Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) was an English lawyer, journalist, and diarist who helped to found London University (now University College London).

John Thomas Smith (1766-1833) was an English painter, engraver, antiquarian, and keeper of prints for the British Musuem.

Alexander Gilchrist (1828-1861) was an author known for his biographies.

Martin Myrone is lead curator of British art to 1800 at Tate and curated Tate's landmark 2019 Blake exhibition.

A compilation of important biographical writings on William Blake, a painter, printmaker, poet, and mystical thinker who became one of the leading figures of Romanticism.