3162 Writers with Surname beginning A

A BECKETT, Arthur William
Humorous writer with Punch. Son of Gilbert A Beckett

A BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott
Humorous writer, Editor, Playwright & Barrister. Contributed to Punch, Illustrated London News, The Times, and the Morning Herald. Produced over 50 plays. Died in Boulogne of typhus

A BECKETT, Gilbert Arthur
Playwright. Son of Gilbert A Beckett. Member of the staff of Punch from 1879

A KEMPIS, Thomas

A PAIR OF WEDDING GLOVES

A THOUSAND NOTABLE THINGS

A was an ARCHER

A. F.

A., F.A.E.

A.E.

A1 ANNUAL

AA PUBLISHING (Automobile Association)
Publishers of maps, atlases, Guidebooks, Motoring and leisure books

AAKJAER, Jeppe
Poet & novelist

AALEN, F H A

AARDEMA, Verna
Writer of folktales for children

AARDVARK, Aaron A

AARESTRUP, Emil
Poet

AARONS, Edward Sidney
Crime Novelist of both novels and short stories. Married Ruth Ives and later Grace Dyer

AARONS, John

AARONSON, L
Poet

AASEN, Ivar Andreas
Philologist, Lexicographer & Poet

AASHER, Ben

ABACUS
Publisher

ABALAKOV, Vitali Mikhailovich
Regarded as the Father of Russian mountaineering

ABBADIE, James

ABBAS, Khwaja Ahmad
Novelist, Short Story writer, Biographer & playwright

ABBASI, Riza
Artist of the 17thC. Examples of his work is exhibited in the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin

ABBATE, F

ABBATT, Richard

ABBAY, Richard

ABBE, Cleveland
Meteorologist. Introduced the US system of Standard Time

ABBE, E

ABBEY
Book Illustrator. Flourished 1919-25

ABBEY, Barbara

ABBEY, Edward
Novelist. Married five times. probably died from alcoholism

ABBEY, Edward Austin

ABBEY, Edwin Austin
Draughtsman & Book Illustrator. Made his home in England from 1878

ABBEY, Henry
Poet

ABBEY, Joseph
Book illustrator and artist. Lived in England from age of 3. Art editor of Chums for some years. Illustrated many annuals and children's books

ABBEY, Kieran

ABBEY, Major J R

ABBEY DORE

ABBEY SCHOOL
Girls Public School in Reading, Berkshire founded in 1887

ABBEY THEATRE
National theatre of Ireland founded in 1904 by W G Fay, W B Yeats, Edward Martyn & Lady Gregory. Fire destroyed the building in 1951 and it was rebuilt in 1966

ABBEYof WEYHILL

ABBIATICO, M

ABBOT, Abiel

ABBOT, Anthony
Crime Novelist (Thatcher Colt series), Author, Playwright & Journalist. Converted to Catholicism in 1943. Married twice. Died of a heart attack

ABBOT, Charles

ABBOT, Charles

ABBOT, George

ABBOT, George

ABBOT, J

ABBOT, Lieut George

ABBOTS LANGLEY

ABBOTSBURY

ABBOTSFORD

ABBOTSFORD CLUB

ABBOTSHOLME SCHOOL
Public School in Staffordshire founded in 1889

ABBOTT, Augustus

ABBOTT, Berenice

ABBOTT, C C

ABBOTT, C G

ABBOTT, Carlisle S

ABBOTT, Charles

ABBOTT, Charles Conrad

ABBOTT, Claude Coleer
Poet

ABBOTT, Cynthia
Book Illustrator. In 1930s travelled to Canada, USA, South Africa & Europe. Drove ambulances during WW2. Commercial artists for Bodley Head

ABBOTT, D E

ABBOTT, Edwin Abbott
Scholar and Novelist

ABBOTT, Eleanor Hallowell
Novelist

ABBOTT, Elenore Plaisted
Book Illustrator

ABBOTT, Evelyn
Scholar, Historian & Biographer. Paralysed from the waist down after falling in a hurdle race in 1866. Remained single

ABBOTT, Francis Lemuel
Artist

ABBOTT, G F

ABBOTT, George Francis
Playwright, Director & producer. Lived to be over 100 years of age !

ABBOTT, Jack Henry
Imprisoned for stabbing a waiter

ABBOTT, Jacob
Author. Founded Mount Vernon Girls School in Boston 1829. Wrote or co-wrote over 200 books

ABBOTT, Jacob B
Book Illustrator

ABBOTT, James

ABBOTT, John Henry Macartney
Novelist

ABBOTT, John Stevens Cabot
Historian. Brother of Jacob Abbott

ABBOTT, John White
Artist

ABBOTT, K Nelson
Story writer

ABBOTT, Kathleen
Poet

ABBOTT, Kathleen M

ABBOTT, Keith
Poet & Novelist

ABBOTT, Lee

ABBOTT, Lyman
Minister. Editor of "The Outlook" (originally "The Christian Union"). Son of Jacob Abbott

ABBOTT, Maude

ABBOTT, Robert Tucker
Concologist

ABBOTT, S

ABBOTT, S C

ABBOTT, Thomas Kingsmill

ABBOTT, W H

ABBOTT, Wilbur Cortez

ABBOTT, Willis John
Historian, especially for children

ABBOTTS, Rev J

ABBS, Akosua
Children's Writer

ABBS, Peter

ABC (All Books for Children)
Publisher

ABC BOOKS

ABDILL, David

ABDOH, Salar
Novelist

ABDULLAH, Achmed
Novelist. Raised in England

ABDY, Maria
Poet

ABE, Kobo
Novelist & Playwright

ABEEL, David

ABEL, Annie Heloise

ABEL, C W

ABEL, Clarke

ABEL, Deryck

ABEL, John

ABEL, Kenneth
Novelist

ABELARD, Peter
Religious thinker and lecturer at the schools of St Genevieve and Notre Dame in Paris. Fell in love with Heloise but their love ended in tragic separation, although they were buried in the same tomb

ABELARD-SCHUMANN
Publishers founded in 1955. At 7 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BP in 1989

ABELES, Sigmund
Book illustrator

ABELING, James

ABELL, E I

ABELL, Francis

ABELL, Frank
Book Illustrator

ABELL, Kathleen
Children's Writer

ABELL, Kjeld
Playwright

ABELMAN, Paul
Novelist, Poet & Playwright

ABEND, Hallett

ABERCONWAY, Christabel

ABERCROMBIE, Capt W R

ABERCROMBIE, D

ABERCROMBIE, John

ABERCROMBIE, John
Writer, esp of semi-philosophical works. Died of Heart diseaese

ABERCROMBIE, L

ABERCROMBIE, Lascelles
Poet & critic. Married Catherine Gwatkin in 1909

ABERCROMBIE, Patrick
Antiquary & Historian

ABERCROMBIE, Ralph

ABERCROMBIE, Sir Leslie Patrick
Architect. Brother of Lascelles Abercrombie. He drew up the Greater London Plan in 1944

ABERCROMBY, David

ABERCROMBY, Helen

ABERCROMBY, Hon Ralph

ABERCROMBY, John

ABERDEEN

ABERDEEN, James Campbell Hamilton Gordon, 7th Earl & 1st Marquis
Statesman. Married Ishbel-Maria Marjoribanks (1857-1939) in 1877

ABERDEEN, Lady
Married Earl of Aberdeen in 1877. Daughter of Lord Tweedsmouth. She was interested in the position of women and the Irish peasantry.

ABERDEEN CATHEDRAL

ABERDEEN HERALD, The

ABERDEEN OBSERVER, The

ABERDEEN PRESS & JOURNAL
In 1997 also included the Aberdeen Evening Express. At 20 Broad Street, Aberdeen in 1963. At PO Box 43, Lang Stracht, Mastrick, AB9 8AF in 1997

ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY
Founded in 1495 as King's College. Regent Walk, Aberdeen AB9 1FX. In 1995-6 it had 10,843 students

ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS
Founded in 1840

ABERDEIN, Jennie W

ABERDOUR CASTLE

ABERGAVENNY, Frances Neville
Devotional writer, esp prayers

ABERIGH-MACKAY, George Robert
Satirist

ABERNATHY, Byron R

ABERNETHY, James

ABERNETHY, John
Surgeon

ABERNETHY, Thomas

ABERT, James W

ABERTAY DUNDEE, University of
Founded in 1994. Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG. In 1995-6 it had 4000 FT students

ABERYSTWYTH

ABETTI, Giorgio

ABINGDON, Alexander

ABINGDON, Thomas

ABINGDON PRESS
American publisher in Nashville in 1994

ABINGDON SCHOOL
Public school in Oxfordshire founded in 1256

ABINGER CHRONICLE

ABISH, Walter
Novelist & Poet who moved to USA in 1960, having lived in both China and Israel

