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TAGORE, SIR RABINDRANATH
Poet, Novelist, Philosopher & Dramatist. Born into a family of
religious and social reformers, musicians & artists. Married
Mrinalinidebi in 1884. Tried to blend east and west in his works. Nobel
Prize 1913 (first Asian recipient). Came to England 1878. Composed over
200 songs. Exhibited his paintings worldwide. Published over 60 works.
Resigned his knighthood in 1919 in protest against British policies in
the Punjab
TALBOT, ETHEL
Children's Writer of Guide, School and Adventure stories
TARRANT, MARGARET WINIFRED
Artist and Book illustrator. Daughter of artist Percy Tarrant
TATE, JOHN ORLEY ALLEN
Poet, novelist, and critic. Married Caroline Gordon, a novelist, in
1924, Isabella Gardner (poet) in 1959, & Helen Heinz in 1966
TAYLOR, JAMES BAYARD
Poet, Novelist & Traveller. Married Mary Agnew in 1850 (died 1850) and Marie Hanson 1857
TENNIS, WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS
TENNYSON, ALFRED, LORD, 1ST BARON
Poet. Poet Laureate 1850 and that same year married Emily Sellwood. Buried in Westminster Abbey
THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE
Novelist & ilustrator. Journalist all his life, having lost most of
his money gambling. Contributed to Punch and edited 'Cornhill'. Married
Isabella Shawe in 1836, but she went mad in the 1840s. Had an
unfortunate love affair with his best friend's wife, Jane Brookfield.
THAMES, RIVER
THOMAS, DYLAN MARLAIS
Poet. Married Caitlin Macnamara 1937. An alcoholic, he died in the USA on a lecture tour
THOMAS, PHILIP EDWARD
Poet & Prose Writer. Married Helen Noble in 1899. Killed by a shell at Arras in WW1
THOMPSON, FRANCIS JOSEPH
Catholic Poet & Essayist. Intimate of the Meynells who rescued him from poverty and opium addiction
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID
Essayist, Poet and nature lover. Rebelled against society and lived in a
solitary hut at Walden pond, near Concord, cultivating a small plot of
land, observing nature and reading and writing (1845-7). Went to prison
for one night rather than pay a poll tax to support war and slavery.
Died of TB. Only two books published in his lifetime
THURBER, JAMES GROVER
Humorist, Writer & Cartoonist. Worked for The New Yorker from 1933-1961. Blind in one eye from a childhood accident
TITANIC, THE
TOLKIEN, JOHN RONALD REUEL
Novelist and fantasist
TOLSTOY, LEO NIKOLAYEVICH, COUNT
Writer and philosopher. Fought in Crimean War. Of noble family, but
freed his serfs and refused to take advantage of his wealth. Married
1862
TOURTEL, MARY
Writer and illustrator. Creator of Rupert Bear. Written by her husband, H
B Tourtel, a sub-editor on the Daily Express. She drew the strip for
the paper from 1921-1935 when her failing eyesight forced her to hand
over to A E Bestall
TRANTER, NIGEL
Historical Novelist, Children's Writer and writer on the Scottish countryside and architecture
TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY, THE
TREASE, ROBERT GEOFFREY
Children's writer. Married Marian Boyer
TREVOR, WILLIAM
Novelist
TROLLOPE, FRANCES MILTON
Novelist & Travel Writer. Married Thomas Anthony Trollope, a
barrister, in 1809. They moved to America (1827-30) where he failed as a
shopkeeper. Returned to England when her husband died. Spent her last
20 years in Florence. Anthony Trollope was her 3rd son
TROLLOPE, ANTHONY
Novelist. Married Rose Hesletine 1844
TUBB, E (EDWIN) C (CHARLES)
Science Fiction Novelist. Married Iris Kathleen Smith 1944
TUNNICLIFFE, CHARLES FREDERICK
Writer, Illustrator and artist
TUPPER, MARTIN FARQUAR
Poet, Novelist, Playwright & Prose Writer. Married his cousin,
Isabelle Devis, in 1835. Inherited and lived at Albury House in Surrey. A
terrible stutterer in his early life he turned to poetry and achieved
great fame (Especially in America), but today he is barely read or
remembered. All his works are out of print.
TWAIN, MARK
Humorist, novelist, travel writer, riverboat pilot, & publisher.
1870 married Olivia Langdon and moved to live in Hartford, Connecticut,
where he wrote most of his books. In 1894 he was made bankrupt after bad
investments. He went back to lecturing and re-made his fortune
TYNAN, KATHARINE
Poet & Novelist. Married barrister H A Hinkson in 1893 (d.1919). She
disapproved of the Easter Rising and the Republican movement