Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language; though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be regarded a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings, that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world.
Joseph Converse Heywood was a lawyer and writer of dramatic poems. Born in Cumberland County, Maine, he trained at Harvard University and became a lawyer before pursuing literary interests and settling in a palace in Rome. He wrote poems.
Joseph Cundall was a Victorian English writer under the pseudonym of "Stephen Percy", a pioneer photographer and London publisher of children's books. He provided employment for many of the best artists of the day by using them as illustrators.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, succeeding his father, William Jackson Hooker, and was awarded the highest honours of British science.
Joseph Davey Cunningham, was the author of the book History of the Sikhs (1849) and an authority in Punjab University. His father was the Scottish poet and author Allan Cunningham and his brother was the archaeologist Sir Alexander Cunningham.
Joseph Henry Delaney was an English author best known for his dark fantasy series, Spook's. Initially embarking on a career as a teacher, Delaney also penned science fiction and fantasy novels for adults under the pseudonym J. K. Haderack. He later transitioned to writing under his real name, beginning with the publication of The Spook's Apprentice, in 2004. This marked the start of his widely successful Spook's series, which eventually encompassed 19 books along with several others set in the same universe. In 2014, The Spook's Apprentice was adapted into both a play script and the feature film Seventh Son. Additionally, Delaney published two other series: the science fiction-themed Arena 13 and the dark fantasy Aberrations.
Joseph-Marie-Antoine Delaville Le Roulx was a French historian whose speciality was the Knights Hospitaller. He was a knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
