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19th-century biographers

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

Agnes RepplierAuthor · BooksAgnes Repplier (April 1, 1855 – December 15, 1950) was an American essayist.
Alexander Wheelock ThayerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Alexandru MacedonskiAuthor · BooksAlexandru Macedonski (alekˈsandru mat͡ʃeˈdonski; also rendered as Al.
Alfred EinsteinAuthor · BooksAlfred Einstein (December 30, 1880February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor.
Alfred von ReumontAuthor · BooksAlfred von Reumont (15 August 1808 – 27 April 1887) was a German scholar and diplomatist.
Alice Stone BlackwellAuthor · BooksAlice Stone Blackwell (September 14, 1857 – March 15, 1950) was an American feminist, suffragist, journalist, radical socialist, and human rights advocate.
Alma MahlerPerson · Music memorabiliaAlma Mahler-Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite.
André MauroisAuthor · BooksAndré Maurois (French: [mɔʁwa]; born Émile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog; 26 July 1885 – 9 October 1967) was a French author.
André SuarèsAuthor · BooksAndré Suarès, born Isaac Félix Suarès (12 June 1868, Marseille – 7 September 1948, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) was a French poet and critic.
Annette KolbAuthor · BooksAnnette Kolb (pseudonym of Anna Mathilde Kolb) was an author, journalist, emigrée and pacifist.
Archibald GeikieAuthor · Maps and atlasesSir Archibald Geikie (28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Austin DobsonAuthor · BooksIllustration — 1911 portrait of Dobson by Frank Brooks
Cecilia Lucy BrightwellEngraver · PrintsCecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875), known to her contemporaries as Lucy Brightwell, was an English etcher and author, mostly of volumes of short biographies intended for young people.
Charles Heath WilsonArtist · Paintings
Constant von WurzbachAuthor · BooksConstantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg (11 April 1818 – 17 August 1893) was an Austrian biographer, lexicographer and author.
Daniel Coit GilmanAuthor · BooksDaniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831 – October 13, 1908) was an American educator and academic.
Dmitry MerezhkovskyAuthor · BooksDmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (Дми́трий Серге́евич Мережко́вский; 14 August 1865 – 9 December 1941) was a Russian novelist, poet, religious thinker, and literary critic.
Edgar Lee MastersAuthor · BooksEdgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist.
Edward Frederic BensonAuthor · BooksEdward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and short story writer.
Eleanor FarjeonAuthor · BooksEleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children's stories and plays, poetry, biography, history and satire.
Elizabeth Cabot AgassizAuthor · BooksElizabeth Cabot Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe…
Emma AdlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Emma and Victor Adler (1878)
Eugen RelgisAuthor · BooksEugen D. Relgis (backward reading of Eisig D. Sigler; first name also Eugenio, Eugène or Eugene, last name also Siegler or Siegler Watchel;
Felix DahnAuthor · BooksFelix Ludwig Julius Dahn (9 February 1834 – 3 January 1912) was a German law professor and nationalist author, poet and historian.
Frances PerkinsAuthor · BooksFrances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) was an American workers-rights advocate who served as the fourth United States secretary of labor from 1933 to…
Frans G. BengtssonAuthor · BooksFrans Gunnar Bengtsson (4 October 1894 – 19 December 1954) was a Swedish novelist, essayist, poet and biographer.
Fyodor DostoyevskyAuthor · BooksFyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 18219 February 1881) was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short-story writer, essayist and journalist.
Guy de PourtalèsAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pourtalès c.
Heinrich Eduard JacobAuthor · BooksHeinrich Eduard Jacob (7 October 1889 – 25 October 1967) was a German and American journalist and author.
Heinrich MannIllustrator · IllustrationLuiz Heinrich Mann (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈman]; March 27, 1871 – March 11, 1950), best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German writer known for his sociopolitical novels.
Henri BarbusseArtist · PaintingsHenri Barbusse (lang; 17 May 1873 – 30 August 1935) was a French novelist, short story writer, journalist, poet and political activist.
Henri GhéonAuthor · BooksHenri Ghéon (15 March 1875 – 13 June 1944), born Henri Vangeon in Bray-sur-Seine, Seine-et-Marne, was a French playwright, novelist, poet and critic.
Hervey AllenAuthor · BooksWilliam Hervey Allen Jr. (December 8, 1889 – December 28, 1949) was an American educator, poet, and writer.
Hilaire BellocAuthor · BooksJoseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc (27 July 187016 July 1953) was a French-English writer and political activist.
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]
Izabela Sadoveanu-EvanAuthor · BooksIsabella Sadoveanu, Izabela Morțun, Izabela Sadoveanu-Andrei
Jean SchlumbergerAuthor · BooksJean Schlumberger (born Paul Conrad Nikolaus Johann Schlumberger; 26 May 1877 – 25 October 1968) was a French writer, journalist and poet.
Jean-Joseph Benjamin-ConstantEngraver · PrintsJean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (also known as Benjamin-Constant), born Jean-Joseph Constant (10 June 1845 – 26 May 1902), was a French painter and etcher best known for his Oriental subjects…
John BuchanAuthor · BooksJohn Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, British Army officer, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of…
John Stevens Cabot AbbottAuthor · BooksJohn Stevens Cabot Abbott (September 19, 1805June 17, 1877) was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer born in Brunswick, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott.
Julian HawthorneAuthor · BooksJulian Hawthorne (June 22, 1846 – July 14, 1934) was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody.
Karl GoedekeAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich Ludwig Goedeke (15 April 1814 – 28 October 1887) was a German historian of literature, an author, and a professor.
