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19th-century autobiographers

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

Afanasy FetPerson · Music memorabiliaAfanasy Afanasyevich Fet (Russian: Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, IPA: [ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt]), later known as Shenshin (Russian: Шенши́н, IPA: [ʂɨnˈʂɨn]; 5 December [O.S.
Alice Babette ToklasAuthor · BooksAlice Babette Toklas (April 30, 1877 – March 7, 1967) was an American-born member of the Parisian avant-garde of the early 20th century, and the life partner of American writer Gertrude…
Alphonse DaudetAuthor · BooksLouis Marie Alphonse Daudet (lang; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist and writer of short stories.[1][2] He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and…
Andrei BelyIllustrator · IllustrationBoris Nikolaevich Bugaev (Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev.ru.vorb.oga; – 8 January 1934), better known by the pen name Andrei Bely or Biely, was a Russian and Soviet novelist, Symbolist poet,…
Anita LoosPerson · Film memorabiliaCorinne Anita Loos (April 26, 1888 – August 18, 1981) was an American actress, novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
Anna LeonowensAuthor · BooksAnna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards; 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian-born British travel writer, educator, and social activist.
Augusta, Lady GregoryAuthor · BooksIsabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (Persse; 15 March 1852 – 22 May 1932) was an Anglo-Irish dramatist, folklorist and theatre manager.
Bo BergmanAuthor · BooksBo Hjalmar Bergman (6 October 1869 – 17 November 1967) was a Swedish writer, literary critic and member of the Swedish Academy, sitting in Seat 12 from 1925 until his death.
Brander MatthewsAuthor · BooksJames Brander Matthews (February 21, 1852 – March 31, 1929) was an American academic, writer and literary critic.
Bruno WalterPerson · Music memorabiliaBruno Walter was born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933.
BryherAuthor · BooksAnnie Winifred Ellerman (2 September 1894 – 28 January 1983), known by the pen name Bryher, was an English novelist, poet, memoirist, magazine editor, and a member of the Ellerman…
C. S. LewisAuthor · BooksClive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British author, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian.
Chief Dan GeorgeAuthor · BooksChief Dan George (born Geswanouth Slahoot; July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet…
Compton MackenzieAuthor · BooksSir Edward Montague Compton Mackenzie, (17 January 1883 – 30 November 1972) was a Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur…
Constant von WurzbachAuthor · BooksConstantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author.
Corrie ten BoomArtist · WatchesCornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (15 April 1892 – 15 April 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker and later a Christian writer and public speaker, who worked with her father, Casper ten…
Daniel Paul SchreberAuthor · BooksDaniel Paul Schreber (lang; 25 July 1842 – 14 April 1911) was a German judge who was famous for his personal account of his own experience with schizophrenia.
David Starr JordanAuthor · BooksDavid Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career.
Dorothy DayAuthor · BooksDorothy May Day (November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980) was an American journalist, social activist and anarchist who, after a bohemian youth, became a Catholic.
Duke EllingtonPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Eleanor RooseveltAuthor · BooksAnna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist.
Elise Konstantin-HansenArtist · CeramicsElise Konstantin-Hansen (1858–1946) was a Danish painter and ceramist. She developed her own naturalistic style, often painting sea birds, animals, plants and beach scenes.
Emily CarrArtist · CeramicsEmily Carr (December 13, 1871 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian artist who was inspired by the monumental art and villages of the First Nations and the landscapes of British Columbia.
Emmy GöringPerson · Film memorabiliaEmma Johanna Henny "Emmy" Göring (Sonnemann; 24 March 1893 – 8 June 1973) was a German actress and the second wife of Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Göring.[1] She served as Adolf…
Erich LudendorffAuthor · BooksErich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a Prussian-born German general and politician.
Ernest Vincent WrightAuthor · BooksErnest Vincent Wright (March 26, 1871 – October 6, 1939) was an American writer best known for his novel Gadsby (1939), a lipogrammatic work of more than 50,000 words that largely omits the…
Ezra PoundAuthor · BooksEzra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 – 1 November 1972) was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and…
Fedde SchurerPhotographer · PhotographyFedde Schurer (lang, lang; 25 July 1898 – 19 March 1968) was a Dutch schoolteacher, journalist, language activist and politician, and one of the most influential poets in the West Frisian…
Frank WilkesonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Frank Wilkeson
G. K. ChestertonIllustrator · IllustrationGilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English Christian apologist writer.
George ArlissPerson · Film memorabiliaGeorge Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States.
Gerhart HauptmannAuthor · BooksGerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (German: [ˈɡeːɐ̯haʁt ˈhaʊptman]; 15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist.
