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Find out more about the greatest 18th Century Biographers, including Samuel Johnson, Washington Irving, Thomas Carlyle, Thomas De Quincey and David Brewster.

Famous 18th Century Biographers

Samuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson
18 September 1709, British
Writer
Washington IrwingWashington Irving
03 April 1783, American
Author, Historian, Diplomat

Thomas De QuinceyThomas De Quincey
15 August 1785, British
Essayist

James BoswellJames Boswell
18 October 1740, British, Scottish
Biographer

James HoggJames Hogg
09 December 1770
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Biographer, Songwriter

David BrewsterDavid Brewster
11 December 1781, British, Scottish
Botanist, Civil engineer, Physicist, Engineer,
Mason Locke WeemsMason Locke Weems
11 October 1759, American, Scottish
Author

Anton SchindlerAnton Schindler
13 June 1795, German
Conductor, Writer, Musicologist, Music historian,

Edward John TrelawnyEdward John Trelawny
13 November 1792, British
Biographer
Mary Anne ClarkeMary Anne Clarke
03 April 1776, British
Author

Thomas Jefferson HoggThomas Jefferson Hogg
24 May 1792, British
Barrister
Amelia OpieAmelia Opie
12 November 1769, British
Novelist and poet

Hartley ColeridgeHartley Coleridge
19 September 1796, British
Poet

Emmanuel, comte de Las CasesEmmanuel, comte de Las Cases
21 June 1766, French
Author

John Gibson LockhartJohn Gibson Lockhart
14 July 1794, Scottish
Biographer

Laure Junot, Duchess of AbrantèsLaure Junot, Duchess of Abrantès
06 November 1784, French
Writer
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de BourrienneLouis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
09 July 1769, French
Diplomat

Arnold HoubrakenArnold Houbraken
28 March 1660, Dutch
Painter

Sergey AksakovSergey Aksakov
01 October 1791, Russian
Autobiographer

Henriette CampanHenriette Campan
06 October 1752, French
Educator
Henry Francis CaryHenry Francis Cary
06 December 1772, British
Biographer

William HayleyWilliam Hayley
09 November 1745, British
Writer
Karl August Varnhagen von EnseKarl August Varnhagen von Ense
21 February 1785, German
Biographer

Charles Cowden ClarkeCharles Cowden Clarke
15 December 1787, British
Author

Maria StellaMaria Stella
16 April 1773, Italian
Memoirist
Elijah FentonElijah Fenton
20 May 1683, British
Poet

Jean-Baptiste LouvetJean-Baptiste Louvet
12 June 1760, French
Novelist