Local authors
Bemerton St. John's C.E. Aided First School, Salisbury
Bemerton St. John's C.E. Aided First School, Salisbury
Bemerton St. John's C.E. Aided First School, Salisbury
Bishop Wordsworth's CE Grammar School for Boys, Salisbury
Local authors for the community.
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| Author | Date | Association with Salisbury |
|---|---|---|
| John of Salisbury | c.1118-1180 | Scholar and statesman; born at, or near, Old Sarum |
| George Herbert | 1593-1633 | Poet; rector of Bemerton |
| William Golding | 1911-1993 | Novelist; teacher in Salisbury |
| John Foxe | 1516-1587 | Martyrologist, canon of Salisbury Cathedral from 1563 |
| John Jewel | 1522-1571 | Theologian; bishop of Salisbury 1560-1571 |
| Philip Massinger | 1583-1640 | Dramatist; born at Salisbury |
| Thomas Bennet | 1673-1728 | Religious polemicist; born in Salisbury. |
| Henry Fielding | 1707-1754 | Novelist;, married a Miss Craddock of Salisbury, lived in 3 houses in the city, wrote part of Tom Jones (1749) at Milford. |
| William Coxe | 1747-1828 | Historian; died in Salisbury |
| James Harris | 1709-1780 | Grammarian; born in The Close. Wrote Hermes, or a Philosophical Inquiry concerning Universal Grammar (1751) |
| Richard Hayter | 1611-1684 | Theological writer born in Salisbury. |
| Michael Maschiart | d. 1598 | Latin poet; born in Salisbury. |
| Sir Tobie Matthew | 1577-1655 | Catholic churchman and polemicist; born in Salisbury. |
| John Thornborough | 1551-1641 | Churchman and radical writer; born in Salisbury |
| John Tobin | 1770-1804 | Dramatist; born at Salisbury |
| Anthony Trollope | 1815-1882 | Novelist; conceived idea for The Warden when walking alongside R. Avon near The Close. |