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Here are the top 2,100 authors and 1,000 illustrators from the whole heritage of children’s literature. And also the top Editors, Translators, and Compilers.

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Sarah Catherine Martin

Sarah Catherine Martin had been in a relationship with young Prince William Henry, but never married. She popularized the adventures of Old Mother Hubbard.

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Lived:
1768 - 1826

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Maria Edgeworth

Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish author who wrotefor children and adults.

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Lived:
1768 - 1849

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William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age.

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Lived:
1770 - 1850

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Sir Walter Scott

Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world in the 19th century.

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Lived:
1771 - 1832

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian. With William Wordsworth, he helped launch the Romantic Age.... View More

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Lived:
1772 - 1834

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Robert Southey

Robert Southey was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called “Lake Poets”, and Poet Laureate for 30 years.

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Lived:
1774 - 1843

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S. Raven

Samuel Raven was an English portrait painter. He was based in Birmingham. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? If so, please contact us.... View More

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Lived:
1775 - 1847

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Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary have gained her histori... View More

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Lived:
1775 - 1817

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Alexander Anderson

Dr. Alexander Anderson was an American physician and a wood engraver working in New York in the early nineteenth century. He was termed "America's First Illustrator."

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Lived:
1775 - 1870

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Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children’s book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb.... View More

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Lived:
1775 - 1834

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Jane Porter

Jane Porter was born in Durham and lived for a time in Edinburgh where she was a friend of Sir Walter Scott. Her novel The Scottish Chiefs was one of the first historical novels and was immensely popular. Her other works included plays and periodical... View More

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Lived:
1776 - 1850

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Adelaide O’Keeffe

Adelaide O’Keeffe was an Irish amanuensis, poet, and novelist. She was known for her children’s poetry. She authored what might be the very first verse novel for children. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you... View More

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Lived:
1776 - 1865

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E.T.A. Hoffman

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffman was Prussian author of fantasy and horror, a composer and critic and caricaturist.

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Lived:
1776 - 1822

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Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Barthold Georg Niebuhr was a Danish-German statesman, banker, and historian. He became Germany’s leading historian of Ancient Rome and a founding father of modern scholarly historiography.

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Lived:
1776 - 1831

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Edward Augustus Kendall

Edward Augustus Kendall was an American translator, social campaigner and writer. He represented animals in new ways, giving them a speaking voice. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could shar... View More

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Lived:
1776 - 1842

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Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué

Friedrich Heinrich Karl de la Motte, Baron Fouqué was a German writer of the Romantic style.

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Lived:
1777 - 1843

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Joseph Grimaldi

Joseph Grimaldi was an English actor, clown and dancer. He was the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era.

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Lived:
1778 - 1837

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Allen Robert Branston (R. Branston)

Allen Robert Branston was an English wood-engraver. He is generally called Robert Branston. He was employed mainly in book illustration. We have not yet found a reliable photograph of this person. Do you have any information you could share with us? ... View More

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Lived:
1778 - 1827

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Francis Scott Key

As a member of a prisoner exchange commission, attorney Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore during the War of 1812 from on-board the British warship HMS Tonnant. The poem he wrote about his experience became the Ameri... View More

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Lived:
1779 - 1843

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Clement C. Moore

Clement C. Moore inherited a large tract of land in New York City which he developed into the Chelsea neighborhood. He was a professor of Greek and Hebrew at the General Episcopal Seminary and wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas for his children.... View More

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Lived:
1779 - 1863

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