Essay Writer Timeline

Michel de Montaigne

Period: Feb 28, 1533 to Sep 13, 1592

• born in Aquitaine, France
• died in Aquitine, France

Francis Bacon

Period: Jan 22, 1561 to Apr 9, 1626

• born near The Strand in London
• died in Highgate, Middlesex, England

Abraham Crowley

Period: Dec 31, 1618 to Jul 28, 1667

• born in London
• date of birth is unknown

Samuel Johnson

Period: Sep 18, 1709 to Dec 13, 1784

• born in Lichfield, Staffordshire
• died in London, Great Britain

Charles Lamb

Period: Feb 10, 1775 to Dec 27, 1834

• born in London, England
• died in London, England
• commented on by William Hazlitt (http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/CommentRecord.php?action=GET&cmmtid=5899)

William Hazlitt

Period: Apr 10, 1778 to Sep 18, 1830

• born in Kent, England
• died in London, England
• compared with Samuel Johnson and George Orwell

G.K. Chesterton

Period: May 29, 1874 to Jun 14, 1936

• born in London, England
• died in Buckinghamshire, England

Virginia Woolf

Period: Jan 25, 1882 to Mar 28, 1941

• born in London, England
• died near East Sussex, England

E.B. White

Period: Jul 11, 1899 to Oct 1, 1985

• born in Mount Vernon, New York
• died in North Brooklin, Maine

George Orwell

Period: Jun 25, 1903 to Jan 21, 1950

• born in British India
• died in London, England

Annie Dillard

Period: Apr 30, 1945 to Jan 21, 2014

• born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• works are compared to those of Virginia Woolf

Barbara Kingsolver

Period: Apr 8, 1955 to Jan 21, 2014

• born in Annapolis, Maryland
• grew up in Carlisle, Kentucky