Swiss physiologist, poet, and romance writer, whose scientific work did much to establish the reputation of the recently founded University of Göttingen. He translated Samuel Richardson's Clarissa (1747-9) into German.

American poet and leading member of the Knickerbocker Group, remembered primarily for his satires. His Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems was published in 1827, followed by his collected Poetical works of Fitz-Greene Halleck in 1847.

English barrister, historian, fellow of the Royal Society, and trustee of the British Museum. He is best remembered for his works View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (1818), The Constitutional History of England (1827), and Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1837).

English bishop, moralist, and satirist, noted for the versatility of his writing as well as his literary innovations.

English poet, essayist, pamphleteer, and educational reformer, denouncing the misuse of university revenue and advocating for the inclusion of new mathematics, science, and foreign language in curriculum.

English poet and Whig politician who held much political sway during the reigns of King William III and Queen Anne.

English poet and historian, son of Mary Habington and Sir Thomas Habington and nephew of Sir Edward Habington, all of whom had been implicated in political conspiracies surrounding the crown. Habington's most notable work, Castara, is a collection of poems dedicated to his wife and revered for its imaginativeness.

English actress, mistress of Charles II, and mother of James and Charles Beauclerk. Deemed "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys, Gwyn was among the most famous of the Restoration figures of celebrity, regarded as the embodiment of the anti-Puritan attitudes of the Restoration period.

King of Sweden from 1523 until 1560, Gustav I deposed King Christian II of Demark, Sweden, and Norway through the Kalmar Union in the Swedish War of Liberation, thus establishing a hereditary monarchy through the House of Vasa. He later established Protestantism in Sweden.

See Reni, Guido.