Biographical OutlinesGILDAS THE WISE.Reading editionChapter navigation148 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterBIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINESINDEX.JULIUS CÆSAR.CARACTACUS.PAULINUS.BOADICEA.AGRICOLA.SAINT ALBAN.CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.HENGIST AND HORSA.KING ARTHUR.GILDAS THE WISE.SAINT AUGUSTINE.VENERABLE BEDE.ALFRED THE GREAT.ASSER.ST. DUNSTAN, ABBOT.CANUTE THE GREAT.PETER THE HERMIT.SIR WALTER TYRRELL.THOMAS À BECKET.RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.STEPHEN CARDINAL LANGTON.ROGER BACON.SIMON DE MONTFORT,LLEWELLYN,SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.EDWARD I.ROBERT BRUCE,ROGER MORTIMER,EDWARD III.QUEEN PHILIPPA.THE BLACK PRINCE.GEOFFREY CHAUCER,JOHN GOWER.HENRY V.RICHARD NEVILLE,WILLIAM CAXTON.CARDINAL WOLSEY.SIR THOMAS MORE.WILLIAM TYNDALE.THOMAS CRANMER,SEBASTIAN CABOT,SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM.SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.WILLIAM CECIL,EDMUND SPENSER.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.SIR WALTER RALEIGH,FRANCIS BACON,BEN JONSON.JOHN HAMPDEN.VANDYKE.WILLIAM LAUD,INIGO JONES.ADMIRAL BLAKE.DR. WILLIAM HARVEY.JEREMY TAYLOR.JOHN MILTON.SIR PETER LELY.JOHN BUNYAN.JOHN DRYDEN.JOHN LOCKE.JOHN EVELYN.THOMAS KEN.JOHN FLAMSTEAD.JOSEPH ADDISON.JOHN CHURCHILL,SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.SIR ISAAC NEWTON.SIR RICHARD STEELE.DANIEL DEFOE.ALEXANDER POPE.DEAN JONATHAN SWIFT.JOSEPH BUTLER.HENRY FIELDING,GENERAL WOLFE.SAMUEL RICHARDSON.WILLIAM HOGARTH.JAMES STUART.LAWRENCE STERNE,GEORGE WHITFIELD,DR. TOBIAS SMOLLETT,JAMES BRINDLEY,ROBERT LORD CLIVE.OLIVER GOLDSMITH.DAVID HUME.WILLIAM PITT,CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.DAVID GARRICK,SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON,CHARLES EDWARD STUART.THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH.JOHN WESLEY,SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT.ADMIRAL LORD RODNEY.SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.EDWARD GIBBON.JOSIAH WEDGWOOD.EDMUND BURKE,WILLIAM COWPER.SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIELORD CORNWALLIS.HORATIO, LORD NELSON.WILLIAM PITT,CHARLES JAMES FOX.MUNGO PARK.SIR JOHN MOORE,RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.WARREN HASTINGS.JAMES WATT.JOHN KEATS.SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL.PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY,DR. JENNER.JOHN KEMBLE.GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON.MRS. BARBAULD.JOHN FLAXMAN.SIR HUMPHREY DAVY.SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.GEORGE CRABBE.SIR WALTER SCOTT.WILLIAM WILBERFORCE,HANNAH MORE.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.SIR DAVID WILKIE.SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY.ROBERT SOUTHEY.THOMAS CAMPBELL.MRS. ELIZABETH FRY,DANIEL O’CONNELL.SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.MARIA EDGEWORTH.SIR ROBERT PEEL.