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Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
journalist, social critic, playwright, editor, botanist
L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000)
military officer, historian, essayist, literary critic, journalist
- California Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology
H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
poet, journalist, essayist
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
politician, playwright, drawer, librettist, essayist, illustrator, poet, art historian, opinion journalist, graphic artist
- University of Paris, Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Paul Hoffman (born 1956)
biographer, journalist
- Harvard University
H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
historian, journalist, Idist, sociologist
- Royal College of Science, University of London
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
historian, playwright, poet, public figure, opinion journalist, school teacher, military personnel, militant, full member of RAS, teacher
- Rostov State University
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