ABLOW, Keith
Psychiatrist, Writer and Novelist

ABNEY, Sir William de Wivelslie
Soldier and pioneer in the development of photographic science, especially the dry-plate process. Author of many works on photography

ABOAB, Isaac

ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN

ABOUNDING GRACE

ABOUT, E

ABOUT, Edmond
Journalist & Novelist

ABOUT BRITAIN SERIES

ABRAHALL, John Hoskyns

ABRAHAM, Abu
Cartoonist, Journalist & Politician. Came to England in 1951 and worked for Tribune, the Observer and the Guardian. Returned to India 1969

ABRAHAM, Ashley Perry
Mountaineer and rock climber with his brother George Dixon Abraham. The brothers were professional photographers with a shop in Keswick. Much of their climbing was with O G Jones

ABRAHAM, George Dixon
Mountaineer and rock climber with his brother Ashley Perry Abraham

ABRAHAM, Gerald

ABRAHAM, J C

ABRAHAM, James Johnston
Author & Novelist

ABRAHAM, John Coakley

ABRAHAM, W

ABRAHAMS, Anthony
Children's Writer

ABRAHAMS, H M

ABRAHAMS, Harold

ABRAHAMS, Hilary Ruth
Freelance illustrator of children's and educational books since 1962. Works mainly in black and white, although paints in oils and watercolour. Principally published by Dennis Dobson (1960's) and Deutsch (1970's and 1980's)

ABRAHAMS, Pearl
Novelist

ABRAHAMS, Peter
Novelist

ABRAHAMS, Peter Henry
Black poet & novelist. Emigrated to England in 1941-56, France 1948-50 & finally Jamaica in 1956. Married Dorothy Pennington in 1942 (divorced 1948) & Daphne Miller in 1948

ABRAHAMS, William
Novelist

ABRAM, William Alexander

ABRAMS
New York publishers, esp of Art Books

ABRANTES, Laure d'
Novelist. Married General Junot

ABRAVANEL, Isaac
Hebrew Philosophic writer

ABRDEEN MAGAZINE
Literary Chronicle and The Review

ABRIDGEMENT

ABRUZZI, Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe, Duke of
Wealthy explorer-climber. On his expeditions he was often accompanied by Vittorio Sella, a wealthy photographer. They went to Alaska, attempted to reach the North Pole, Ruwenzori, the Karakoram, and the Uebi-Shebeli River in Ethiopia-Eritrea

ABS, Michael

ABSALON, J
Book Illustrator

ABSE, Dannie
Jewish Poet & Novelist

ABSIRE, Alain
Novelist

ABSOLON, John
Painter and illustrator

ABSOLUTE PRESS
Publisher

ABSON BOOKS
Publisher

ABU SALIH

ABULAFIA, Todros
Hebrew Poet

ACADEMIC PRESS
Publisher

ACADEMY BOOKS
Publisher

ACADEMY CHICAGO PUBLISHERS
Publisher

ACADEMY EDITIONS
Architecture, art and design Publisher

ACADEMY GUILD PRESS
American publishers founded in 1950. Based in Fresno, California

ACADEMY NOTES

ACADEMY, The

ACAIR LTD
Publishers of Gaelic history, culture & language

ACCESS PRESS

ACCOMPLISH'D HOUSEWIFE

ACCOUNT

ACCOUNTANT, The
Periodical founded in 1874. Published by Arthur E Webb, 151 Strand, London in 1963

ACCUM, Friedrich Christian
Chemist. Came to London in 1793 and lived there for 30 years. A pioneer of gas-lighting

ACERBI, Joseph

ACEVEDO, Dona Angela de
Dramatist. First wife of Philip IV

ACEVEDO, Francisco de Borja y
Poet

ACEVEDO DIAZ, Eduardo
Novelist & statesman

ACHARD, Marcel
Playwright of comedies

ACHARYA, Prasanna Kumar

ACHDJIAN, Albert

ACHEBE, Albert Chinualumogu
Black Novelist. All of his work is concerned with the impact of western society on Ibo culture. Paralysed in 1990 from the waist down in a car accident. Married Christie Okoli in 1961

ACHERLEY, Roger

ACHERMANN, Phyllis

ACHESON, A

ACHESON, F O V

ACHESON, William

ACHETA

ACHILLES, Tatius

ACHILLINI, Claudio
Poet

ACHTERBERG, Gerritt
Poet

ACIMAN, Andre

ACKER, Kathy
Novelist

ACKER, W R B

ACKERKNECHT, Erwin

ACKERLEY, Joe Randolph
Poet & Editor

ACKERMAN, Diane
Poet, Essayist & Naturalist

ACKERMAN, Forrest J
Editor of Science fiction magazines

ACKERMAN, James Sloss
Art Historian

ACKERMAN, R E

ACKERMANN, Louise
Poet

ACKERMANN, Phyllis

ACKERMANN, Rudolph
Publisher who opened a print shop in The Strand, London. Introduced lithography as a fine art to UK. At 96 Strand in 1836

ACKLAND, F
Black and white artist contributing humorous figure sujects to "Fun" in 1901

ACKLAND, James

ACKLAND, Rodney
Actor, Writer & Playwright

ACKLAND, Tom
Novelist

ACKLAND, Valentine
Poet. Mostly unpublished. Married briefly but lived with Sylvia Townsend Warner for 30 years in Dorset. Communist and quaker at various times

ACKLEY, C S

ACKLEY, Edith Flack

ACKLEY, Randall William
Poet & writer on Native Americans, esp the Navajo

ACKROYD, Graham
Poet

ACKROYD, Miss L
Watercolourist and illustrator of children's books. Worked in Stockport between 1910 and 1932

ACKROYD, Norman
Modern artist

ACKROYD, Peter
Novelist. Homosexual. In 1994 his lover Brian Kuhn died of Aids.

ACKWORTH, John
Novelist of the dreary life of workers in Lancashire mills

ACKWORTH, Robert

ACKWORTH, W M

ACKWORTH SCHOOL
Public school in West Yorkshire founded in 1779

ACLAND, A H Dyke

ACLAND, Alice
Novelist & Biographer

ACLAND, Henry W

ACLAND, Hugh Dyke
Amateur artist and landscape illustrator

ACLAND, James H

ACLAND, Rev Charles

ACLAND, Sir Richard Thomas Dyke
Politician. He resigned from the Liberals to found the Common Wealth Party in 1942, with J B Priestley. He gave his Devon estate, Killerton House, to the National Trust.

ACLAND, T D

ACORD AWARD

ACORN, Milton
Poet & Writer

ACORN EDITIONS

ACORN PRESS LTD
Publishers of educational and children's books.
49 Victoria Street, SW1 in 1950 & 17 Sackville Street, London W1 in 1963

ACOSTA, Karen

ACOSTA, Oscar Zeta

ACOSTA DE SAMPER, Soledad
Novelist, Short Story Writer & Dramatist.

ACRE, Stephen

ACRHER, John Wykeham
Watercolourist & topographical illustrator

ACS, Laszlo Bela
Book illustrator. Free lance, mainly children's books. Mostly in black & white pen drawings

ACTINIC PRESS
Publishers of medical and science books. At 356-8 Kilburn High Road, NW6 in 1950. At 13 Tottenham Street, London W1 in 1963. At 311 Worcester Road, Malvern, Worcs in 1994

ACTION THRILLERS

ACTON, Eliza
Poet & Cookery Writer. It is said she turned up at Longmans with a book of poetry and was told 'nobody wants poetry now. Bring me a cookery book.'

ACTON, Mrs F Stackhouse

ACTON, Sir Harold Mario
Historian & Art Collector. He left 40,000 rare books and 5000 works of art

ACTON, Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg, First Baron, Lord
Historian. Catholic (he was refused admittance to Cambridge because of this)

ACTORS

ACUMEN
Periodical founded in 1985. Poetry, literary articles, etc

ACUNA, Dora
Poet

ACWORTH, A W

ACWORTH, Bernard

ADAGIO PRESS

ADAIR, Cecil

ADAIR, F E S

ADAIR, Gilbert
Novelist

ADAIR, James
Trader & Pioneer who travelled America, living with the Chicksaw & Cherokee Indians

ADAIR, John
Historian

ADAIR, John
Cartographer and Surveyor who mapped much of the Scotland and its coastline

ADAIR, Virginia

ADAM, Alexander
Writer

ADAM, Emil
Sporting painter and caricaturist. Came to London 1885

ADAM, Evelyn

ADAM, G Mercer

ADAM, Helen

ADAM, Helen Douglas
Children's Writer & Illustrator

ADAM, Jean
Poet. Died in the poorhouse

ADAM, Juliette
Novelist

ADAM, L

ADAM, Michael
Novelist

ADAM, Michael

ADAM, Michael

ADAM, Paul

ADAM, Paul Auguste Marie
Novelist & Essayist

ADAM, R B

ADAM, Robert

ADAM, Robert
Architect (as were all his brothers, especially James 1730-94) & designer of furnishings in the neo-classical style