Gertrude SteinAuthor · BooksGertrude Stein (February 3, 1874 – July 27, 1946) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector.
Giuseppe GaribaldiAuthor · BooksGiuseppe Maria Garibaldi (4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, revolutionary and republican.
Hans Christian AndersenAuthor · BooksHans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer. A prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is also best remembered for his literary fairy…
Harald MoltkeArtist · PaintingsHarald Viggo Moltke (14 December 1871 – 24 June 1960) was a Danish painter, author and explorer.
Helena NyblomAuthor · BooksIllustration — Helene Nyblom
Henrik PontoppidanAuthor · BooksHenrik Pontoppidan (lang; 24 July 1857 – 21 August 1943) was a Danish realist writer who shared with Karl Gjellerup the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917 for "his authentic descriptions of…
Ion CreangăAuthor · BooksIon Creangă (also known as Nică al lui Ștefan a Petrei, Ion Torcălău and Ioan Ștefănescu;
Isabella Fyvie MayoAuthor · BooksIsabella Fyvie Mayo (pen name, Edward Garrett; 10 December 1843 – 13 May 1914) was a Scottish writer, poet, suffragist, and reformer.
Ishwar Chandra VidyasagarAuthor · BooksIshwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar[1], was an Indian educator and social reformer of the 19th century.[2]
Jack LondonAuthor · BooksJohn Griffith London (Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist.
Jane AddamsAuthor · BooksJane Adams (disambiguation)Jane Adams
Jawaharlal NehruAuthor · BooksJawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the…
Jerome K. JeromeAuthor · BooksJerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859 – 14 June 1927) was an English writer and humorist, best known for the comic travelogue Three Men in a Boat (1889).
Johanna KinkelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohanna Kinkel (8 July 1810 – 15 November 1858), born Maria Johanna Mockel, was a German composer, writer, pedagogue, and revolutionary.
Johanne Luise HeibergAuthor · BooksJohanne Luise Heiberg (née Pätges; 22 November 1812 – 21 December 1890) was a Danish actress of the 19th century.
John Gould FletcherAuthor · BooksIllustration — John Gould Fletcher
Joseph ConradAuthor · BooksJoseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer.
Karin MichaëlisAuthor · BooksKarin Michaëlis (20 March 1872 – 11 January 1950) was a Danish journalist and author. She is best known for her novels, short stories, and children's books.
Karl von BlaasArtist · PaintingsKarl von Blaas (28 April 1815 – 19 March 1894) was an Austrian painter known for his portraits and religious compositions executed on canvas as well as in the form of frescoes.
Kay SageIllustrator · IllustrationKatherine Linn Sage (June 25, 1898 – January 8, 1963), usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet active between 1936 and 1963.
Kim Il-yeopAuthor · BooksKim Iryeop (28 April 1896 – 28 May 1971), also spelled Kim Iryŏp, was a South Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, and Buddhist nun. Her given name was Kim Wonju.
Laura Ingalls WilderAuthor · BooksLaura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist.
Laura KnightArtist · PaintingsDame Laura Knight (Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint.
Leo SlezakAuthor · BooksLeo Slezak (18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was an Austrian dramatic tenor.[1] He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's Otello.[2][3] He is the…
Lew WallaceAuthor · BooksLewis Wallace (April 10, 1827February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, artist, inventor,…
Lewis CarrollAuthor · BooksCharles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.
LiliʻuokalaniPerson · Music memorabiliaLiliʻuokalani (Lydia Liliʻu Loloku Walania Kamakaʻeha; September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917) was the only queen regnant and the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ruling from…
Lillian GishPerson · Film memorabiliaLillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress best known for her work in movies of the silent era.
Lord BernersPerson · Music memorabiliaGerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (18 September 188319 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete.
Lou Andreas-SalomemAuthor · BooksLou Andreas-Salomé (born either Louise von Salomé or Luíza Gustavovna Salomé or Lioulia von Salomé;
Ludwig RichterArtist · PaintingsAdrian Ludwig Richter (September 28, 1803June 19, 1884) was a German painter and etcher, who was strongly influenced by Erhard and Chodowiecki.
Mahatma GandhiAuthor · BooksMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer,[2] anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the…
Margaret Caroline AndersonAuthor · BooksMargaret Caroline Anderson (November 24, 1886 – October 19, 1973) was the American founder, editor and publisher of the art and literary magazine The Little Review, which published a…
Margaret OliphantAuthor · BooksMargaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (born Margaret Oliphant Wilson; 4 April 1828 – 20 June 1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer, who usually wrote as Mrs.
