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John Ruskin (1819-1900)
art critic, art historian, philosopher, painter, sociologist, poet, literary critic, architect, journalist, aesthetician, daguerreotypist
- University of Oxford, King's College London
Harold Bloom (1930-2019)
literary historian, professor, literary critic, journalist, literary theorist
- Yale University, Cornell University
Roland Barthes (1915-1980)
philosopher, literary critic, semiologist, sociologist, mythographer, literary theorist, essayist, ontologist
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Lycée Montaigne
Peter Ackroyd (born 1949)
poet, literary historian, historian, playwright, literary critic, biographer, journalist, radio editor, literary editor, television presenter
- University of Cambridge, Yale University
John Green (born 1977)
businessperson, film producer, YouTuber, literary critic, podcaster, critic, journalist, editor, video blogger, television producer, history teacher
- Kenyon College, Indian Springs School
Colm Tóibín (born 1955)
poet, journalist, playwright, literary critic, teacher, essayist
- University College Dublin, St Peter's College, Wexford
G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
journalist, poet, autobiographer, philosopher, biographer, illustrator, literary historian, essayist, playwright, opinion journalist, historian, literary critic
- University College London, Slade School of Fine Art
Edward Said (1935-2003)
literary critic, journalist, philosopher, musicologist, political scientist, translator, researcher
- Harvard University, Princeton University