Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields
Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields
French historian and a leader of the Annales School
English writer and composer
Italian author born in Budapest to an Italian father and Hungarian mother.
Anglo-Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher
French lawyer and politician, who, as the author of The Physiology of Taste , gained fame as an epicure and gastronome: “Grimod and Brillat-Savarin
British novelist and playwright
English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bront sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature
British novelist and playwright
English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, now considered a classic of English literature