Authors born between 1700 and 1800
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Author (number of quotes) | Description |
A | |
Adams, John (2) | second President of the United States |
Adams, John Quincy (1) | American politician |
Austen, Jane (15) | English author |
B | |
Babbage, Charles (2) | English mathematician, philosopher, inventor |
Balzac, Honoré de (2) | French author |
Bancroft, George (1) | American historian and statesman |
Beethoven, Ludwig van (2) | German composer |
Blake, William (7) | English poet and painter |
Bonaparte, Napoleon (6) | French military and political leader |
Börne, Ludwig (1) | German author |
C | |
Carlyle, Thomas (6) | Scottish-born author and historian |
Chamfort, Nicolas (6) | French author |
Channing, William E. (1) | American preacher |
Chatterton, Thomas (1) | English poet |
Colton, Charles Caleb (6) | English clergyman, author |
Cowper, William (2) | English poet |
Csokonai, Vitéz Mihály (4) | Hungarian poet |
D | |
Dalton, John (1) | English physicist and chemist |
Diderot, Denis (3) | French philosopher |
F | |
Faraday, Michael (1) | English physicist and chemist |
Fourier, Joseph (1) | French mathematician and physicist |
Franklin, Benjamin (27) | American author, politician, philosopher, scientist |
G | |
Gauss, Carl Friedrich (2) | German mathematician and scientist |
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (15) | German author and poet |
Goya, Francisco (1) | pen name of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter |
H | |
Heber, Reginald (1) | English bishop |
Heine, Heinrich (2) | German poet, author, journalist |
Hume, David (1) | Scottish philosopher and historian |
I | |
Irving, Washington (2) | American author and historian |
J | |
Jefferson, Thomas (9) | American president, lawyer, inventor |
Johnson, Samuel (10) | English author and poet |
Joubert, Joseph (5) | French moralist and essayist |
K | |
Kant, Immanuel (3) | German philosopher |
Keats, John (2) | English poet |
Kölcsey, Ferenc (1) | Hungarian poet |
L | |
LaGrange, Joseph-Louis (1) | Italian-born French mathematician and astronomer |
Lamartine, Alphonse de (2) | French author and poet |
Laplace, Pierre-Simon (1) | French mathematician, astronomer |
M | |
Macaulay, Thomas Babington (2) | English politician and author |
Maistre, Joseph de (1) | Savoyard philosopher |
Monroe, James (1) | American statesman |
Montagu, Elizabeth (1) | English-born author |
P | |
Paine, Thomas (6) | English-American author and politician |
Poisson, Siméon (1) | French mathematician |
Q | |
Quincey, Thomas de (1) | English author |
R | |
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (4) | French philosopher, author and composer |
S | |
Schlegel, Friedrich von (1) | German philosopher and author |
Schopenhauer, Arthur (11) | German philosopher |
Shelley, Mary (4) | English author |
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (2) | English poet |
Smith, Adam (1) | Scottish economist and philosopher |
Southey, Robert (1) | English poet |
V | |
Volta, Alessandro (1) | Italian physicist |
Vörösmarty, Mihály (4) | Hungarian poet, author |
W | |
Walker, John (1) | Scottish politician and scientist |
Walpole, Horace (1) | pen name of Horatio Walpole, English author, politician |
Washington, George (3) | 1st President of the United States |
Whately, Richard (2) | English theologian and author |
Wordsworth, William (2) | English poet |