ADAM, Ruth
Novelist, Children's Writer & broadcaster

ADAM, Sheila

ADAM, W

ADAM, William

ADAM, William

ADAM INTERNATIONAL REVIEW

ADAMI, J G

ADAMI, Marie

ADAMIC, Louis
Writer & Critic. Emigrated to USA 1913 (naturalized 1918). Most of his work is autobiographical

ADAMOV, Arthur
Dramatist. Lived Paris

ADAMOVA, A

ADAMS, A C

ADAMS, A F

ADAMS, A L

ADAMS, A Leith

ADAMS, Abigail
Letter-Writer. Wife of John Adams

ADAMS, Adeline

ADAMS, Adrienne
Book Illustrator

ADAMS, Alice
Novelist. Lives in San Francisco

ADAMS, Andy
Writer of cowboy stories

ADAMS, Anna
Poet. Many of her books illustrated by her husband

ADAMS, Ansel Easton
Photographer, esp of mountains in the west, and of Yosemite in particular. Co-founder with Edward Weston of the f/64 Group in 1932

ADAMS, Archibald

ADAMS, Arthur

ADAMS, Arthur Henry
Poet, Dramatist & novelist. Married Lilian Paton 1898 and moved to Australia to work on the Sydney Bulletin

ADAMS, B M G

ADAMS, Barbara S

ADAMS, Bernard

ADAMS, Bill (Bertram Martin)
Writer of sea stories who settled in the San Francisco area

ADAMS, C C

ADAMS, C D

ADAMS, C F

ADAMS, C K

ADAMS, C L

ADAMS, Charles Follen
Dialect poet

ADAMS, Charles Francis
Son of John Adams. Founded the "Boston Whig"

ADAMS, Cleve
Crime Novelist of the hard-boiled variety, borrowing many of his plts and character types from Dashiell Hammett

ADAMS, Clifton

ADAMS, Clinton

ADAMS, Daniel

ADAMS, Douglas
Writer. Lived in Santa Barbara, California. Died of a Heart attack

ADAMS, E

ADAMS, E D

ADAMS, Edward

ADAMS, Edward Ben

ADAMS, Elbridge L

ADAMS, Eleanor N

ADAMS, Elizabeth

ADAMS, Ellen E

ADAMS, Ellen M

ADAMS, Ellinor Davenport
Writer of Girl's Stories

ADAMS, Ena

ADAMS, Eric

ADAMS, Eric
Novelist

ADAMS, Erica

ADAMS, F C

ADAMS, F D

ADAMS, F L

ADAMS, Francis O

ADAMS, Francis William Lauderdale
Poet & Novelist. Scottish parents. Committed suicide after incurable lung disease diagnosed by shooting himself

ADAMS, Frank
Book illustrator. Active 1903-1944. Landscape painter

ADAMS, Frank
Book illustrator. Active 1903-1944. Landscape painter

ADAMS, Frank Ramsay
Novelist, Screenwriter and Playwright

ADAMS, Franklin Pierce
Columnist, Radio Performer & Humorist

ADAMS, Frederick B, Jnr

ADAMS, George A

ADAMS, Glenda
Novelist

ADAMS, H

ADAMS, H G

ADAMS, H M

ADAMS, Hannah
Historian. Considered to be the first professional female author in America

ADAMS, Harriet Isabel
Decorative illustrator who contributed to the Yellow Book 1896

ADAMS, Harriet Stratemeyer
Daughter of Edward Stratemeyer

ADAMS, Harry

ADAMS, Hazard
Critic, Novelist & Editor

ADAMS, Henry

ADAMS, Henry

ADAMS, Henry

ADAMS, Henry Brooks
Thinker, historian, novelist. Brother of Charles Francis Adams

ADAMS, Henry Gardiner

ADAMS, Herbert
Crime Novelist and short story writer. Many of his books have a golfing theme

ADAMS, Herbert

ADAMS, J

ADAMS, J C

ADAMS, James C

ADAMS, James Couch
Astronomer

ADAMS, James Truslow
Historian & Essayist

ADAMS, Jane
Novelist

ADAMS, John

ADAMS, John

ADAMS, John

ADAMS, John
Writer & statesman

ADAMS, John

ADAMS, John (of Waltham Abbey)

ADAMS, John Quincy
Sixth President of USA 1825-29. Unitarian

ADAMS, John Turvill
Novelist

ADAMS, Joseph

ADAMS, Joseph Quincy
Writer & scholar

ADAMS, Leonie Fuller
Poet

ADAMS, Lionel E

ADAMS, M B

ADAMS, M S R

ADAMS, Margaret
Book Illustrator. Flourished 1959-1979. Has illustrated many of the books & broadsides printed at the Stanbrook Abbey Press. She illustrates in the medieval fashion, with initials and decorations hand drawn onto the printed page

ADAMS, Maurice Bingham
Architect

ADAMS, Morley

ADAMS, Mrs Jane
Poet

ADAMS, Mrs Leith
Novelist. Married Andrew Leith Adams (1869) & later Robert Stuart de Courcy Laffan (1883)

ADAMS, Nehemiah

ADAMS, Norman
Illustrator of his wife's work

ADAMS, Oscar Fay
Historian

ADAMS, P

ADAMS, Philip R

ADAMS, R

ADAMS, R

ADAMS, R

ADAMS, R G

ADAMS, Ramon F
Folklorist

ADAMS, Rev Henry C
Novelist & Children's writer

ADAMS, Rev Isaac

ADAMS, Rev John

ADAMS, Richard George
Novelist

ADAMS, Robert

ADAMS, Samuel Hopkins
Novelist & Journalist. Married Elizabeth Noyes in 1898, and Jane Peyton Van Norman in 1915

ADAMS, Sarah Flower
Poet and hymn writer. Unitarian. Married an inventor, William Bridges Adams in 1834
Died of TB

ADAMS, Scott
Cartoonist & Novelist

ADAMS, Thomas

ADAMS, Thomas

ADAMS, Thomas Charles Renwick
Dust wrapper Illustrator. Flourished from 1962. Came to England

ADAMS, Thomas F

ADAMS, Virginia

ADAMS, W

ADAMS, W Dacres
Landscape painter and illustrator. Worked at Lechlade 1889-91 & Dorchester, Oxon 1902-3

ADAMS, W I Lincoln

ADAMS, William

ADAMS, William
Navigator who, working for the Dutch, was the first Englishman to reach Japan

ADAMS, William
Bookseller in Loughborough

ADAMS, William
Writer, esp of sacred allegorical tales

ADAMS, William

ADAMS, William

ADAMS, William Bridges
Engineer & Inventor, esp of parts related to railways. It is claimed his was the original idea for the Crystal Palace, built in 1851 by Joseph Paxton

ADAMS, William Henry Davenport

ADAMS, William Howard

ADAMS, William Taylor
Writer. Author of books for boys and girls. Edited journal "Our Boys & Girls" founded in 1867. In all he wrote 125 books and over 1000 short stories

ADAMS & DART
Publishers

ADAMS (the elder), George

ADAMS (the Younger), George

ADAMS Jnr, Charles Francis
Historian and expert on railways

ADAMS OR ADDAMS, Jane
Reformer & Sociologist. Leader in social work, peace and women's suffrage. Founded the Chicago social settlement, Hull House in 1889. Joint winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize

ADAMS REILLY, Anthony Miles William
Artist. Made the first reliable map of the Mont Blanc area, begun in 1863 and published 1865. He climbed many first ascents in the Alps with Whymper

ADAMS-ACTION, Murray

ADAMSKI, George
Science Fiction Novelist

ADAMSON, Archibald R

ADAMSON, C M

ADAMSON, Gareth
Children's Writer

ADAMSON, George Worsley
Book illustrator, Humorist & Designer. Moved to England. Travelled and taught art in Germany, France & Portugal before joing RAF in WW2. Also worked as official war artist for Coastal Command. Became a freelance designer, illustrator & humorist

ADAMSON, Henry

ADAMSON, J H

ADAMSON, Jean
Book illustrator of her husband Gareth's children's books. Flourished from 1962

ADAMSON, Jeremy

ADAMSON, Joy Fredericke Victoria
Naturalist, Artist & Writer. Naturalized British. Lived in Kenya with her husband (her 3rd), George Adamson, a game warden. Murdered in her house by local tribesmen

ADAMSON, Peter
Novelist. Founder of the New Internationalist in 1970

ADAMSON, Robert
Philosopher. Died of Enteric Fever

ADAMSON, Robert
Poet

ADAMSON, Robert
Pioneer Photographer & Chemist who worked in partnership with David Octavius Hill

ADAMSON, Sydney
Painter and illustrator. Worked in London for the principal magazines in the 1890s

ADAMSON, William

ADAMSON, Zia

ADAMS-SMITH, Patsy
Writer

ADANSON, Michel
Botanist who (before Linnaeus) put plants into classes of orders

ADASON, R S

ADBURGHAM, Alison

ADCOCK, Arthur St John
Novelist, Poet, Short story writer and Essayist. Married Marion Taylor 1887

ADCOCK, Fleur
Poet & Translator. Moved to England 1963. Married Alistair Campbell, a poet in 1958 (later divorced)

ADCOCK, Fred
Illustrator of topographical books, with line drawings. Flourished 1909-33. Brother of Arthur St John Adcock

ADCOCK, George H
Engraver and Illustrator working in London c1827-1832

ADCOCK, Marion St John

ADCOCK, Thomas

ADDAMS, Charles Samuel
Illustrator & Cartoonist who's work gave rise to the Addams Family on TV in the 1960s

ADDERSON, Caroline
Novelist

ADDEY, H M
Publisher.

