Authors, Poets & Novelists Posters & Prints, “As...-”
for the literature, language arts and social studies classrooms, homeschoolers, and literature scholars.

Roger Ascham
c. 1515; Yorkshire, England
d. 12-23-1568

Scholar and didactic (instructional) writer Roger Ascham is noted for his prose style in promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education. He acted as tutor to the future Elizabeth I in Greek and Latin, and served in her administration.

• A Memoir of Roger Ascham / With an Introduction by James H. Carlisle

Daisy Ashford
née Margaret Mary Julia Ashford
b. 4-7-1881; Petersham, Surrey, England
d. 1-15-1972

Daisy Ashford is most remembered for her The Young Visiters (sic), written when she was nine years old. The story, about upper-class, late 19th century society in Victorian England, was published in 1919 after she found the notebook tucked away in a drawer.

FYI - Miss Ashford had dictated her first story to her father when she was four.

Isaac Asimov
b. 1-2-1920; Petrovichi, Russia
d. 4-6-1992; NYC

Isaac Asimov, considered a master of the science fiction genre, was also a biochemist. His most famous works are the Foundation Series, the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series.

Asimov was also VP of Mensa International and The American Humanist Association.

Isaac Asimov quotes ~
• “The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!) but “That's funny...”
• “Outside intelligences, exploring the solar system with true impartiality, would be quite likely to enter the sun in their records thus: Star X, spectral class G0, 4 planets plus debris.”
• “I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.” ~ see Voices of Reason poster

• I, Robot poster
• Asimov's Chronology of the World

Miguel Ángel Asturias
b. 10-19-1899; Guatemala City, Guatemala
d. 6-9-1974; Madrid, Spain

Margot Asquith
née Emma Alice Margaret Tennant
b. 2-4-1864; Peeblesshire, Tweeddale, Scotland
d. 7-28-1945; Thurloe Place, Kensington

Margot Asquith, second wife of H H Asquith (British PM 1908), was a socialite, author and wit.

Margot Asquith quote:
• “Symbols are the imaginative signposts of life.”

Mary Astell
b. 11-12-1666; Newcastle upon Tyne, England
d. 5-11-1731; breast cancer

Considered the first English feminist, author Mary Astell advocated an education for women that would extend their choices beyond being only either a mother, or a nun.

Astell's best known books, A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest (1694) and A Serious Proposal, Part II (1697), were outlines of a new type of institution, a protected environment, for women to assist in providing women with both religious and secular education.

Mary Astell quotes ~
• “If all Men are born free, how is it that all Women are born Slaves?”
• “Women are not so well united as to form an Insurrection. They are for the most part wise enough to love their chains, and to discern how becomingly they fit.”