Marston, John, 1575?-1634 Anonymous Sun, 03/29/2026 - 19:31

English dramatist, poet, and satirist, largely writing plays to be performed by children's companies, organized groups of exclusively boy actors.

Martin, Henry, d. 1721 Anonymous Sun, 03/29/2026 - 19:31

A British customs official, Martin (or Martyn) is described by Richard Steele as a chief contributor to the Spectator.

Martin, Martin, d. 1719 Anonymous Sun, 03/29/2026 - 19:31

Author of A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (1703).

Martineau, Harriet, 1802-1876 Anonymous Sun, 03/29/2026 - 19:31

Novelist, social theorist, and literary critic. Martineau was born to a Unitarian textile manufacturing family of Huguenot ancestry. From her early childhood, Martineau experienced health problems that included partial deafness that increased in severity as she aged. In 1829, upon the ...

Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558 Anonymous Sun, 03/29/2026 - 19:31

Known as Mary Tudor or "Bloody Mary," Mary I was the first queen to rule England in her own right. Mary I was termed "Bloody Mary" for her persecution of Protestants in a failed attempt to restore Roman Catholocism to England following her father, Henry VIII's, initiation of the ...