Curated category
English pamphleteers
- Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift entered the world on the 30th of November 1667 in Dublin. His father was a native of Goodrich, Herefordshire who had fled to Ireland after his…
- Simon FishSimon Fish died in 1531, leaving behind a legacy as a 16th-century English Protestant rebel and propagandist. He is best known for helping to spread William…
- John WesleyOn the 9th of February 1709, a fire broke out in the rectory at Epworth. John Wesley was five years old when flames consumed the roof and threatened to…
- Joseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley was born in Birstall, West Yorkshire, on the 24th of March 1733. He grew up as the oldest of six children to Mary Swift and Jonas Priestley…
- Daniel DefoeDaniel Defoe was born in Fore Street, London, during the summer or early autumn of 1660. His family name was originally Foe, and he later added the…
- Robert Greene (dramatist)A baptism record from the 11th of July 1558 at St George's church in Norwich offers the only concrete anchor for a man whose life remains slippery.