Throughout history, there have been many British women poets who have made significant contribution to the field. The list includes many familiar and great British female poets such as Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anne Bradstreet.
George Eliot22 November 1819, British
Author and Novelist
Emily Brontë30 July 1818, British
Novelist
Elizabeth Barrett Browning06 March 1806, British
Poet
Carol Ann Duffy23 December 1955, British
Anne Bradstreet20 March 1612, British
Poet
Aphra Behn10 July 1640, British
Playwright
Caroline Norton22 March 1808, British
Author
Charlotte Bronte21 April 1816, British
Novelist
Amy Levy10 November 1861, British
Poet, Novelist, Essayist
Tamzin Merchant04 March 1987, British
Actress
Frieda Hughes01 April 1960, British
Painter, Poet, Writer, Children's writer
Vita Sackville-West09 March 1892, British
Writer
Michaela Coel01 October 1987, Ghanaian, British
Actress
Christina Rossetti05 December 1830, British
Poet, Writer, Hymnwriter
Vera Brittain29 December 1893, British
Nurse, Writer, Poet, Novelist, Feminist, Pacifist,
Dorothy L. Sayers13 June 1893, British
Writer, Translator, Novelist, Playwright,
Elizabeth Siddal25 July 1829, British
Painter, Poet, Art model, Visual artist, Model
E. Nesbit15 August 1858, British
Author
Anne Askew1521 AD, British
poet
Diana Vickers30 July 1991, British
Singer, Poet, Singer-songwriter, Stage actor, Film
Emilia Lanier1569 AD, British
writer, poet
Radclyffe Hall12 August 1880, British
Poet
Hannah More02 February 1745, British
Writer, Poet, Essayist
Stevie Smith20 September 1902, British
Poet, Illustrator, Novelist, Performer, Writer
Anna Seward12 December 1747, British
Writer, Poet, Literary critic
Mary Astell12 November 1666, British
Writer, Philosopher, Feminist
Adelaide Anne Procter30 October 1825, British
Writer, Poet
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington01 September 1789, British
Poet, Writer
Eliza Cook24 December 1818, British
Journalist, Poet, Editor
Adela Florence Nicolson09 April 1865, Indian, British
Poet, Author, Writer
Anna Wickham1884 AD, British
Poet
Anne Grant21 February 1755, British
Poet, Historian
Anna Letitia Barbauld20 June 1743, Liechtensteiner, British
Christina Georgina Rossetti05 December 1830, British