Saint-Pierre is the author of Paul et Virginie (1788) and La Chaumière Indienne (1790).

Sadler was a member of the British House of Commons during the period when the Great Reform Bill was crafted. Directly opposing the views of Thomas Malthus, Sadler argued for extension of the poor laws, and he introduced legislation for a ten hour work day.

An English statesman, poet, and dramatist; co-author of the first English drama written in blank verse; described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "representative of his period and its culture as a renaissance man: poet, scholar, traveler, courtier, statesman, a lover and patron of music and fine art. He was a religious man with the experience and pragmatism to tolerate his neighbors' (and his family's) freedom of conscience in private, and not only a loyal servant of the crown but also a discreet man of personal charm and moral integrity."

Daughter of August Friedrich Wilhelm Sack, 1703-1786 (Library of Congress Name Authority), chaplain to Friedrich Wilhelm I, and sister to Friedrich Samuel Gottfried Sack, 1738-1817 (Library of Congress Name Authority), chaplain successively to Frederick the Great, Frederick Wilhelm II, and Frederick Wilhelm III.

English Restoration dramatist. Rowe's play productions include The Ambitious Stepmother (1700), Tamerlane (1701), The Fair Penitent (1703), The Biter (1704), Ulysses (1705), The Royal Convert (1707), The Tragedy of Jane Shore (1714), and The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray (1715). Samuel Johnson's Life of Rowe first appeared as a preface to the volume of Works of the English Poets (1779-81) devoted to Rowe and Thomas Tickell.

French language teacher and author of Observations sur l'éducation des jeunes gens, depuis la fin de leur études, jusqu'à l'epoque de leur entrée dans le monde: ouvrage destiné uniquement à L'Angleterre.

One of the most influential among eighteenth-century writers, Rousseau was one of the period's most controversial figures as well.

French poet and dramatist whose Odes sacrées (1702) were well regarded. He was exiled in 1710 for some defamatory verses attributed to him, and died in poverty.

Italian composer particularly respected for his numerous operas. His best known work is Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville, 1816). A few of his other particularly well-loved compositions include L’Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers, 1813), Cinderella (1817), Semiramide (1823), and William Tell (1829).

Italian novelist, poet, playwright, historian, and intellectual.