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British writers

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

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Wilfred ThesigerPhotographer · PhotographySir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also known as Mubarak bin Landan (the blessed one of London), was a British military officer, explorer, and writer.
William AlwynArtist · PaintingsWilliam Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith;[1] 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985)[2] was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which…
William AuldAuthor · BooksWilliam Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a British poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto.
William BeveridgeAuthor · BooksWilliam Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist, eugenicist and Liberal politician who played a central role in designing the British…
William BoydPerson · Film memorabiliaWilliam Andrew Murray Boyd FRSL (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film director.
William DavenantAuthor · BooksSir William Davenant (baptised 3 March 1606 – 7 April 1668), also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright.
William De MorganArtist · CeramicsWilliam Frend De Morgan (16 November 1839 – 15 January 1917) was an English potter, tile designer and novelist.
William Edward SoothillAuthor · BooksWilliam Edward Soothill, FRGS (1861 – 1935) was a Methodist missionary to China who later became Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford, and a leading British sinologist.
William EmpsonAuthor · BooksSir William Empson (27 September 1906 – 15 April 1984) was an English literary critic and poet, widely influential for his practice of closely reading literary works, a practice fundamental…
William GoldingAuthor · BooksSir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 – 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, playwright, and poet.
William Harry EvansAuthor · Books
William Jackson HookerIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under…
William LanglandAuthor · BooksWilliam Langland (Willielmus de Langland; c. 1330) is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegory with a complex variety…
William Le QueuxAuthor · BooksWilliam Tufnell Le Queux[1] (lang; 2 July 1864 – 13 October 1927) was a French-English journalist and writer.
William Mitchell RamsayAuthor · BooksWilliam Ramsay (disambiguation)
William NicholsonIllustrator · Illustration
William RowleyPerson · Film memorabiliaWilliam Rowley (c. 1585 – February 1626) was an English Jacobean dramatist, best known for works written in collaboration with more successful writers.
William ShenstoneAuthor · BooksWilliam Shenstone (18 November 171411 February 1763) was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.
William SmithAuthor · BooksSir William Smith (20 May 1813 – 7 October 1893) was an English lexicographer. He became known for his advances in the teaching of Greek and Latin in schools.
William TennAuthor · BooksWilliam Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.
William Thomas SteadAuthor · BooksWilliam Thomas Stead (5 July 184915 April 1912) was an English newspaper editor who, as a pioneer of investigative journalism, became a controversial figure of the Victorian era.
William WhiteheadAuthor · BooksWilliam Whitehead was a British poet, playwright and writer (1715–1785). He was born in Cambridge and died in Berkeley Square.
William WycherleyAuthor · BooksWilliam Wycherley (April 16411 January 1716) was an English playwright best known for writing the plays The Country Wife (1675) and The Plain Dealer (1676).
Winifred HoltbyAuthor · BooksWinifred Holtby (23 June 1898 – 29 September 1935) was an English novelist and journalist, now best known for her novel South Riding, which was posthumously published in 1936.
Winifred WagnerPerson · Music memorabiliaWinifred Marjorie Wagner (née Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner.
Winton DeanPerson · Music memorabiliaWinton Basil Dean (18 March 1916 – 19 December 2013) was an English musicologist of the 20th century, most famous for his research on the life and works—in particular the operas and…
Wyndham LewisIllustrator · IllustrationPercy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic.
Xiaolu GuoPerson · Film memorabiliaXiaolu Guo FRSL (born 20 November 1973) is a Chinese-born British author, filmmaker and academic.
Yvonne GreenAuthor · BooksYvonne Green (8 April 1957 – 16 April 2024) was an English poet, translator, writer and barrister.
Zoë SkouldingAuthor · BooksZoë Skoulding FLSW is a poet, living in Wales, whose work encompasses translation, editing, sound-based vocal performance, literary criticism and teaching creative writing.

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