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18th-century essayists

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

Adam MickiewiczAuthor · BooksAdam Bernard Mickiewicz (24 December 179826 November 1855) was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist.
Alexander PushkinAuthor · BooksEugene Onegin is dated 1823. The Fountain of Bakhchisaray is dated 1821.
Alexander WilsonAuthor · BooksAlexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.
Alexandre LenoirArtist · PaintingsMarie Alexandre Lenoir (French pronunciation: [maʁi alɛksɑ̃dʁ lənwaʁ]; 27 December 1761 – 11 June 1839) was a French archaeologist.
Anna Laetitia BarbauldAuthor · BooksAnna Laetitia Barbauld (by herself possibly, as in French, Aikin; 20 June 1743 – 9 March 1825) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's…
Barthélemy-Prosper EnfantinAuthor · BooksBarthélemy-Prosper Enfantin (8 February 17961 September 1864) was a French social reformer, one of the founders of Saint-Simonianism. He was also a proponent of a Suez Canal.
Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsAuthor · BooksEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès (3 May 174820 June 1836), usually known as the Abbé Sieyès (sjejɛs), was a French Catholic priest, abbé, and political writer who was a leading political theorist of…
François-Auguste-René de ChateaubriandAuthor · BooksFrançois-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century.
Hannah MoreAuthor · BooksHannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English writer, philanthropist, poet and verse dramatist.
Heinrich HeineAuthor · BooksChristian Johann Heinrich Heine (born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic.
James BeattieAuthor · BooksJames Beattie was a linguist, poet, translator, philosopher, writer and literary critic (1735–1803). He was born in Laurencekirk and died in Aberdeen.
Jean-Baptiste RondeletDesigner · DesignJean-Baptiste Rondelet (ʒɑ̃ batist ʁɔ̃dlɛ; 4 June 1743 – 25 September 1829) was an architectural theorist of the late Enlightenment era and chief architect of the church of Sainte-Geneviève…
Judith Sargent MurrayAuthor · BooksJudith Sargent Stevens Murray (May 1, 1751 – June 9, 1820) was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer.
Karl Philipp MoritzAuthor · BooksKarl Philipp Moritz (Hameln, 15 September 1756 – Berlin, 26 June 1793) was a German author, editor and essayist of the Sturm und Drang, late Enlightenment, and classicist periods,…
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de VauvenarguesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
Luise GottschedAuthor · BooksLuise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched (née Kulmus; 11 April 1713 – 26 June 1762) was a German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator, and is often considered one of the founders of modern…
Lydia SigourneyAuthor · BooksLydia Huntley Sigourney (September 1, 1791 – June 10, 1865), Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet, author, and publisher during the early and mid 19th century.
Mary ShelleyAuthor · BooksMary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein;
Pietro Napoli SignorelliAuthor · BooksPietro Napoli Signorelli (28 September 1731 – 1 April 1815) was an Italian scholar of classic literature, mainly drama, and historian.
Santō KyōdenArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Depiction of Santō Kyōden
Thomas DayAuthor · BooksThomas Day (22 June 1748 – 28 September 1789) was an English writer, lawyer and abolitionist.
Thomas De QuinceyAuthor · BooksThomas Penson De Quincey (Thomas Penson Quincey; 15 August 17858 December 1859) was an English writer, essayist, and literary critic, best known for his Confessions of an English…
Thomas Robert MalthusAuthor · BooksThomas Robert Malthus (13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.
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 HazlittArtist · PaintingsWilliam Hazlitt (10 April 177818 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.

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