Charlotte Bronte

 Charlotte Bronte, the oldest of the most famous three Bronte sisters, was born in Thornton, in a village where the life expectancy at birth was only twenty fiveyears. She grew up with her two other sisters and the only Brother in the very rural settlement of Haworth in Yorkshire. Their father was rector of the village church

 After studying at the village school, she retumed to the place of her birth and started a private school. She and her sister Emily taught there for three years. Charlotte later studied in Belgium and also

Thomas Carlyle

  The most respected Scotish Essayst, critic and Historian Thomas Carlyle was born in the small village of Ecclefeehon, Dam-frieshire. His primary education began me local grammar schoel and his higher education ended at the University of Edinburgh, where he enrolled at the age of fourteen in 1809.

 After receiving his degree from the University he became extremely interested in German Literature hi did his utmost to popularize German Literature in England with a translation of a work of Goethe in 1824. Carlyle’s first important work was Sartor Resortus which

Jonathan Swift

 Well-known satirist writer Jonathan Swift born to parents who had been living in Dublin, Ireland. Swift's father died shortly before he was born and his mother therefore, put him under the care of a governess. Swift was an angry and rebelleous boy who was not good in his studies. But he managed to obtain his degree from Trinity College in Dublin and was given the post of secretary of an English nobleman. Later Swift got a political post in Ireland.

Jane Austen

 Jane Austen,the famous English
novelist,was born the seventh of eight children of a father who was an Anglican clergyman. 
She was born in 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire and grew up in the peace and quiet of a loundry personage.

 Jane had absolutely nothing to do with the literary life of London.But she gradually became

William Shakerspere

  William Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer of all time. He was born in Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire in England 1564 . William’s formal studies ended with grammer school. Shakespeanis name first became associated with the London theatre in 1592 and from 1594 he was listed as a member of the Lord Chamberlain’s Company of Actors which owned London’s best theatre. Shakespeare became a full-time dramatist with this company and took an interest in all aspects of production.

  His probable first play HenryVI, Part I was staged Sometime between 1589 and 1592. Julius Ceaser appeared in 1599 or 1600. These were followed by Hamlet, his Macbeth, the Comedy of Errors, etc. Shakespeare wrote about forty plays and numerous poems such as Venus and Adonis, and The Rape of Lwxelo. William Shakespeare the greatest among the great died in the year 1616. His famous plays are widely staged are widely read to this day.