Important person in English literature

 

1. Father of English novel

:- Henry Fielding

2. Father of English prose

:- William Tyndale

3. Father of English drama

:- William Shakespeare

4. Father of English Poetry

:- Geoffrey Chaucer

5. Father of English essay

:- Frances Bacon

6. Father of English History

:- Saint Bede the Venerable

7. Father of English criticism

:- John Dryden

8. Father of English tragedy

:-  Christopher Marlowe

9. Father of English romanticism

:- Jean Jacques Rousseau

10. Father of English grammar

:- Lindley Murray

11. Father of printing press in England

:- William Caxton

12. Father of English modern theatre

:- Henrik Ibsen