Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
1712 - 1778

Author and political philosopher born in Geneva, Switzerland as the son of a watchmaker. His mother died giving birth to...

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Galsworthy, John
1867 - 1933

John Galsworthy was born at Kingston Hill, the Galsworthy family estate in Surrey. His father was a successful barrister,...

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MacBride, Stuart
1969 -

Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He was born in Dumbarton near Glasgow and grew up in Aberdeen where...

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Ekelöf, Gunnar
1907 - 1968

Swedish poet, born in Stockholm where he grew up in an upper-class family. The father worked as a stockbroker, but was...

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