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Old-poets matching 'J' by name

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  1. Aaberg, Jens Christian   Americas. Born: 1877, Died: 1979 (modern), 2 poems.
  2. Aakjaer, Jeppe   European. Born: 1866, Died: 1930, 32 poems.
    As a young man he studied in Copenhagen, earning his living as a proofreader and later as a journalist.
  3. Abbot, John   English. Born: 1588, Died: 1650, 7 poems.
  4. Abbott, J H M   Oceania. Born: 1874, Died: 1953, 1 poems.
  5. Abram, Joze   European. Born: 1875, Died: 1938, 0 poems.
  6. Abravanel, Judah   European. Born: 1460, Died: 1535, 1 poems.
  7. Ackerley, J R   English. Born: 1896, Died: 1967 (modern), 1 poems.
  8. Adams, John Quincy   Americas. Born: 1767, Died: 1848, 18 poems.
    Sixth president of the United States of America.
  9. Adams, John   English. Born: 1805, Died: 1882, 1 poems.
  10. Adamson, Reverend John   English. Died: 1670, 6 poems.
  11. Addison, Joseph   English. Born: 1672, Died: 1719, 17 poems.
    In the year of his graduation he published his Account of the Greatest English Poets. Through Dryden, to whom he addressed some complimentary verses, he was introduced to Tonson, who set him to work translating Juvenal, Persius, Virgil, and Heredotus
  12. Agee, James   Americas. Born: 1909, Died: 1955, 3 poems.
    Academy Award nomination for best screenplay for The African Queen, 1952; Pulitzer Prize (posthumous) for A Death in the Family, 1957.
  13. Aistis, Jonas   European. Born: 1904, Died: 1973 (modern), 22 poems.
  14. Albee, John   Americas. Born: 1833, Died: 1915, 10 poems.
  15. Aldrich, James   Americas. Born: 1810, Died: 1856, 1 poems.
  16. Alger, Julie   Born: 1927, Died: 1994 (modern), 7 poems.
  17. Allan, James Alexander   Born: 1889, Died: 1956 (modern), 0 poems.
  18. Alley, Jerome   English. Born: 1760, Died: 1826, 0 poems.
  19. Allston, Joseph Blythe   Americas. Born: 1833, Died: 1904, 1 poems.
    "Joseph Blythe Allston was born at "Waverly," the plantation of his father, General Joseph Allston, near Georgetown, South Carolina, February 8, 1833, and died in Anderson, South Carolina, January 29, 1904.
  20. Ambrosius, Johanna   European. Born: 1854, Died: 1939, 3 poems.
  21. Andersen, Johannes Carl   Oceania. Born: 1873, Died: 1962 (modern), 3 poems.
    Born in Denmark in 1873, Andersen moved to New Zealand at the age of two years.
  22. Andrade, Jorge Carerra   Americas. Born: 1903, Died: 1978 (modern), 12 poems.
  23. Andrewes, John   English. Born: 1583, Died: 1640, 12 poems.
  24. Andrewes, John   English. Born: 1583, Died: 1650, 0 poems.
  25. Andrews, Jane   Americas. Born: 1833, Died: 1887, 1 poems.
  26. Anster, John   English. Born: 1793, Died: 1868, 32 poems.
  27. Arany, Janos   European. Born: 1817, Died: 1882, 6 poems.
  28. Arbuckle, James   English. Born: 1700, Died: 1742, 2 poems.
  29. Arbuthnot, John   English. Born: 1667, Died: 1735, 1 poems.
    Though the habitual cheerfulness of his disposition may have been all that the poet had in his eye. The only other work ascertained as Arbuthnot’s, besides those mentioned, is the celebrated History of John Bull, a political allegory, which has had m
  30. Arlott, John   English. Born: 1914, Died: 1991 (modern), 1 poems.
  31. Armstrong, John   English. Born: 1709, Died: 1779, 13 poems.
  32. Arnold, Josias Lyndon   Americas. Born: 1768, Died: 1796, 6 poems.
    Dr. Jonathan Arnold, his father, was a congressman from Rhode Island and a friend to Vermont in her early struggle for statehood. He removed about 1780 to Winchester, N.H., becoming that year one of the charter proprietors of the town of Lyndon, Vt.
  33. Arp, Jean Hans   European. Born: 1887, Died: 1966 (modern), 8 poems.
    "German-French sculptor, painter and poet.
  34. Ashby-Sterry, Joseph   English. Born: 1838, Died: 1917, 1 poems.
  35. Ashmore, John   English. Born: 1580, Died: 1635, 79 poems.
  36. Askham, John   English. Born: 1825, Died: 1894, 1 poems.
  37. Auslander, Joseph   Americas. Born: 1897, Died: 1965 (modern), 3 poems.
  38. Austen, Jane   English. Born: 1775, Died: 1817, 13 poems.
    Jane Austen wrote her Juvenilia from 1787 to 1793; they include many humorous parodies of the literature of the day, such as Love and Freindship, and are collected in three manuscript volumes.
  39. Austin, John   English. Born: 1613, Died: 1669, 14 poems.
  40. Baargeld, Johannes   European. Born: 1892, Died: 1927, 1 poems.
  41. Bach, J N   European. 2 poems.
  42. Bacon, Josephine Dodge Daskam   Americas. Born: 1876, Died: 1961 (modern), 2 poems.
  43. Bacsanyi, Janos   European. Born: 1763, Died: 1845, 0 poems.
  44. Baggesen, Jens   European. Born: 1764, Died: 1826, 19 poems.
  45. Baif, Jean Antoine de   European. Born: 1532, Died: 1584, 3 poems.
    BaIf’s innovations included a line of 15 syllables known as the vers baifin. He also meditated reforms in French spelling. His theories are exemplified in Etrenes de poezie Franzoeze an vers mezures
  46. Baillie, Joanna   English. Born: 1762, Died: 1851, 196 poems.
  47. Balazs, Janos   European. Born: 1905, Died: 1977 (modern), 0 poems.
  48. Bale, John   English. Born: 1495, Died: 1563, 1 poems.
  49. Ballantine, James   English. Born: 1808, Died: 1877, 2 poems.
  50. Baltrusaitis , Jurgis   European. Born: 1873, Died: 1944, 15 poems.
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