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

Anne ListerAnne Lister
03 April 1791, British
Writer

David BrewsterDavid Brewster
11 December 1781, British, Scottish
Botanist, Civil engineer, Physicist, Engineer,

James HoggJames Hogg
09 December 1770
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Biographer, Songwriter
Mason Locke WeemsMason Locke Weems
11 October 1759, American, Scottish
Author

Thomas Jefferson HoggThomas Jefferson Hogg
24 May 1792, British
Barrister

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