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 CarlyleThomas Carlyle
04 December 1795, Scottish
Philosopher

Thomas De QuinceyThomas De Quincey
15 August 1785, British
Essayist

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

James HoggJames Hogg
09 December 1770
Poet, Writer, Novelist, Biographer, Songwriter
Anton SchindlerAnton Schindler
13 June 1795, German
Conductor, Writer, Musicologist, Music historian,