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.DUKE OF WELLINGTON.THOMAS MOORE.SAMUEL ROGERS.ROBERT STEPHENSON.SIR ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL.WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.VISCOUNT PALMERSTON,JOHN KEBLE.CHARLES DICKENS.Previous chapter ←KING ARTHUR.Next chapter →SAINT AUGUSTINE.All chapters and sections (148)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsBIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINESINDEX.JULIUS CÆSAR.CARACTACUS.PAULINUS.BOADICEA.AGRICOLA.SAINT ALBAN.CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.HENGIST AND HORSA.KING ARTHUR.GILDAS THE WISE.SAINT AUGUSTINE.VENERABLE BEDE.ALFRED THE GREAT.ASSER.ST. DUNSTAN, ABBOT.CANUTE THE GREAT.PETER THE HERMIT.SIR WALTER TYRRELL.THOMAS À BECKET.RICHARD CŒUR DE LION.STEPHEN CARDINAL LANGTON.ROGER BACON.SIMON DE MONTFORT,LLEWELLYN,SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.EDWARD I.ROBERT BRUCE,ROGER MORTIMER,EDWARD III.QUEEN PHILIPPA.THE BLACK PRINCE.GEOFFREY CHAUCER,JOHN GOWER.HENRY V.RICHARD NEVILLE,WILLIAM CAXTON.CARDINAL WOLSEY.SIR THOMAS MORE.WILLIAM TYNDALE.THOMAS CRANMER,SEBASTIAN CABOT,SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.SIR FRANCIS WALSINGHAM.SIR FRANCIS DRAKE.WILLIAM CECIL,EDMUND SPENSER.WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.SIR WALTER RALEIGH,FRANCIS BACON,BEN JONSON.JOHN HAMPDEN.VANDYKE.WILLIAM LAUD,INIGO JONES.ADMIRAL BLAKE.DR. WILLIAM HARVEY.JEREMY TAYLOR.JOHN MILTON.SIR PETER LELY.JOHN BUNYAN.JOHN DRYDEN.JOHN LOCKE.JOHN EVELYN.THOMAS KEN.JOHN FLAMSTEAD.JOSEPH ADDISON.JOHN CHURCHILL,SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN.SIR ISAAC NEWTON.SIR RICHARD STEELE.DANIEL DEFOE.ALEXANDER POPE.DEAN JONATHAN SWIFT.JOSEPH BUTLER.HENRY FIELDING,GENERAL WOLFE.SAMUEL RICHARDSON.WILLIAM HOGARTH.JAMES STUART.LAWRENCE STERNE,GEORGE WHITFIELD,DR. TOBIAS SMOLLETT,JAMES BRINDLEY,ROBERT LORD CLIVE.OLIVER GOLDSMITH.DAVID HUME.WILLIAM PITT,CAPTAIN JAMES COOK.DAVID GARRICK,SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON,CHARLES EDWARD STUART.THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH.JOHN WESLEY,SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT.ADMIRAL LORD RODNEY.SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.EDWARD GIBBON.JOSIAH WEDGWOOD.EDMUND BURKE,WILLIAM COWPER.SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIELORD CORNWALLIS.HORATIO, LORD NELSON.WILLIAM PITT,CHARLES JAMES FOX.MUNGO PARK.SIR JOHN MOORE,RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN.WARREN HASTINGS.JAMES WATT.JOHN KEATS.SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL.PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY,DR. JENNER.JOHN KEMBLE.GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON.MRS. BARBAULD.JOHN FLAXMAN.SIR HUMPHREY DAVY.SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.GEORGE CRABBE.SIR WALTER SCOTT.WILLIAM WILBERFORCE,HANNAH MORE.SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.SIR DAVID WILKIE.SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY.ROBERT SOUTHEY.THOMAS CAMPBELL.MRS. ELIZABETH FRY,DANIEL O’CONNELL.SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.MARIA EDGEWORTH.SIR ROBERT PEEL.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.DUKE OF WELLINGTON.THOMAS MOORE.SAMUEL ROGERS.ROBERT STEPHENSON.SIR ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL.WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.VISCOUNT PALMERSTON,JOHN KEBLE.CHARLES DICKENS.A.D. 570.◇The first British historian. A native of Wales, and a monk. He died A.D. 570.◇← KING ARTHUR.SAINT AUGUSTINE. →