Jerome K. Jerome (2 May, 1859 – 14 June, 1927) was an English writer best known for his delightful travelogue Three Men in a Boat

J. Anthony Lukas was an American journalist, known for his book Common Ground, a study of race relations, class conflict and busing to schools in Boston.

Christopher Smart was a poet from England who was very popular during his lifetime due to his contributions to widely read magazines.

Remy de Gourmont (4 April, 1858 – 27 September, 1915) was a French poet, critic, and novelist. He was well known, and widely read during his lifetime

William Byrd II was an colonial writer, lawyer and planter. His writings are remembered due to his excellent narratives while working as a surveyor

Ved Mehta (21 March 1934 – 9 January 2021) was an Indian writer who lived in the United States and wrote mostly about the Anglo-Indian relations

Isadore Gilbert Mudge (March 14 1875 – May 16 1957) – an influential reference librarian, instrumental in building reference and bibliographic collections

Alessandro Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, and writer. He is known for his book The Betrothed, a classic that helped unify the Italian language

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most important philosophers of the French Renaissance. One of the things he’s known for making the essay a literary genre

W. H. Auden was a poet who wrote about the dissolution of culture and civilization. He won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for his poem The Age of Anxiety