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Jane Austen was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. Her realism, biting irony and social commentary as well as her acclaimed plots have gained her historical importance among scholars and critics. Austen lived her entire life as part of a close-knit family located on the lower fringes of the English landed gentry. She was educated primarily by her father and older brothers as well as through her own reading. The steadfast support of her family was critical to her development as a professional writer. From her teenage years into her thirties she experimented with ...more
Age: Died at 42 (1775-1817)
Birthplace: Steventon, United Kingdom
Also Ranked
#15 on The Best Writers of All Time
#1 on The Best Female Authors of All Time
#5 on The Best Romance Novelists of All Time
#32 on The Best Novelists of All Time
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Cnut the Great, more commonly known as Canute, was a king of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden, together often referred to as the Anglo-Scandinavian or North Sea Empire. After his death, the deaths of his heirs within a decade, and the Norman conquest of England in 1066, his legacy was largely lost to history. Historian Norman Cantor has made the statement that he was "the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history", although Cnut himself was not Anglo-Saxon. Cnut's name is popularly invoked in the context of the legendary story of King Canute and the waves, associated with the futility of "turning back the tide" of an inexorable event. Cnut's father was Sweyn Forkbeard, King of ...more
Age: Died at 45 (990-1035)
Birthplace: Denmark
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#12 on The Most Hardcore Viking Names
#60 on The Most Important Military Leaders in World History
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Izaak Walton
Izaak Walton was an English writer. Best known as the author of The Compleat Angler, he also wrote a number of short biographies that have been collected under the title of Walton's Lives. ...more
Age: Died at 90 (1593-1683)
Birthplace: Stafford, United Kingdom
Eadwig
Eadwig, more rarely Edwy, sometimes nicknamed All-Fair or the Fair, was King of the English from 955 until his death four years later. The eldest son of King Edmund and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, Eadwig was chosen by the nobility to succeed his uncle Eadred as King. His short reign was marked by ongoing conflicts with his family, thegns, and especially the Church, under the leadership of Saint Dunstan and Archbishop Odo. ...more
Age: Died at 18 (941-959)
Birthplace: Wessex, Eurasia, United Kingdom, England
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