840:

Einhard

Historian and court scholar, Einhard was a contemporary and friend of Charlemagne as well as his biographer.

1471:

Sir Thomas Malory

It is believed that Thomas Malory of Newbold Revell, Warwickshire, is the "Syr Thomas Maleore knyght" mentioned in the colophon to Le Morte Darthur, although there is no certain proof. Malory's masterpiece of Arthurian tales can be found in Modern English at the University of Virginia and in Middle English at the University of Michigan.