Benito Pérez Galdós, né le 10 mai 1843 à Las Palmas de Gran Canaria et mort le 4 janvier 1920 à Madrid, est un romancier, dramaturge et journaliste espagnol. Il est sans doute le plus grand romancier réaliste espagnol, et impressionne par l'ampleur de son œuvre. Il a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie à Madrid ; aujourd'hui, il est surtout connu en Espagne pour ses Episodios nacionales ; à l'étranger, il est plus souvent cité pour ses Novelas españolas contemporáneas.
Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. He was the leading literary figure in 19th-century Spain, and some scholars consider him second only to Miguel de Cervantes in stature as a Spanish novelist.
Benjamin Constant de Rebecque, né le 25 octobre 1767 à Lausanne et mort le 8 décembre 1830 à Paris, est un romancier, homme politique, et intellectuel (philosophe) français d'origine vaudoise.
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first postmaster general.
Benjamin Franklin /ˈbɛnd͡ʒəmɪn ˈfɹæŋklɪn/, né le 17 janvier 1706 à Boston et mort le 17 avril 1790 à Philadelphie, est un imprimeur, éditeur, écrivain, naturaliste, inventeur, abolitionniste et homme politique américain.
Benjamin Griffith Brawley was an American author and educator. Several of his books were considered standard college texts, including The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States (1918) and New Survey of English Literature (1925).
Benjamin Harrison was an American politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
Benjamin Moore Norman was an American book dealer and writer who benefited from the success of John Lloyd Stephens's book, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán. He was a beneficiary of a public offer by the author to return to the Maya region and further his studies. He initiated, on his own and anticipating Stephens, a trip to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote about it.
