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Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
autobiographer, diarist, journalist, playwright, literary critic
- Wedgwood Institute
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
essayist, autobiographer
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
mathematician, social critic, essayist, logician, epistemologist, philosopher of language, political activist, metaphysician, analytic philosopher, autobiographer, philosopher of science, politician, peace activist, journalist, philosopher
- University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge
Jacqueline Wilson (born 1945)
autobiographer, actor, playwright
- Coombe Girls' School
Mary Renault (1905-1983)
biographer, nurse
- University of Oxford
Walter Scott (1771-1832)
poet, playwright, linguist, translator, musicologist, biographer, judge, poet lawyer, lawyer, historian, literary critic
- University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh School of Law
James Agee (1909-1955)
poet, journalist, autobiographer, critic, film critic, film director
- Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy
William Dean Howells (1837-1920)
journalist, essayist, playwright, literary critic, biographer