19th-century British writers

British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)

lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823–1913)

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892)

Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, Munro himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.

British educator and writer (1831-1915)

British occultist mystic, poet and writer (1857–1942)

Pre-Raphaelite model, artist, and poet (1829-1862)

British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)

French-British cartoonist and author (1834-1896)

Essayist, short-story writer, activist (1856-1935)

Royal Navy admiral (1862-1914)

2nd Governor of Hong Kong (1795–1890)

author, penwoman, art historian, governess, literary critic (-1860)

Irish-born British Anglican theologian (1828–1892)

British hymn-writer and poet

British art historian (1809-1893)

British poet and hymn-writer (1836-1879)

British economist and churchman (1849–1919)

British photographer and archaeologist (1825–1908)

British noblewoman

Polish-British Bible scholar

British astronomer, author (1845–1939)

British chess composer (1859-1924)

British writer, lawyer and politician

British Jewish scholar (1858–1925)

British suffragist, feminist and temperance activist

British geographer and map librarian (1818–1891)

British courtier and confidante (1866–1956)

German writer (1859–1935)

Scottish-Canadian novelist (1849-1912)

British writer on art, and algologist (1804–1889)

British theologian

British artist and inventor (1841–1927)

British music critic (1856-1936)

British architect (1813-1888)

British traveller and writer (1839–1887)

British noble (1802–1896)

Irish mathematician, engineer and writer (1810–1880)

English religious leader and founder of the Christadelphian movement

Irish clergyman and historian (1810-1893)

British scholar and translator (1828-1889)

British biblical scholar and theologian (1855–1931)

British writer

Indian-born British medical officer and writer (1834–1892)

British writer (1845-1903)

Scottish writer (1855–1915)

British educational writer (1803-1870)

Scottish musician and songwriter (1824-1906)

British illustrator, writer and nurse (1826–1887)

traveller and writer, wife of Thomas Wiltlam Atkinson (1817-1893)

British missionary (1803–1882)

British writer and women's rights activist

British writer and journalist (1863–1945)

British diplomat and author (1764-1847)

British botanist and author (1780-1811)

Scottish biographer; (1840-1920)

British artist, writer, and Irish-language activist (1862-1934)

British author and translator