One of the most revered poets in the history of western literature, Dante is also remarkable as an early instance of a major European poet writing in the vernacular. Caught up by the political controversies of his time, he spent is last years exiled from his native Florence. His most famous work, The Divine Comedy, comprised of The Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, narrates his imaginative journey through these three realms guided first by the poet Virgil, then by his lover Beatrice.

English playwright, historian, man of letters, and poet. Daniel's poetry and prose alike were strongly characterized by his contemplative sense of history.

A Jamaican-born poet and novelist, Dallas's fictional works included Percival, or Nature Vindicated (1801), Aubrey (1804), The Morelands. Tales Illustrative of the Simple and Surprising (1805), The Knights: Tales Illustrative of the Marvellous (1808), and Sir Francis Darrell; Or the Vortex (1820). He also published a volume of poems, two dramas, and some polemical works. He had a connection for some years with Byron, and his Recollections of the Life of Lord Byron from the year 1808 to the end of 1814 (1825) was published posthumously.

See Burney, Fanny.

A family of characters in Samuel Richardson's The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1754).

English author of Gothic novels and part of the della Cruscan movement in poetry writing under the pseudonym "Rosa Matilda." Dacre's romance and gothic novels often featured unconventional female characters who displayed violence, ambition, and sexual desire. Her fictional works include The Confessions of the Nun of St Omer (1805), Zofloya; or, The Moor (1806), The Libertine (1807), and The Passions (1811). She also published the poetry volumes Hours of Solitude (1805) and George the Fourth (1822).

Founder of the Persian empire.

Knighted and made Baronet in 1660 for his financial support of the Restoration, Sir John Cutler was a grocer, financier, and Member of Parliament.

Late-eighteenth century publisher of a number of guides and grammars to the Italian language.

Ruler of a large area of southeastern Britain prior to the Roman occupation. Cunobelinus became a popular figure in British legend, most famously immortalized by William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, though the play is not an accurate reflection of the events in Cunobelinus' life or career.