Biography of some english poets 1800s

Browse below our selection of articles and features about famous British authors, poets and playwrights:

Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s appeal never fades.

Maybe that’s why each year thousands of visitors continue to flock to Winchester in Hampshire to get closer to the ‘real’ Jane Austen&#;

Robert &#;Rabbie&#; Burns
Robert Burns is the best loved Scottish poet, admired not only for his verse and great love-songs, but also for his character and wit, his high spirits, &#;kirk-defying&#;, hard drinking and womanising!

Caedmon the first English poet
Caedmon is recognised as the first English poet composing his Hymn in Old English at Whitby Abbey in the 7th century.

Charlotte Bronte
The eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood.

Her novel &#;Jane Eyre&#; is widely considered a classic&#;

Lord Byron
&#;Mad, bad and dangerous to know&#;. That is how Lady Caroline Lamb described her lover, George Gordon Noel, sixth