"Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland" - the first edition, which was published in 1753, is a valuable collection of biographies of prominent poets of the English-speaking world. The author of the publication was Theophilus Sibber, a well-known critic and theater actor. This book contains the biographies of such legendary poets as John Milton, Alexander Pope, John Gaye and others who became famous for their works in the 17th and 18th centuries. The publication became an important source for studying the literature and culture of Great Britain and Ireland at that time, revealing to the reader the uniqueness and sophistication of the poetic art of that period.