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18th-century biographers

30 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adolph Freiherr KniggePerson · Music memorabiliaAdolph Franz Friedrich Ludwig Freiherr Knigge (16 October 17526 May 1796) was a German writer, Freemason, and a leading member of the Order of the Illuminati.
Albert Christoph DiesPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Christoph Dies (175528 December 1822) was a German painter, engraver, and biographer most noted for his biography of Joseph Haydn, although it is now considered sentimental and not…
Alexander Fraser TytlerAuthor · BooksAlexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee FRSE (15 October 17475 January 1813) was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian who was a Professor of Universal History and of Greek…
Allan CunninghamAuthor · BooksIllustration — Allan Cunningham, Henry Room, c.1840
Amelia OpieAuthor · BooksAmelia Opie (born Amelia Alderson; 12 November 1769 – 2 December 1853) was an English author and abolitionist who published numerous novels in the Romantic period up to 1828.
Charles Pinot DuclosAuthor · BooksCharles Pinot (or Pineau) Duclos (lang; 12 February 1704 – 26 March 1772) was a French writer and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des…
Charles Robert LeslieArtist · PaintingsCharles Robert Leslie (19 October 1794 – 5 May 1859) was an American[1] genre painter and writer, who was born and spent his career in England.
Colin MackenzieAuthor · Maps and atlases
Edward John TrelawnyAuthor · BooksEdward John Trelawny (13 November 179213 August 1881) was an English biographer, novelist and adventurer who is best known for his friendship with the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley…
François AragoAuthor · BooksDominique François Jean Arago (Domènec Francesc Joan Aragó), known simply as François Arago (lang; Francesc Aragó;
Franz Xaver NiemetschekPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Niemetschek
Georg Nikolaus von NissenAuthor · BooksIllustration — Georg Nikolaus Nissen; painting by Ferdinand Jagemann, 1809
James BoswellAuthor · BooksJames Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck (29 October 1740 (N.S.) – 19 May 1795), was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh.
James HoggAuthor · BooksJames Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English.
Johann Nikolaus ForkelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Nikolaus Forkel (22 February 1749 – 20 March 1818) was a German musicologist and music theorist, generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology.
John AikinAuthor · BooksJohn Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals.
John Gibson LockhartAuthor · BooksJohn Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor.
John OpieArtist · PaintingsJohn Opie (16 May 1761 – 9 April 1807) was a British painter whose subjects included many prominent men and women of his day, members of the British royal family and others who were notable…
John PinkertonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — John Pinkerton
Mary ShelleyAuthor · BooksMary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein;
Mason Locke WeemsAuthor · BooksMason Locke Weems (October 11, 1759 – May 23, 1825), usually referred to as Parson Weems, was an American minister, evangelical bookseller and author who wrote (and rewrote and republished)…
Patrick BrontëAuthor · BooksPatrick Brontë (commonly; born Patrick Brunty; 17 March 1777 – 7 June 1861) was an Irish Anglican clergyman and author who spent most of his adult life in England.
Pierre François TissotAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tissot
Robert SoutheyAuthor · BooksRobert Southey (12 August 1774 – 21 March 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and Poet Laureate from 1813 until his death.
StendhalAuthor · BooksMarie-Henri Beyle (lang; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (lang), was a French writer.
Victor CousinAuthor · BooksVictor Cousin (lang; 28 November 179214 January 1867) was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements…
Walter ScottAuthor · BooksSir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature.
Washington IrvingAuthor · BooksWashington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
William CobbettAuthor · BooksWilliam Cobbett (9 March 1763 – 18 June 1835) was an English pamphleteer, journalist, politician, and farmer born in Farnham, Surrey.

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