Clergyman and conduct and theological writer, Grove contributed as well to Joseph Addison's Spectator.

In addition to publishing books on a wide array of topics, bookseller Ralph Griffiths was also the proprietor of several literary journals, including the London Advertiser and Literary Gazette (1751-1753), the Grand Magazine of Universal Intelligence (1758-1760), and the Library (1761-1762). Two of the periodicals Griffiths founded continued long after his death: the St. James's Chronicle (1761-1866) and, most famously, the Monthly Review (1749-1845), the first and for nearly half a century the most important British literary review.

Born to Henry Grey and Lady Francis Brandon, a granddaughter of Henry VII, Lady Jane, also known as "The Nine Day Queen," was well-educated and brought up in a zealously Protestant household. Her upbringing and presence at court with her first cousin once-removed, King Edward VI of England, led the dying Edward at age 15 to pronounce her his heir. Following Edward's death, she was proclaimed Queen by the Privy Council, but nine days later, on July 19, after Mary had roused much popular support, the Privy Council proclaimed Mary queen instead.

English politician and courtier who served as Lord Chamberlain from 1704-1710, Lord Steward of the Household from 1716-1718, and Lord Privy Seal from 1719-1720. Survived by none of his sons, Grey's title of Duke of Kent became extinct upon his death.

Née Lady Frances Brandon, Frances Grey was an English noblewoman and the eldest daughter of Princess Mary, King Henry VIII's younger sister, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. Frances Grey was the wife of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk and the mother of Lady Jane Grey.

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).