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Walter Scott He was a prominent Scottish historian, poet, novelist, and playwright. Works Include: Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Waverley, Old Mortality.
Phillis Wheatley Was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Works Include: Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral, His Excellency General Washington and A Farewell To America.
Jonathan Swift Was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. Works Include: A Modest Proposal, Gulliver's Travels, and A Tale Of A Tub.
Mary Wollstonecraft Was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, her life was more studied than her works. Works Include: The Vindication of The Rights Of Woman, and Maria Or the Wrongs of Women. Mary Shelly's mother.
Samuel Johnson Wwas an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history. Developed the first dictionary.
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