 4 May 1950 (~64)
72 2
Edna Wahlert McCourt
Edna Wahlert McCourt
19 July 1887 - 4 January 1963 (~76)
5 2
Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge
19 August 1887 - 31 July 1917 (~30)
158 8
Georg Trakl
Georg Trakl
3 February 1887 - 3 November 1914 (~27)
8 1
Helen Hoyt
Helen Hoyt
22 January 1887 - 2 August 1972 (~85)
22 2
Leonard Bacon
Leonard Bacon
26 May 1887 - 1 January 1954 (~67)
59 2
Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore
15 November 1887 - 5 February 1972 (~85)
27 2
Orrick Johns
Orrick Johns
2 June 1887 - 8 July 1946 (~59)
61 2
Robinson Jeffers
Robinson Jeffers
10 January 1887 - 20 January 1962 (~75)
39 2
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke
3 August 1887 - 23 April 1915 (~28)
82 5
Theodore Henry Shackelford
Theodore Henry Shackelford
29 May 1887 - 5 February 1923 (~36)
49 2
Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger
22 June 1888 - 4 July 1916 (~28)
44 12
Fenton Johnson
Fenton Johnson
7 May 1888 - 17 September 1958 (~70)
108 2
Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa
13 June 1888 - 30 November 1935 (~47)
1 1
John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom
30 April 1888 - 3 July 1974 (~86)
91 4
Lew R. Sarett
Lew R. Sarett
16 May 1888 - 17 August 1954 (~66)
98 2
Roscoe C. Jamison
Roscoe C. Jamison
c. 1888 - 28 March 1918 (~30)
12 1
T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
26 September 1888 - 4 January 1965 (~77)
27 14
Conrad Aiken
Conrad Aiken
5 August 1889 - 17 August 1973 (~84)
64 1
Hervey Allen
Hervey Allen
8 December 1889 - 28 December 1949 (~60)
25 2
Claude McKay
Claude McKay
15 September 1890 - 22 May 1948 (~58)
84 4
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
20 August 1890 - 15 March 1937 (~47)
71 2
Isaac Rosenberg
Isaac Rosenberg
25 November 1890 - 1 April 1918 (~28)
142 4
Samuel Hoffenstein
Samuel Hoffenstein
8 October 1890 - 6 October 1947 (~57)
20 1
Charles Sorley
Charles Sorley
19 May 1895 - 13 October 1915 (~20)
33 8
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish
7 May 1892 - 20 April 1982 (~90)
41 2
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St. Vincent Millay
22 February 1892 - 19 October 1950 (~58)
145 100
Edward Shanks
Edward Shanks
11 June 1892 - 4 May 1953 (~61)
97 2
Maxwell Bodenheim
Maxwell Bodenheim
26 May 1892 - 6 February 1954 (~62)
112 2
Richard Aldington
Richard Aldington
8 July 1892 - 27 July 1962 (~70)
66 3
Anne Knish
Anne Knish
1916 - 1917 (~1)
22 1
Emanuel Morgan
Emanuel Morgan
1916 - 1917 (~1)
25 1
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker
22 August 1893 - 7 June 1967 (~74)
86 2
Herbert Gorman
Herbert Gorman
January 1893 - 28 October 1954 (~61)
48 2
John Van Alstyne Weaver
John Van Alstyne Weaver
17 July 1893 - 14 June 1938 (~45)
26 3
Robert Nichols
Robert Nichols
6 September 1893 - 17 December 1944 (~51)
43 5
Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen
18 March 1893 - 4 November 1918 (~25)
70 20
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings
14 October 1894 - 3 September 1962 (~68)
19 1
Genevieve Taggard
Genevieve Taggard
28 November 1894 - 8 November 1948 (~54)
84 3
Howard Phelps Putnam
Howard Phelps Putnam
1894 - 3 July 1948 (~54)
45 2
Jean Toomer
Jean Toomer
26 December 1894 - 30 March 1967 (~73)
6 1
Mark Van Doren
Mark Van Doren
13 June 1894 - 10 December 1972 (~78)
99 2
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.
2 September 1895 - 3 February 1919 (~24)
39 2
Otto Leland Bohanan
Otto Leland Bohanan
c. 1895 - 6 December 1932 (~37)
9 2
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard
14 December 1895 - 18 November 1952 (~57)
14 1
George O'Neil
George O'Neil
13 September 1896 - 23 May 1940 (~44)
60 3
Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca
5 June 1898 - 19 August 1936 (~38)
1 1
Stephen Vincent Benét
Stephen Vincent Benét
22 July 1898 - 13 March 1943 (~45)
50 2
William Soutar
William Soutar
28 April 1898 - 15 October 1943 (~45)
98 5
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
21 July 1899 - 2 July 1961 (~62)
73 8
Hart Crane
Hart Crane
21 July 1899 - 27 April 1932 (~33)
96 40
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
Gwendolyn B. Bennett
8 July 1902 - 30 May 1981 (~79)
19 3
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
1 February 1902 - 22 May 1967 (~65)
71 7
Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen
30 May 1903 - 9 January 1946 (~43)
92 4
George Orwell
George Orwell
25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950 (~47)
14 1
Louis MacNeice
Louis MacNeice
12 September 1907 - 3 September 1963 (~56)
1 1
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953 (~39)
135 92
John Gillespie Magee Jr.
John Gillespie Magee Jr.
9 June 1922 - 11 December 1941 (~19)
1 1
Credo Mutwa
Credo Mutwa
21 July 1921 - 25 March 2020 (~99)
1 1
Philip Arthur Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin
9 August 1922 - 2 December 1985 (~63)
50 11
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