ADDINGTON, Henry

ADDINGTON, Sarah

ADDIS, J M

ADDIS, Stephen

ADDISON, A C

ADDISON, Charles Greenstreet

ADDISON, Frank

ADDISON, H R

ADDISON, J de S

ADDISON, Joseph
Writer and Whig politician Contributed to the Tatler and was co-founder with Steele of The Spectator. Bought Bilton Hall in Warwickshire in 1713. Married the Countess of Warwick in 1716. He suffered from both dropsy & asthma. In 1799 his library was divided into 856 lots and sold at auction after his daughters' death (1797), raising £456. 2s. 9d

ADDISON, Paul

ADDISON, Robert

ADDISON, Sir William Wilkinson
Social Historian

ADDISON, Thomas

ADDISON, William

ADDISONIA

ADDISON-WESLEY PUBLISHERS LTD

ADDLESHAW, G W O

ADDLESHAW, Percy

ADDY, Sidney Oldhall

ADE, George
Humorist and playwright

ADEBAYO, Diran
Black (of Nigerian descent) Novelist

ADEBEYO, Diran
Black Novelist (Nigerian descent)

ADELAIDE

ADELAIDE MURRAY

ADELARD of BATH
Orientalist & Philosopher. Flourished 1130, living in Bath

ADELER, Max
Humorist

ADELMANN, Howard

ADELPHI
Magazine founded in 1923 by John Middleton Murry and published until 1955

ADELSON, Roger
Historian & Biographer

ADELUNG, Johann Christoph
Lexicographer & Philologist

ADEMA, Wim Hora
Children's Writer

ADENEY, Noel
Novelist

ADES, Dawn
Art Historian

ADEY, Robert

ADHEMAR, Jean

ADIAFFI, Anne-Marie
Novelist

ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi
Novelist

ADISA, Opal Palmer
Poet, Story Writer & Novelist

ADKINS, Geoffrey
Poet

ADLARD, John
Poet

ADLARD, Mark
Novelist and Science fiction writer

ADLARD COLES LTD
Publishers of books on sports, games, Hobbies, sailing & Year Books, founded in 1933

ADLER, Alfred
Neurologist, Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyist. With Freud & Jung, the founding fathers of psychiatry. Associated with Freud from 1906-1911, when their views radically diverged. From 1932 he taught in the USA

ADLER, Dodo
Book Illustrator

ADLER, E N

ADLER, Elizabeth
Novelist

ADLER, Elmer

ADLER, K

ADLER, Renata
Social and Political Essayist. Film Reviewer & Novelist

ADLER, Warren
Novelist

ADLERFELD, Gustavus

ADLIB

ADLINGTON, Fred
Book illustrator in black and white. Flourished 1920s

ADLINGTON or ALDINGTON, William

ADNAN, Etel
Poet, Novelist & painter

ADNEY, Edwin Tappan

ADNEY, Tappan

ADNITT & NAUNTON

ADOFF, Arnold
Poet & Short Story Writer

ADOLESCENCE

ADOLF FRIEDRICH of MECKLENBURG

ADOLPHUS, John Leycester
Historian

ADOPTED SON

ADRIAN, Lord

ADRIANA, Bruno

ADRIANI, Gotz

ADRICHEM, Christiaan van

ADSHEAD, Joseph

ADSHEAD, Mary
Book illustrator & Decorative Painter. Married Stephen Bone in 1929

ADVENTURE
Magazine owned by D C Thomson & Co

ADVENTURE STORIES for Children

ADVENTURELAND ANNUAL

ADVENTURER, The

ADVENTURERS CLUB, The

ADVENTURES

ADVENTURE-STORY

ADVERTISER'S ABC

ADVERTISER'S ANNUAL
At East Grinstead House, East Grinstead, W Sussex RH19 1XA

ADVERTISER'S WEEKLY
Periodical founded in 1913

ADVERTISING WORLD

ADVICE

ADVOCATE, The

ADVOCATES LIBRARY, The

ADY, Catherine

ADY, Endre
Poet, critic and short story writer and journalist

ADYE, E H

ADYE, Steven Payne

ADYE, Willett

AE

AELFRIC
Monk and writer

AELST, Pieter Koeck van
Artist

AENEAS

AERESTRUP, Emil
Poet & Translator

AEROMODELLER
Magazine founded in 1935

AERONAUTICS

AEROPLANE, The
Magazine founded in 1911

AEROSPACE EUROPE
At Riverbank House, Angel Lane, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1SE

AESCHYLUS
The great Athenian tragic poet & dramatist. Wrote 90 plays of which 7 have survived

AESOP
Supposed author of a celebrated collection of moral fables. Reputedly lived in mid-6th C BC on the island of Samos

AFANASIEV, Alexander

AFANASYEV, A N

AFFECTING HISTORY

AFFECTIONATE

AFINOGENOV, Aleksandr N
Dramatist

AFLALO, Frederick G

AFNAN, Soheil

AFRICA

AFRICA, Books on

AFRICAN BOOKS COLLECTIVE

AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES PRESS
Based in Nigeria. Founded and owned by Andre Deutsch

AFRICAN WORLD

AFRICANUS, Leo
Geographer and explorer of East Africa

AGANOOR POMPILJI, Vittoria
Poet

AGARD, John
Children's Poet. Black. Came to England 1977

AGARD, Walter Raymond

AGAR-ELLIS, George

AGAR-HAMILTON, J A I

AGARWAL, V S

AGASSE, Jacques Laurent
Artist

AGASSI, J

AGASSIZ, Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe
Oceanographer and Marine Biologist. Son of J L Agassiz. Joined his father in USA

AGASSIZ, Jean Louis Rodolphe
Zoologist and Glaciologist. Lived in the USA from 1846

AGATE, James Evershed
Journalist, writer

AGATE, W

AGBABI, Patience
Poet

AGE BOOK of the YEAR AWARD, The

AGE, The

AGEE, Chris
Poet. Works in Belfast

AGEE, James Rufus
Novelist, poet, prose writer, film critic and scriptwriter

AGENDA

AGG, John

AGGHAZY, M G

AGIUS, Pauline

AGLEN, Anthony S

AGLIO, A

AGLIONBY, William

AGNER, Dwight

AGNES

AGNES, Sister

AGNEW, A D Q

AGNEW, Alexandra Georgette
Novelist of romances. Married Philip Leslie Agnew (chairman of publishers Bradbury, Agnew & Co) in 1889

AGNEW, H C

AGNEW, Jack
Novelist

AGNEW, Katie
Novelist

AGNEW, Sir Andrew

AGNEW, Sir Crispin Hamlyn, of Lochnaw yr
Explorer

AGNEW, Stephen Hamilton
Prolific writer of boys' stories around the turn of the century and after. Killed on the Western Front in WW1

AGNON, Shmuel Yosef
Jewish novelist. Went to Palestine 1908. Nobel Prize 1966

AGNUS, Orme
Novelist of rural life

AGOOS, Julie
Poet

AGOPIAN, Stefan

AGOSIN, Marjorie (Marjorie Stela Agosin Halpern)
Fiction writer & Poet

AGRAWALA, P

AGRAWALA, V S

AGREN, Gosta
Poet

AGRICOLA, Georg Andreas

AGRICOLA, Georgius
Metallurgist & Mineralogist

AGRICULTURE

AGRIPPA, Henricus Cornelius
Scholar and writer on the occult sciences

AGUALUSA, Jose Eduardo
Novelist. Lives in Rio de Janeiro

AGUILAR, Grace
Novelist & writer. Jewish, wrote on Jewish history and religion. Home educated. Single. Travelled widely

AGUILERA-MALTA, Demetrio

AGUIRRE, Mirta
Poet, Novelist & Essayist

AGUNWA, Clement

AGUSTINI, Delmira
Poet. Murdered by her horse dealer husband Enrique Reyes

AGUTTER, William

AHARONIAN, Micheline
Novelist

AHERN, Cecelia
Novelist. Daughter of Irish PM Bertie Ahern

AHERN, G P

AHERNE, Owen

AHLBERG, Allan
Children's writer. Many of his books illustrated by his wife Janet, whom he married in 1969

