Shropshire people
Here is a list of some important people associated with the county and who appear within the Dictionary of National Biography. If you are a member of Shropshire County Library Service you can read the articles online. Follow this link to the Online reference library.
Richard Barnfield (1574-1627)
Poet. Grew up at Edgmond and is buried at Market Drayton. Richard
Barnfield page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands
website
Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
Religious writer. Born at Rowton. Richard Baxter
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Thomas Beddoes (1760-1808)
Chemist. Born in Shifnal and educated at Bridgnorth.
Stella Benson (1892-1933)
Author. Novelist; born at Lutwyche Hall on Wenlock Edge. Stella Benson
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
William Penny Brookes (1809-1895)
Doctor. Shropshire GP who started the modern Olympic games in
Much Wenlock.
Wenlock Olympian Society website
Charles Burney (1726-1814)
Musicologist. Born and educated in Shrewsbury. Charles
Burney page on the 1911 Encyclopedia website
Samuel Butler (1774-1839)
Schoolmaster. Influential headmaster of Shrewsbury School for 38
years.
Samuel Butler (1835-1902)
Author. Attended Shrewsbury School and included experiences in
the novel "The way of all flesh" Samuel Butler
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Mary Cholmondeley (1859-1925)
Author. Born at Hodnet. Mary
Cholmondeley page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands
website
Robert Clive (1725-1774)
Statesman. Born in Market Drayton. Robert
Clive page on the 1911 Encyclopedia website
Abraham Darby (1678-1717)
Iron founder. Established flourishing industries in
Coalbrookdale
Charles Darwin (1809-1882)
Naturalist. Born and educated in Shrewsbury. Originator of the
theory of natural selection. Charles
Darwin page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Composer. Born in Oswestry. Organist at several London churches
and well known for his church music.
Samuel Garbet (1685-1786)
Clergyman, schoolmaster and local historian. Second Master at the
Grammar School in Wem, and author of a history of the town.
Samuel Garbet page on the Shropshire Routes to Roots
website
Sir Edward German (1862-1936)
Composer. Born in Whitchurch. Best remembered for his operetta
"Merrie England".
William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
Writer and painter. Lived in Wem as a child and met Coleridge at
a Shrewsbury lecture. William
Hazlitt page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Reginald Heber (1783-1826)
Bishop. Attended Whitchurch Grammar School. Reginald Heber
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Rowland Hill (1772-1842)
Army officer. Born at Prees Hall. A hero of the Peninsular War.
He is commemorated by a tall column outside Shirehall,
Shrewsbury.
Eglantyne Jebb (1876-1928)
Social reformer. Born at Ellesmere. She was a co-founder of the
Save the Children Fund.
George Jeffreys (1648-1689)
Judge. Educated at Shrewsbury School and rewarded for his
services to the crown to become first Baron Jeffreys of Wem.
Philip Larkin (1922-1985)
Poet. A librarian by profession he spent several years in charge
of Wellington Library. Philip Larkin
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
John Osborne (1929-1994)
Playwright. Best know for his play "Look back in anger". Spent
the latter part of his life living at Clunton and is buried in
Clun churchyard. John Osborne
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)
Poet. Born in Oswestry and grew up in Shrewsbury. One of the best
known World War One poets. Wilfred Owen
page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Edith Pargeter (1913-1995)
Author. Lived all her life in Shropshire, in and around Horeshay
and Dawley. Had particular success with her Brother Cadfael
novels, set in medieval Shrewsbury. Edith
Pargeter page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands
website
Ambrose Philips (1674-1749)
Poet. Born and educated in Shrewsbury.
Edmund Plowden (1518-1585)
Lawyer. Born at Plowden Hall, Lydbury.
Barbara Pym (1913-1980)
Author. Born in Oswestry. Barbara Pym page
on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Hesba Stretton (1832-1911)
Author. Real name, Sarah Smith. Born in Wellington. Hesba
Stretton page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands
website
Sir John Talbot (1390-1453)
First Earl of Shrewsbury. Fought at the Battle of Shrewsbury.
His body was interred at Whitchurch 40 years after his death at
the Battle of Castillon, France.
Richard Tarlton (-1588)
Actor. Thought to have been born at Condover.
Percy Thrower (1913-1988)
Gardener. Parks Superintendent for Shrewsbury and TV gardening
personality.
Matthew Webb (1848-1883)
Swimmer. Known as Captain Webb. Born at Dawley he was the first
person to swim the English Channel. Captain
Webb page on the Shropshire Mining website
Mary Webb (1881-1927)
Author. Born at Leighton and grew up at Much Wenlock. Her best
know novel is "Precious bane". Mary Webb page
on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Stanley Weyman (1855-1928)
Author. Prolific novelist who lived most of his life in Ludlow.
Stanley
Weyman page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands website
Billy Wright (1924-1994)
Footballer. William Ambrose Wright was born in Ironbridge.. He
played for Wolverhampton Wanderers and England.
William Wycherley (1640-1716)
Dramatist. Born in Wem, His most famous plays are "The country
wife" and "The plain dealer". William
Wycherley page on Literary Heritage - West Midlands
website
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