British Whig Prime Minister from 1830-1834.

English statesman, member of the House of Commons, dramatist, biographer, and philosophical poet, endorsing a plain style of writing. Greville's tomb describes him as "Servant to Q. Eliz., councellor to King James, and friend to Sir Philip Sidney."

French poet and dramatist, Jean Baptiste Louis Gresset's narrative poem Vert-Vert garnered wide acclaim from his contemporaries for its creativity and wit.

Popular English playwright and pamphleteer, graduate of Cambridge and Oxford. Greene's works provided Shakespeare with models of pastorals, romance, and dramatic comedy. As one of the period's "university wits," Greene was known for his criticisms of colleagues, including a derisive reference to Shakespeare in the pamphlet Greene's Groats-worth of Wit.

The rather reclusive Thomas Gray, one of the most esteemed poets of the eighteenth century, left a comparatively small body of work, highlights of which include An Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College (1747), An Elegy Wrote in a Country Church Yard (1751), and a collection of Odes (1757) that included "The Progress of Poesy" and "The Bard" (1754).

A gifted novelist, Graves published The Festoon, a collection of Epigrams in 1765, The Spiritual Quixote; or, The Summer's Ramble of Mr. Geoffry Wildgoose in 1773 and Columella; or, The Distressed Anchoret in 1779. Senilities; or, Solitary Amusements: in Prose and Verse appeared in 1801. Other publications by the author include Euphrosyne; or, Amusements on the Road of Life (1776); Eugenius; or, Anecdotes of the Golden Vale, an Embellished Narrative of Real Facts (1785); Lucubrations: Consisting of Essays, Reveries etc.

Antiquary and father of the author Rev. Richard Graves.

English Tory politician, Secretary at War, poet, and playwright. Influenced by the writing of Dryden, Lord Lansdowne was best known for his stage adaptations, including The Heroick Love (1698) and The Jew of Venice (1701).

Diplomat and politician.

Initially trained as a painter, Grandmaison (1759-1834) was appointed to the French Academy in recognition of his poetry in honor of Napoleon Bonaparte.