AHLBERG, Hakon

AHLBERG, Janet
Book illustrator of her husband's books. Won Kate Greenaway Medal (1978) for Each Peach Pear Plum. Died of cancer

AHLEMANN, H W

AHLGREN, Ernst
Novelist & Story Writer

AHLIN, Lars
Novelist & Short Story Writer

AHLMANN, Hans Wilhelmsson

AHLUWALIA, Maj Hari Pal Singh
Soldier and Mountaineer

AHMAD, M

AHMAD, Rukhsana
Writer, Playwright & Translator

AHMED, Ali

AHMETI, Mimoza
Novelist, Painter & Graphic Artist

AHO, Juhani
Novelist & short story writer

AHRENDT, William Robert

AHRONS, E L

AICHINGER, Ilse
Short Story writer & Poet

AICHORN, August

AICKMAN, Robert Fordyce
Novelist of horror stories. Married Ray Gregorson in 1941 (divorced 1957). Co-founder of the Inland Waterways Association & Chairman of the London Opera Society. Died of cancer

AIDE, Hamilton
Poet, Novelist, Playwright and painter

AIDOO, Christina Ama Ata
Dramatist, Short Story Writer, Poet & Novelist

AIGLON COLLEGE
Public School in Switzerland founded in 1949

AIKEN, Albert W
Novelist who wrote dime novels

AIKEN, Conrad (Potter)
Poet, critic & Novelist. Lived in England. Married Jessie McDonald in 1912 (divorced 1929) & Clarice Lorenz in 1930 (divorced 1937)

AIKEN, George L
Actor and Author

AIKEN, Joan Delano
Novelist and children's writer. Daughter of American poet Conrad Aiken. Stepdaughter of novelist, Martin Armstrong

AIKEN, John
Physician and man of letters. Brother of Mrs Barbauld

AIKIN, Anna Laetitia

AIKIN, Arthur
Amateur cartographer. Unitarian minister. A founder member of the Geological Society in 1807

AIKIN, E

AIKIN, John
Author. Collaborated with his sister Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743-1825). Unitarian

AIKIN, Lucy
Poet, Historian & Children's Writer. Daughter of John Aikin. Unitarian

AIKIN, M

AIKMAN, George W
Painter and Engraver

AIKMAN, James

AIKMAN, Js

AIKMAN, William
Artist

AIMARD, Gustave
Novelist who travelled the world in search of adventures, and then wrote about them

AINALOV, D V

AINGER, Alfred
Humorist, Biographer & Divine. Died of Pneumonia

AINGER, Arthur C

AINSLIE, Douglas

AINSLIE, George Robert

AINSLIE, John

AINSLIE, Kathleen
Book illustrator. Active 1903-10

AINSLIE, R St John

AINSLIE, Whitelaw

AINSWORTH, Ed

AINSWORTH, Edgar
Art editor of the Picture Post. Draughtsman. Produced posters in the 1930s

AINSWORTH, G C

AINSWORTH, Henry

AINSWORTH, Richard

AINSWORTH, Robert
Lexicographer

AINSWORTH, Ruth (Gallard)
Writer of stories for young children

AINSWORTH, T

AINSWORTH, William

AINSWORTH, William

AINSWORTH, William

AINSWORTH, William F

AINSWORTH, William Harrison
Novelist (39 in total). Married the daughter of the London bookseller John Ebers

AINSWORTH-DAVIS, J R

AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE

AIR CANADA AWARD

AIRD, Catherine
Novelist, esp of crime

AIRD, David Mitchell

AIRD, Thomas
Poet. Remained single

AIREY, Alan F

AIREY, Angela

AIREY, F W
Amateur artist who contributed drawings of China to The Graphic in 1901

AIRLIFE PUBLISHING LTD
Specialist aviation titles

AIRS, Malcolm
Writer on Architecture

AIRTH, Rennie
Crime novelist

AIRY, Osmund

AIRY, Sir George Biddell
Astronomer and Geophysicist

AITCHEN, Robert

AITCHISON, Craigie
Illustrator

AITCHISON, James
Poet

AITKEN, A Donnelly
Writer of boys stories

AITKEN, Edward Hamilton

AITKEN, George A

AITKEN, Graeme
Novelist. Lives in Sydney

AITKEN, Hannah
Novelist

AITKEN, Joan
Novelist

AITKEN, R

AITKEN, R B

AITKEN, Robert
Publisher who went to America in 1771 and published the Pennsylvania Magazine. Printed the Aitken Bible 1777-82, the first English version in America

AITKEN, Rosemary
Novelist

AITKEN, Samuel

AITKEN, Sir Max

AITKEN, Thomas

AITKEN, W Francis

AITKIN, A

AITKIN, T J

AITMATOV, Chingiz
Novelist

AITON, John

AITZEMA, Lieuwe

AJAYI, J F Ade

AJOSE, Audrey
Writer of stories for girls

AKABOSHI, G

AKED, Charles

AKELEY, Carl E

AKELEY, M

AKELEY, Mary L Jobe

AKELLO, Grace
Poet

AKEN, D

AKENSIDE, Mark
Poet

AKERET, Robert U

AKERMAN, Anthony
Playwright

AKERMAN, John Yonge

AKERMAN, P B

AKERMAN, William

AKERS, Elizabeth Chase
Poet & Novelist. Married 3 times

AKESSON, Sonja
Poet

AKHMADULINA, Bella
Poet

AKHMATOVA, Anna
Poet. A member of the Acmeists, a group of Russian poets before the First World War. Her husband was accused of being a counter-revolutionary and shot in 1921. As a Christian she was often ostracised in Russia

AKIMOTO, Shunkichi

AKINER, Shirin

AKINS, Zoe
Dramatist & Novelist

AKINSEMOYIN, Kunle

AKIYAMA, A

AKIYAMA, Terukazu

AKMAKJIAN, Hiag
Novelist

AKROS
25 St Johns Road, Radcliffe-on-Trent, Nottingham. In 1971 at 14 Parklands Avenue, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire.

AKROYD, Edward

AKSAKOV, Sergei Timofeyevic
Writer about family life in a rural community

AKSYONOV, Vassily Pavlovich
Novelist. Lives in America

AKUNIN, Boris
Thriller Novelist. Lives in Moscow

AKURGAL, Ekrem

AKUTAGAWA, Ryunosuke
Short story writer. Committed suicide with an overdose of veronal

AL AHRAM INTERNATIONAL

AL ARAB

AL MAJALLA
Weekly Arabic newspaper
At Arab Press House, 184 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AP in 1997

ALABASTER, William
Poet. Married Katherine Fludd in 1618. He became a Catholic in 1597. Imprisoned quite a few times and finally, in 1609 he recanted his Catholicism, and then recanted again

ALACK, FRank
Mountain Guide

ALADDIN

ALAI
Novelist & Short Story writer who lives in Sichuan, China

ALAIN-FOURNIER, Henri Alban
Poet & novelist. Killed on the Meuse during WW1. His body was never found

ALAIS, Ernest W
Writer of boys stories

ALAJALOV
Illustrator

ALAMANNI, Luigi
Poet & playwright

ALAMEDDINE, Rabih
Novelist, Artist & Painter. Lives in San Francisco

ALAN, A J
Writer of supernatural tales. Broadcaster

ALANDY, Sydney
Figure artist who contributed to Punch in 1901

ALANSON, E

ALARCON, Juan Ruiz de
Writer of moral comedies. Wrote 24 plays

ALARCON, Pedro Antonio De
Novelist

ALAS Y URENA, Leopoldo
Novelist & critic

ALASTAIR

ALAUX, G

ALBACH, James

ALBAHARI, David
Short Story writer

ALBANESI, E Maria
Romantic Novelist (over 100 in total). Married Chevalier Carlo Albanesi, professor of Music

ALBANY REVIEW

ALBATROSS MODERN CONTINENTAL LIBRARY
Paperbacks published from 1932 in English, but only on the Continent. Founded by John Holroyd-Reece. The covers were designed by Giovanni (Hans) Mardersteig

ALBEE, Edward Franklin
Dramatist & Novelist. Homosexual

ALBEE, Fred

ALBEE, Louelli

ALBERS, Anni

ALBERS, Josef
Painter and Designer. Worked at the Bauhaus before emigrating to USA in 1933 (US citizen 1939). Married weaver Anni Albers (1899-1994)

ALBERT, Charles Augustus Emmanuel, HRH Prince
Consort and husband (married 1840) of Queen Victoria. Amateur etcher and draughtsman

ALBERT, James W

ALBERT, Lillian

ALBERT, M H

ALBERT, Marvin H
Novelist

ALBERT, Mary

ALBERT, Neil
Crime Novelist

ALBERT, S S

ALBERT, V
Fashion illustrator in watercolour. Worked for the English Illustrated Magazine 1896-9 and The Lady's Pictorial in 1890