Mary Hunter AustinAuthor · BooksMary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903)…
Maxim GorkyAuthor · BooksAlexei Maximovich Peshkov (– 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, and proponent of socialism.
Mercedes de AcostaDesigner · FashionMercedes de Acosta (March 1, 1892 – May 9, 1968) was an American poet, playwright, and novelist.
Nalini Bala DeviAuthor · BooksNalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was an Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry.
Nellie MelbaPerson · Music memorabiliaDame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano.
Ngaio MarshAuthor · BooksDame Edith Ngaio Marsh (23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand writer.
Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovPerson · Music memorabiliaNikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five.
Nikolay NekrasovAuthor · BooksNikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (Russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, IPA: [nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf], 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1821 – 8 January 1878 [O.S.
Norman DouglasAuthor · BooksGeorge Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer, now best known for his 1917 novel South Wind.
Olaf FønssPerson · Film memorabiliaOlaf Holger Axel Fønss (17 October 1882 – 11 March 1949) was a Danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany's biggest stars of the silent film era.
Pär LagerkvistAuthor · BooksPär Fabian Lagerkvist (23 May 1891 – 11 July 1974) was a Swedish author who received the 1951 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Parley P. PrattAuthor · BooksParley Parker Pratt Sr. (April 12, 1807 – May 13, 1857) was an early leader of the Latter Day Saint movement whose writings became a significant early nineteenth-century exposition of the…
Pedro PaternoAuthor · BooksPedro Alejandro Paterno y de Vera-Ignacio (February 27, 1857 – April 26, 1911) was a Filipino revolutionary, politician, poet, and novelist who became the second Prime Minister of the…
Peter KropotkinAuthor · BooksPyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (8February 1921) was a Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Poul HenningsenDesigner · DesignPoul Henningsen (9 September 1894 – 31 January 1967) was a Danish author, critic, architect, and designer.
Preston SturgesPerson · Film memorabiliaPreston Sturges (born Edmund Preston Biden; August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) was an American playwright, inventor, screenwriter, and film director.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Robert Smythe HichensAuthor · BooksRobert Smythe Hichens (14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays.
Rudyard KiplingAuthor · BooksJoseph Rudyard Kipling (RUD-yərd; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer.
Stella BowenArtist · PaintingsEsther Gwendolyn "Stella" Bowen (16 May 1893 – 30 October 1947) was an Australian artist and writer.
Subhas Chandra BoseAuthor · BooksSubhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his…
Subramanya BharathiAuthor · BooksSubramania Bharati (born Chinnaswami Subramaniyan; 11 December 1882 – 11 September 1921) was an Indian writer, poet, composer, journalist, teacher, Indian independence activist, social…
T. E. LawrenceAuthor · BooksThomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine…
Tamara KarsavinaPerson · Film memorabiliaTamara Platonovna Karsavina (9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the…
Thomas MannPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.
Ture NermanAuthor · BooksTure Nerman (18 May 1886 – 7 October 1969) was a Swedish journalist, author, and political activist. He also wrote poems and songs.
Victorina DuránDesigner · Modern design
Vilhelm MobergAuthor · BooksKarl Artur Vilhelm Moberg (20 August 1898 – 8 August 1973) was a Swedish journalist, author, playwright, historian, and debater.
Virginia WoolfAuthor · BooksAdeline Virginia Woolf ("wolf";[1] Stephen; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer and one of the most influential 20th-century modernist authors.
Vladimir KorolenkoAuthor · BooksVladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Volodymyr Halaktionovych Korolenko; 27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Russian writer, journalist and humanitarian of Ukrainian origin.
Watse CuperusAuthor · BooksWatse Cuperus (1891 – 1966) was a Dutch journalist, writer and translator. He wrote in West Frisian, and his most important work is The golden wire (De gouden tried, 1941–50).
Wilhelm BuschIllustrator · IllustrationHeinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch (14 April 1832 – 9 January 1908) was a German humorist, poet, illustrator, and painter.
Wilhelm KempffPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff (25 November 1895 – 23 May 1991) was a German pianist, teacher and composer.
William Carlos WilliamsAuthor · BooksWilliam Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism.
William Holman HuntIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Holman Hunt (2 April 1827 – 7 September 1910) was an English painter and one of the founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Yi Kwang-suAuthor · BooksYi Kwangsu (February 1, 1892 – October 25, 1950) was a Korean writer, Korean independence activist, and later collaborator with Imperial Japan.
Yu Kil-chunAuthor · BooksYu Kilchun (November 21, 1856 – September 30, 1914) was a Korean politician. Yu lived during the last few decades of Joseon and the Korean Empire, before the occupation of the peninsula by…

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