20th-century British translators

British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935)

Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947)

British author (1934–1995)

British orientalist and sinologist (1889–1966)

British intelligence officer and spy for the Soviet Union (1913-1995)

translator and whistle-blower

British fascist, writer and editor (1910–2003)

British Catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the BBC on the history of art (1930-2018)

British scholar in Iranian Studies (1920–2006)

British academic (1850–1935)

British scholar (1924–2013)

British orientalist (1858–1940)

British scholar of Middle East Studies (1905–1969)

British historian and novelist (1924–2024)

(1891-1954) Jewish writer

British diplomat, scholar and author (1841–1911)

British spy and academic on Eastern religions (1913–1974)

British historian and professor (1953–2012)

British writer (1935–2023)

Icelandic television presenter, journalist, translator and writer.

British poet, journalist, historian, and translator (1936–2009)

British Marxism and Buddhism scholar (1904–1979)

British translator of Chinese literature (1919–1999)

British translator, poet, critic, memoirist and academic (1924–2007)

British classical scholar (1897–1982)

British rabbi (1852-1930)

British classical philologist (1922–2009)

Polish-English bibliographer and editor of Voltaire (1904-1976)

British novelist and literary critic (1923–2012)

British folklorist (1850–1928)

British historian (1916-1978)

British polymath (1872–1953)

British author, translator (1886–1967)

British poet and crossword constructor (1892-1939)

British music critic (1928–2015)

director, writer

Welsh poet (1906–1967)

Anglo-Irish classicist and politician (1850-1910)

British academic, librarian, lexicographer and musician (1884–1970)

British writer, editor and historian (1924–2011)

British historian

British diplomat, writer, and librarian (1882–1943)

lecturer

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

British writer (1922-1995)

British biblical scholar specialising in the New Testament (1901-1988)

British scholar (1923–2008)

British missionary

British historian and rabbi

Welsh poet and translator (1931–2013)

British historian (1931-2012)

British academic

British doctor and libertarian socialist

British poet (1887-1972)

British diplomat (1912-1986)

writer and historian on Medieval Spain

British film critic (1926–2005)

British Army officer, SOE agent, author and translator (1918–1991)

British translator (1917-2002)

British author (1930–2001)