Richard Garnett (1835–1906) worked for decades at the British Museum, rising to the rank of Keeper of Printed Books. In addition to many translations from Greek, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, he wrote several books of poetry as well as biographies of Blake, Carlyle, Milton, and other literary figures.
Printmaker, painter, and lithographer Henry Keen (1871–1935) illustrated fiction by Oscar Wilde, plays by John Webster, and the works of Voltaire.
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was an Oxford-educated archeologist, author, and soldier.