ALBERT & GEORGE, The Princes

ALBERT EDWARD

ALBERT MEMORIAL

ALBERT VICTOR, Prince

ALBERTI, Leone Battista
Architect, Musician, Painter, Poet & Philosopher. Worked in Florence from 1428

ALBERTI, Rafael
Poet & playwright

ALBERTO, Luis
Novelist

ALBERTS, Sidney S

ALBERTSEN, August

ALBERTUS MAGNUS

ALBERY, James
Dramatist. None of his plays published in book form

ALBERY, Nicholas

ALBERY, Nobuko
Novelist

ALBIN, Eleazar
Naturalist & watercolourist

ALBIN, J

ALBION

ALBION

ALBOM, Mitch
Novelist & Writer

ALBOROUGH, Jez
Children's Writer

ALBRAND, Martha
Novelist, esp of the spy genre. She left Germany in 1938 to escape the Nazis, moving to England before settling in the USA and writing under the Albrand pseudonym. She married Sydney J Lamon

ALBREIZZI, Isabella

ALBRIGHT, E M

ALBRIGHT, G L

ALBRIGHT, W F

ALBUM, The

ALBYN PRESS
Publishers of books on cinema, ballet, music & drama. At 42 Frederick Street, Edinburgh in 1950

ALCEDON, Antonio de

ALCES PRESS
Publishing house (Poetry ?) based at 15 Nascot Street, London W12 0HE in 1997

ALCHEMY

ALCIATI

ALCOCK, A

ALCOCK, Deborah
Writer of Protestant historical novels for children. Lived in Bournemouth from 1891

ALCOCK, John

ALCOCK, Leslie

ALCOCK, Sir Rutherford

ALCOCK, Surgeon-Major
Story writer

ALCOCK, T

ALCOCK, Vivien Dolores
Children's Writer (20 books) & Illustrator. Married Leon Garfield

ALCORN, John
Illustrator

ALCOTT, Amos Bronson
Philosopher & Educationist. Father of L M Alcott

ALCOTT, Louisa May
Novelist. Daughter of A B Alcott. Lived most of her life in Boston

ALCOTT, William A
Education pioneer

ALCOVER, Joan
Poet (Catalan)

ALCUIN
Scholar, Poet. Lived in Tours from 796 where he became adviser to Emperor Charlemagne

ALCUIN PRESS
Press based at Chipping Camden in Gloucestershire

ALDANOV, Mark
Novelist. Emigrated to France (1919) and USA (1941)

ALDEBURGH

ALDEN, Henry

ALDEN, Henry Mills
Editor of Harper's Magazine 1869-1919

ALDEN, Isabella Macdonald
Writer of sentimental religious stories for children. 75 books +. Married a Pesbyterian minister in 1866. She edited a Sunday school periodical called The Pansy from 1874-96

ALDEN, John

ALDEN, Joseph

ALDEN, Professor

ALDEN, Roland H

ALDEN, Timothy

ALDEN & Co Ltd
Publishers of books related to Oxford and District .
At 16 Broad Street, Oxford in 1950.
Founded 1832

ALDENHAM SCHOOL
Public School at Elstree in Hertfordshire founded in 1597 by Richard Platt

ALDER, G

ALDER, Joshua

ALDER, L

ALDER, W Brooke
Wash and pen ink artist who contributed to The English Illustrated Magazine in 1899

ALDERLEY EDGE

ALDERMAN, H M

ALDERNEY

ALDERSHOT
Hampshire town

ALDERSON, Alfred James

ALDERSON, Brian Wouldhave
Historian & Critic of British Children's Books

ALDERSON, James

ALDERSON, Major-General E A H

ALDHELM, St
Scholar

ALDIBORONTIPHOSKYPHORNIOSTIKOS
A game, issued in book form, in which each player had to read a section of a story featuring characters with almost unpronouncable names. The compiler and illustrator was R Stennett.

ALDIN, Cecil Charles Windsor
Book Illustrator, esp of comic and sporting scenes. Published his first drawing in The Graphic in 1891

ALDINE PUBLISHING CO
Publishing company established in London in the1880s. Specialized in reprints of Dime Novels and late Victorian examples of Penny Dreadfuls. Later they turned to school stories, detective thrillers and adventure stories

ALDING, Peter
Crime Novelist

ALDINGTON, Mrs A E
Writer on Kentish life. Mother of Richard Aldington. Married A E Aldington, a Dover solicitor

ALDINGTON, Richard (Edward Godfree Aldington)
Novelist, Imagist Poet, Biographer and translator. One of the founders of Imagism in 1912 with his future wife Hilda Doolittle (they married 1913 and divorced 1937), and Ezra Pound.

ALDIS, Dorothy

ALDIS, Elijah

ALDIS, Harry G

ALDIS, Mrs William Steadman

ALDISS, Brian Wilson
Science Fiction Novelist. Poet Critic & Editor

ALDOUS, Allan
Children's writer

ALDOUS, T

ALDRED, Cyril

ALDRED, Thomas

ALDREDGE, Edna

ALDRICH, Bess Streeter
Novelist

ALDRICH, Henry
Polymath. Architect.

ALDRICH, Herbert S

ALDRICH, J M

ALDRICH, Lorenzo D

ALDRICH, Margaret Chanler

ALDRICH, Thomas Bailey
Poet, Short Story writer, Playwright & Novelist

ALDRIDGE, Alan
Book illustrator. Lived in USA 1974-84. 1974 Children's Book of the Year Award for "Butterfly Ball". Active from 1967

ALDRIDGE, H R

ALDRIDGE, Harold Edward James
Novelist, Short Story Writer, Playwright, Travel Writer

ALDRIDGE, James

ALDRIDGE, Janet
Children's Writer

ALDRIDGE, John Arthur Malcolm
Landscape painter in oils and watercolours. Settled in Great Bardfield, Essex and was associated with Edward Bawden in the design of wallpaper and textiles

ALDRIDGE, John Watson
Critic & Novelist

ALDRIDGE, Kitty
Novelist

ALDRIDGE, Olive M

ALDRIDGE, Reginald

ALDRIDGE, Richard

ALDRIDGE, Sydney F
Illustrator who contributed to The Royal Magazine and The Windmill in 1899

ALDRIN, Buzz
Astronaut who landed the lunar module on the Moon. Science Fiction Novelist

ALDROVANDI, Ulisse
Naturalist. established the Botanical Garden at Bologna University. He published illustrated books on Birds, Insects and fish

ALDUS PUBLICATIONS LTD
Founded 1932 by Francis Aldor. Publishers of general fiction, biography, art and classics. At 2 Mount Row, W1 in 1950

ALEARDI, Aleardo
Poet & Politician

ALECHINSKY, Pierre
Painter & Graphic Artist

ALECSANDRI, Vasile
Poet & Dramatist

ALEGRIA, Ciro
Novelist who was imprisoned, went into exile in Chile and later lived in the USA and Cuba

ALEICHEM, Sholom (Rabinovic)
Adapted his own stories for the stage. Jewish novelist. Settled in America in 1905

ALEITH, R C

ALEIXANDRE (Y MERLO), Vincent
Poet. Nobel Prize 1977

ALEMAN, Mateo
Novelist who lived in Mexico from 1608

ALENCAR, Jose Martinano de
Novelist

ALEX, W

ALEXANDER, A F

ALEXANDER, Alexander

ALEXANDER, Alma
Novelist. Lives in USA

ALEXANDER, Archibald

ALEXANDER, C

ALEXANDER, Capt James Edward
Amateur artist and illustrator of his own works

ALEXANDER, Caroline
Novelist

ALEXANDER, Cecil Frances
Hymn-writer (over 400), wrote 'All Things Bright & Beautiful' & "Once in Royal David's City. & "There is a Green Hill far Away". Wife of William Alexander from 1850, Archbishop of Derry (1867) & Armagh

ALEXANDER, Christopher

ALEXANDER, Constance M

ALEXANDER, D B

ALEXANDER, David

ALEXANDER, David
Novelist

ALEXANDER, Dorothy

ALEXANDER, Francesca

ALEXANDER, Franz
Psychoanalyst who lived in the USA from 1932

ALEXANDER, G

ALEXANDER, Gabriel

ALEXANDER, Harriet Semmes

ALEXANDER, Henry

ALEXANDER, J

ALEXANDER, J

ALEXANDER, J A

ALEXANDER, J B

ALEXANDER, J J

ALEXANDER, J J G

ALEXANDER, James

ALEXANDER, James M

ALEXANDER, Joan
Novelist

ALEXANDER, John
Artist

ALEXANDER, Karl

ALEXANDER, L

ALEXANDER, Lieut. Boyd

ALEXANDER, Lloyd Chudley
Novelist of fantasy & Children's Writer. Translator of French Literature