Karl MadsenArtist · PaintingsCarl Johan Wilhelm Madsen, commonly known as Karl Madsen, (22 March 1855 – 16 April 1938) was a Danish painter and art historian with close connections to the Skagen Painters.
Léon DaudetAuthor · BooksLéon Daudet (French: [dodɛ]; 16 November 1867 – 2 July 1942) was a French journalist, writer, an active monarchist, and a member of the Académie Goncourt.
Lucien DaudetArtist · PaintingsLucien Daudet (11 June 1878 – 16 November 1946) was a French writer, the son of Alphonse Daudet and Julia Daudet.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryAuthor · BooksLucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry…
Ludmilla AssingAuthor · BooksRosa Ludmilla Assing (22 February 1821 in Hamburg – 25 March 1880 in Florence) was a German writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Achim Lothar and Talora.
Manuel GálvezAuthor · BooksManuel Gálvez (18 July 1882 – 14 November 1962) was an Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, historian and biographer.
Margaret Neilson ArmstrongIllustrator · IllustrationMargaret Neilson Armstrong (1867–1944) was a 19th and early 20th-century American book cover designer, illustrator, and author.
Margherita SarfattiAuthor · BooksMargherita Sarfatti (marɡeˈriːta sarˈfatti; Grassini; 8 April 1880 – 30 October 1961) was an Italian journalist, art critic, patron, collector, socialite, and prominent propaganda adviser…
Marie BashkirtsevaArtist · SculptureMarie Bashkirtseff, born Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva (– 31 October 1884), was an émigré artist who was born into a noble family on their estate near the city of Poltava.
Marietta ShaginyanAuthor · BooksMarietta Sergeevna Shaginyan (April 2, 1888 – March 20, 1982) was a Soviet writer, historian of Armenian descent.
Marthe BibescoAuthor · BooksPrincess Martha Bibescu (Martha Lucia; née Lahovary; 28 January 1886 – 28 November 1973), also known outside of Romania as Marthe Bibesco, was a Romanian-French writer, socialite, known for…
Maud Cuney HarePerson · Music memorabiliaMaud Cuney Hare (née Cuney, February 16, 1874 – February 13 or 14, 1936) was an American pianist, musicologist, writer, and African-American activist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United…
Maurice GenevoixAuthor · BooksMaurice Genevoix (29 November 1890 – 8 September 1980) was a French author and WWI veteran who is best known for his book Ceux de 14 (Those of 14 or 'The Men of 1914'), regarded as one of…
Motiram BhattaAuthor · BooksMotiram Bhatta (1866–1896) was a Nepalese poet, singer, essayist, publisher, literary critic and biographer.
Nahum SokolowAuthor · BooksNahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936) was a Jewish-Polish writer, translator, and journalist, the fifth President of the World…
Olga ChekhovaAuthor · BooksOlga Konstantinovna Chekhova (Knipper; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress.
Oliver Otis HowardAuthor · BooksOliver Otis Howard (November 8, 1830 – October 26, 1909) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War.
Osvald SirénAuthor · BooksOsvald Sirén (6 April 1879 – 26 June 1966) was a Finnish-born Swedish art historian, whose interests included the art of 18th-century Sweden, Renaissance Italy and China.
Otto JahnPerson · Music memorabiliaOtto Jahn (lang; 16 June 1813, in Kiel – 9 September 1869, in Göttingen) was a German archaeologist, philologist, and writer on art and music.
Paterne BerrichonArtist · SculpturePaterne Berrichon, the pseudonym of Pierre-Eugène Dufour (10 January 1855, Issoudun – 30 July 1922, La Rochefoucauld) was a French poet, painter, sculptor and designer.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAuthor · BooksRalph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the…
Richard AldingtonAuthor · BooksRichard Aldington (born Edward Godfree Aldington; 8 July 1892 – 27 July 1962) was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement.
Robert Lewis DabneyDesigner · DesignRobert Lewis Dabney (March 5, 1820 – January 3, 1898) was a Southern Presbyterian pastor and theologian, Confederate army chaplain, and architect from Virginia.
Roger VercelAuthor · BooksRoger Vercel (born Roger Cretin; 8 January 1894, in Le Mans – 26 February 1957, in Dinan) was a French writer.
Rudolf OldenAuthor · BooksRudolf Olden (14 January 1885 in Stettin – 18 September 1940) was a German lawyer and journalist.
Salvador de MadariagaAuthor · BooksSalvador de Madariaga y Rojo (23 July 1886 – 14 December 1978) was a Spanish "eminent liberal", diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist who was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature…
Samuel SmilesAuthor · BooksSamuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer.
Selma LagerlöfAuthor · BooksSelma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (USalso; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish writer. She published her first novel, Gösta Berling's Saga, at the age of 33.
Sidney LeeAuthor · BooksSir Sidney Lee (5 December 1859 – 3 March 1926) was an English biographer, writer, and critic.
Stefan ZweigAuthor · BooksStefan Zweig (or lang; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer.
Theodor von FrimmelPerson · Music memorabiliaTheodor von Frimmel, fully Theodor von Frimmel-Traisenau (15 December 1853 – 3 December 1928), was an Austrian art historian, musicologist and Beethoven biographer.
Thor LangeAuthor · BooksThor Næve Lange (9 April 1851 – 22 February 1915) was a Danish author.
Vera FignerAuthor · BooksVera Nikolayevna Figner Filippova (7 July 1852 – 25 June 1942) was a Russian revolutionary and political activist.
Vita Sackville-WestAuthor · BooksVictoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.
Vyvyan HollandAuthor · BooksVyvyan Beresford Holland, (born Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde; 3 November 1886 – 10 October 1967) was an English author and translator.
Wilhelm KienzlPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Kienzl (17 January 1857 – 3 October 1941) was an Austrian composer.
William Allen WhiteAuthor · BooksWilliam Allen White (February 10, 1868 – January 29, 1944) was an American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.

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