Curated category
English biographers
- George Wyatt (writer)George Wyatt entered the world in January 1554 at Allington Castle. His bloodline carried heavy historical weight from his grandfather Sir Thomas Wyatt the…
- Samuel JohnsonOn the 18th of September 1709, a baby named Samuel Johnson did not cry when he was born in Lichfield. His mother Sarah had been forty years old during the…
- Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin D'Israeli was born on the 21st of December 1804 at 6 King's Road, Bedford Row, Bloomsbury. His family carried a Sephardic Jewish mercantile…
- Stanley SadieStanley John Sadie entered the world on the 30th of October 1930 in Wembley. He attended St Paul's School in London before studying music privately for three…
- Barbara LevickBarbara Mary Levick entered the world on the 21st of June 1931 in London. Her father was Frank Thomas Levick and her mother was Mary Smart.
- Alison WeirAlison Weir grew up in Westminster, London. Her mother was a genuinely good person with heaps of integrity and strength of character.
- Colin WilsonColin Henry Wilson was born on the 26th of June 1931 in Leicester. His father worked in a shoe factory while his mother managed their household.
- Correlli BarnettCorrelli Douglas Barnett was born on the 28th of June 1927 in Norbury, County Borough of Croydon. He grew up as the son of Douglas and Kathleen Barnett.
- Simon CallowOn the 15th of June 1949, a boy named Simon Phillip Hugh Callow entered the world in Streatham, South London. His father was Neil Francis Callow, a…
- Martin GilbertMartin Gilbert was born in London on the 25th of October 1936. His family name was originally Goldberg before his father Peter changed it to Gilbert.