# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Author: Cousin, John W. (John William), 1849-1910 Genre: Reference Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13240 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Short+Biographical+Dictionary+of+English+Literature+Cousin&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The primary aim of this book is to give as much information about English authors, including under this designation American and Colonial writers, as the prescribed limits will admit of. At the same time an attempt has been made, where materials exist for it, to enhance the interest by introducing such details as tend to illustrate the characters and circumstances of the respective writers and the manner in which they passed through the world; and in the case of the more important, to give some indication of the relative place which they hold and the leading features of their work. ## Chapters - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 48](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/48/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 39](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/39/index.md) - [Chapter 44](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/44/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 58](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/58/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/32/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 35](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/35/index.md) - [Chapter 52](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/52/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 50](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/50/index.md) - [Chapter 36](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/36/index.md) - [Chapter 55](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/55/index.md) - [Chapter 59](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/59/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 37](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/37/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 42](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/42/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 33](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/33/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 57](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/57/index.md) - [Chapter 49](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/49/index.md) - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 43](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/43/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 47](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/47/index.md) - [Chapter 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/51/index.md) - [Chapter 56](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/56/index.md) - [Chapter 40](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/40/index.md) - [Chapter 41](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/41/index.md) - [Chapter 45](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/45/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 34](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/34/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/31/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 54](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/54/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/38/index.md) - [Chapter 46](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/46/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 53](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/53/index.md) - [Chapter 61](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/61/index.md) - [Chapter 62](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/62/index.md) - [Chapter 60](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/60/index.md) - [Chapter 63](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-short-biographical-dictionary-of-english-literature-13240/chapters/63/index.md)