ALEXANDER, Lynne
Novelist & poet who moved to England in 1970

ALEXANDER, M C

ALEXANDER, Meena
Poet, Essayist & Short Story Writer

ALEXANDER, Mrs Annie Hector
Novelist

ALEXANDER, Nicholas

ALEXANDER, Nora

ALEXANDER, P W

ALEXANDER, Pamela
Poet

ALEXANDER, Patrick James
Novelist

ALEXANDER, Peter

ALEXANDER, Philip F

ALEXANDER, R D T

ALEXANDER, Robert Jocelyn

ALEXANDER , Russell George

ALEXANDER, Ruth

ALEXANDER, S

ALEXANDER, Samuel
Philosopher. The first Jewish scholar to hold a Fellowship at Oxford

ALEXANDER, Sir Henry

ALEXANDER, Sir William (Earl of Stirling)
Poet

ALEXANDER, V C
Story writer

ALEXANDER, Vanessa

ALEXANDER, W

ALEXANDER, W D

ALEXANDER, W F

ALEXANDER, W L

ALEXANDER, William
Poet. Protestant Archbishop of Armagh. Married Cecil Frances Alexander in 1850

ALEXANDER, William
Traveller, Artist and illustrator. Went to China 1794 with Lord Macartney's embassy to attempt to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese Emperor Ch'ien Lung. His sketches and drawings of the trip were later published.

ALEXANDER, William
Novelist. Was a plougman until he lost a leg in an accident

ALEXANDER, William

ALEXANDER, William

ALEXANDER, William Backhouse
Ornithologist. The first Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology

ALEXANDER PRIZE

ALEXANDRE, Arsene

ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIAN, Sarane

ALEXIE, Sherman Joseph
Novelist, Story Writer & poet. A Spokane/Coeur d'Alene native American

ALEXIS, Andre
Novelist & Story Writer. Grew up in Canada

ALEXIS, Willibald
Historical novelist

ALFAU, Felipe
Novelist. Emigrated to USA during WW One

ALFIERI, Vittorio Count
Poet & dramatist. Wrote 19 tragedies (1775-1787)

ALFORD, B W E

ALFORD, C E R

ALFORD, C J

ALFORD, E M

ALFORD, Henry
Biblical Scholar, who also wrote poetry, sermons, tracts and translations

ALFORD, Henry S L

ALFORD, Lady Marian

ALFORD, W
Architectural draughtsman employed on the Illustrated London News 1888-9

ALFRED, William
Author & Educator

ALGAROTTI, Francesco, Count
Art Critic. Artistic adviser to King Frederick II of Prussia, he was largely responsible for introducing Palladianism to Potsdam and Berlin

ALGER, W H

ALGER Jr, Horatio
Writer of books for boys (142 of them under 70 different publishers) - most of them rags-to-riches stories. Many published as Dime Novels. Unitarian minister but gave it up (after charges of pederasty) to become a womaniser

ALGONQUIN ROUND TABLE

ALGREN, Nelson
Novelist. Had an affair with Simone de Beauvoir

AL-HAKIM, Tewfik

ALHAMBRA PALACE

ALI, A Yusef

ALI, Ahmed
Novelist, Poet, critic

ALI, Mohammed

ALI, Monica
Novelist. Lived in Britain from childhood

ALI, Salim A

ALI, Tariq
Political activist and writer

ALI, Thalassa
Novelist. Met and married an Indian from Lahore when she was at college in 1962. They moved to Lahore but sometime after her husband died she returned to America & converted to Islam (Sufi)

ALIBERT, Francois Paul
Poet

ALICE OTTLEY SCHOOL
Girls Public School in Worcester founded in 1883

ALICIA

ALIEN
Novelist. Emigrated to England in 1894, married and adopted the pseud of Alien

ALIGER, Margarita
Poet

ALINDER, James

ALINGTON, Adrian Richard
Novelist

ALINGTON, Cyril Argentine
Novelist, Biographer & Theological Writer

ALINSKY, Saul D
Novelist

ALIQUANDO PRESS
Private Press in Toronto in 1960's

ALIREZE, Marianne

ALISON, F

ALISON, Jane
Novelist

ALISON, Sir Archibald
Historian. Family moved to Scotland in 1800

ALIVERTI, M G

ALKEN, Henry
Sporting artist, engraver and illustrator. He issued a series of prints under the name of "Ben Tally Ho" in 1813. His son, H G Alken, copied his father's work extensively

ALKEN, Samuel
Artist

ALKIN BOOKS LTD

ALL ROUND the CLOCK

ALL the YEAR ROUND
Weekly magazine published by Charles Dickens in 1860s (it ran from 1859-1901)

ALLACOCK, Annette
Book illustrator, especially of children's books for Methuen

ALLAN, David
Artist

ALLAN, Dot
Novelist

ALLAN, George

ALLAN, George

ALLAN, George
Printer

ALLAN, Griselda N
Book Illustrator

ALLAN, J R

ALLAN, James

ALLAN, John

ALLAN, John Hay

ALLAN, John R

ALLAN, Joyce

ALLAN, Luke
Novelist

ALLAN, Mabel Esther
Children's Writer, esp of teenage novels, often about careers. Wrote about 130 novels

ALLAN, Marguerite Buller
Children's Writer & Illustrator

ALLAN, Mea
Novelist, Biographer & Writer on gardening

ALLAN, Oswald

ALLAN, P B M

ALLAN, T

ALLAN, Ted
Novelist, Biographer & Dramatist

ALLAN, William
Artist

ALLAN (Ian) LTD
Publishers founded in 1926, esp of transport. At 282 Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1 in 1950. At Coombelands House, Coombelands Lane, Addlestone, Surrey in 1994 & 1997

ALLAN LINE

ALLARD, E

ALLARD, Harry

ALLARDYCE, Alexander

ALLASON, Thomas

ALLBEURY, Ted
Novelist. Thrillers and spy stories

ALLBUT, Robert

ALLCROFT, A Hadrian

ALLDERIDGE, brian
Illustrator & Graphic Artist who flourished in the 1950s. designed at least one poster for London Transport (1953)

ALLDERIDGE, Patricia

ALLDREIDGE, T J

ALLDRIDGE, Elizabeth
Book illustrator. Active 1930-50. Worked in black and white

ALLDRIDGE, T J

ALLDRITT, Keith
Novelist

ALLEE, Marjorie Hill

ALLEE, W C

ALLEGRO, John Marco
Novelist & Writer

ALLEINE, Joseph

ALLEN, Agnes
Book illustrator & writer on historical themes. Some were written with her husband Jack Allen

ALLEN, Alexander

ALLEN, Alfred
Farmer and Poet

ALLEN, Alfred

ALLEN, Anthony
Poet

ALLEN, Arthur A

ALLEN, Arthur B

ALLEN, Arthur S

ALLEN, B

ALLEN, B M

ALLEN, B Sprague

ALLEN, Benedict
Traveller and Writer

ALLEN, C Bruce

ALLEN, Candace
Novelist

ALLEN, Caroline S

ALLEN, Cecil J
Writer on railways

ALLEN, Charles
Writer on Colonial and Military history

ALLEN, Charles

ALLEN, Charles

ALLEN, Charles Dexter

ALLEN, Charles Grant Blairfindie
Novelist, Philosopher and scientific writer. He married Caroline Bootheway in 1868 (she died of TB in 1871). His second wife, Ellen Jerrard, he married in 1873. Wrote about 30 novels. He died of liver disease.

ALLEN, Charlotte Vale
Novelist

ALLEN, Claire

ALLEN, D L

ALLEN, Daphne

ALLEN, David Elliston

ALLEN, Douglas

ALLEN, E

ALLEN, Edward B

ALLEN, Edward Weber

ALLEN, Ethan
Philosopher and Writer.

