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Harold Bloom (1930-2019)
literary historian, professor, literary critic, journalist, literary theorist
- Yale University, Cornell University
Alex Haley (1921-1992)
journalist, historian, genealogist, military personnel, biographer
- Elizabeth City State University, Alcorn State University
Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)
mythologist, translator, anthropologist, orator, ethnologist, researcher, lecturer, essayist, teacher, academic, historian, historian of religion, documentary participant
- Canterbury School, Dartmouth College
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
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
poet, literary critic, composer, translator, autobiographer, economist, journalist, radio personality, literary historian
- University of Pennsylvania, Hamilton College
M. R. James (1862-1936)
medieval historian, art historian
- University of Cambridge, Temple Grove School
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)
linguist, historian, translator, editor
Wieland Schmied (1929-2014)
art historian, literary editor, poet lawyer, jurist, literary scholar