ALLEN, Everett S

ALLEN, F M

ALLEN, F W

ALLEN, Fergus
Poet

ALLEN, Fletcher

ALLEN, Francis

ALLEN, Francis H

ALLEN, Frank J

ALLEN, G

ALLEN, G

ALLEN, G

ALLEN, G C

ALLEN, G M

ALLEN, Gardner W

ALLEN, George

ALLEN, George

ALLEN, Grace Barton

ALLEN, H

ALLEN, H S

ALLEN, H W

ALLEN, Harold B

ALLEN, Henry W
Novelist & Short Story writer. Screenwriter for MGM

ALLEN, Hugh

ALLEN, Isaac Nicholson

ALLEN, J R

ALLEN, J Romilly

ALLEN, James
Figure draughtsman probably working on children's books around 1881

ALLEN, James

ALLEN, James Lane
Novelist & short story writer

ALLEN, Jay

ALLEN, Jim
Playwright

ALLEN, John
Political & Historical Commentator

ALLEN, John

ALLEN, John

ALLEN, John

ALLEN, John Fisk

ALLEN, John Logan

ALLEN, L

ALLEN, L

ALLEN, L F

ALLEN, Lewis M

ALLEN, Marian
Book illustrator & Author. Active 1917-1948. Worked mainly for Blackwells of Oxford

ALLEN, Mary S

ALLEN, Mea

ALLEN, Michael
Crime Novelist

ALLEN, Miss A J

ALLEN, Mrs Brasseya Johnson

ALLEN, Olive
Book Illustrator. Active 1900-11

ALLEN, P H

ALLEN, Paul
Poet & Historian

ALLEN, Paul

ALLEN, Paula Gunn
Poet, Novelist & Scholar

ALLEN, Percy S

ALLEN, Peter

ALLEN, Phoebe

ALLEN, R

ALLEN, R J

ALLEN, R M

ALLEN, R P

ALLEN, Rear Admiral William
Amateur artist. Soldier who took part in the Niger Expeditions of 1832 and 1841-2

ALLEN, Richard
Publisher in Nottingham

ALLEN, S W

ALLEN, Thomas

ALLEN, Thomas Gaskell Jnr

ALLEN, Timothy Field

ALLEN, Trevor
Crime Novelist

ALLEN, V A

ALLEN, Van Nes

ALLEN, W D

ALLEN, W E D
Writer & Novelist

ALLEN, W W

ALLEN, Walter Ernest
Novelist, Biographer & critic

ALLEN, Walter James
Painter and illustrator specialising in comic animals, humanised dogs and children. Flourished 1859-91

ALLEN, William

ALLEN, William A

ALLEN, William Hervey
Historical novelist, Biographer & Poet

ALLEN, Willis Boyd

ALLEN, Woody
Comedian, scriptwriter, director & author

ALLEN, Zachariah

ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
Publishers founded by George Allen (1832-1907). At Ruskin House, 40 Museum St, WC1 in 1950.
Sir Stanley Unwin (b.1884)(Chairman in 1950). See Unwin Hyman

ALLEN (George), George
Publisher and Engraver. In 1871 when Ruskin set up his own press at Orpington in Kent he asked Allen to run it for him (they were in effect partners). In 1882 they opened a London branch in Bell Yard, Fleet Street and later at 156 Charing Cross Road. It later merged to become Allen & Unwin

ALLEN, J A, Joseph A
Publishers of books on horses and equestrianism, founded 1926 as part of J A Allen & Co (The Horseman's Bookshop). Became a separate company in 1960. At 1 Lower Grosvenor Place, SW1W 0EL in 1989 & in 1996 & 1997

ALLEN, W H
Publishers. At 44 Hill Street, London W1X 8LB in 1989

ALLEN, W H & Co Ltd
Publishers founded in 1801. At 43 Essex St, Strand, WC2 in 1950

ALLENBY, Gen Sir Edward Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount
Soldier

ALLENDE, Isabel
Novelist. Lives in California

ALLENSON & Co Ltd
Publishers founded in 1906. At 5 Wardrobe Place, Carter Lane, EC4 in 1950

ALLENSON INC, Alec R
American publishers based in Naperville, Illinois in 1963

ALLERTON, Jay
Novelist

ALLESTREE, Richard

ALLEY, G

ALLEY, Ronald

ALLEYN, Edward
Actor and Manager. Founder of Dulwich College in 1619

ALLEYN, Ellen

ALLEYNE, Margaret

ALLEYN'S SCHOOL
Public School in London SE22 founded in 1619

ALLFREY, Phyllis Shand
Novelist. White

ALLHALLOWS SCHOOL
Minor public school at Rousdon in Devon, constituted as a grammar school in 1614

ALLI, Dorogha Ubbas

ALLIBONE, Samuel Austin
Bibliographer

ALLIED NEWSPAPERS LTD

ALLIER, Raoul

ALLIES, Jabez

ALLIES, Thomas William

ALLIES' FAIRY BOOK

ALLILUYEVA, Svetlana
Writer. Stalin's daughter

ALLINGHAM, Francis

ALLINGHAM, Helen
Watercolourist and illustrator. Married Irish poet William Allingham in 1874. Sister of Arthur Paterson

ALLINGHAM, Herbert John
Writer of boys stories. Son of Sir William Allingham

ALLINGHAM, Hugh

ALLINGHAM, Margery Louise
Novelist & Playwright. Daughter of Herbert John Allingham. Married the Artist Philip Youngman Carter (died 1970) in 1927 and he illustrated the dustjackets of many of her books. He was also her literary adviser and unofficial collaborator. Creator of Mr Albert Campion & Magersfontein Lugg. She died of cancer

ALLINGHAM, Wallace J
Illustrator of stories for The London Illustrated News in 1898

ALLINGHAM, William
Poet. Married Helen Paterson, a water colour painter, in 1874

ALLINGHAM SOCIETY, Margery
Founded 1988. 2B High Green, Winchelsea, East Sussex TN36 4HB

ALLINSON, Adrian or Alfred Paul
Painter, Sculptor and Caricaturist

ALLINSON, Francesca
Novelist

ALLINSON, G W
Figure artist who contributed to Punch in 1912

ALLIOTT, Catherine
Novelist

ALLIS, Oscar

ALLISON, A F

ALLISON, C

ALLISON, Clyde

ALLISON, Dorothy
Lesbian writer

ALLISON, Drummond
Poet. Died in action in WW2

ALLISON, Francesca

ALLISON, J E

ALLISON, J Murray

ALLISON, Philip

ALLISON, R Gordon
Topographical illustrator working for Ingram Publications in 1898

ALLISON, William

ALLISON, William T
Poet

ALLISON & BUSBY
Publisher

ALLISTON, Cyril

ALLIX, Charles

ALLMAN, George James

ALLMAN & Son Ltd
Publishers founded in 1800 as Allman & Nisbet. Educational. At 15 Creechurch Lane, EC3 in 1950

ALLNATT, William

ALLNUTT, Gillian
Poet

ALLNUTT, Z

ALLODI, Mary

ALLOM, Thomas
Architect and Topographical illustrator. A founder member of the RIBA. Worked with Sir Charles Barry

ALLON, Arthur
Architectural Illustrator wortking for the Illustrated London News

ALLONGE, Auguste

ALLORI, Alessandro
Artist

ALLOTT, Kenneth
Poet

ALLOTT, Miriam

ALLOUSE, Bashir E

ALLOWAY, Lawrence
Art Critic & Curator. Emigrated to USA in 1961

ALLPASS, H B K
Scholar at Exeter College, Oxford & member of the Fabian Society. Reported missing 1916

ALLPORT, Douglas

ALLSBURG, Chris
Book Illustrator

ALLSOP, F C

ALLSOP, Kenneth
Novelist, naturalist and broadcaster. Had a leg amputated during WW2 because of surgical TB. Committed suicide

ALLSOP, Niall

ALLSOP, Robert Owen

ALLSOP, Thomas

ALLSOPP, A

ALLSOPP, Harold Bruce
Novelist & Writer

ALLSTON, Washington
Painter, Novelist and poet

ALL-STORY MAGAZINE

ALL-STORY WONDER BOOK

ALLTHORPE-GUYTON, Marjorie

ALLWARD, Maurice Frank
Writer on aviation and Astronautics

ALLWOOD, M C

ALLY SALOPER'S CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

ALLY SLOPER
The world's first regular strip cartoon character. Hero of stories in the first British Comic "Ally Sloper's Half Holiday" from 1884. He was an outrageous gin-drinking loafer not unlike the more modern Andy Capp. Created by Charles Henry Ross. First appeared in August 1867 in the pages of the weekly magazine "Judy"

ALLY SLOPER'S SUMMER NUMBER

ALLYN & BACON INC
American publishers based in Boston, Mass 1963

ALMA TADEMA, Laura Theresa, Lady
Artist and occasional illustrator. A pupil of her husband before she married him in 1871

ALMACK, Edward

ALMANACK

ALMA-TADEMA, Sir Laurence
Painter & Writer. Settled in London 1870, taking nationality in 1873

ALMEDINGEN, Martha Edith von
Novelist for children and adults & Illustrator, often about pre-Revolutionary Russia. Poet. Came to England in 1923

ALMEIDA, Germano
Writer

ALMEIDA, T

ALMIRALL, L V

ALMON, John
London bookseller & printer in Piccadilly. Married Elizabeth Jackson in 1760. They had 10 children. After she died he married the widow of William Parker in 1784. He printed John Wilkes's "North Briton" in 1762

ALMOND, Cuthbert

ALMOND, David
Children's Writer of books based in NE England

ALMOND, Linda Stevens

ALMOND, Steve
Short Story Writer

ALMOND, William Douglas
Book illustrator

ALMQUIST, Carl Jonas Love
Poet, Novelist, Dramatist, Journalist & Pamphleteer. Accused of forgery and attempted murder he fled to the USA

ALNUTT, Gillian
Feminist novelist

ALNWICK
Town in Northumberland