Bradford was an important member of the male bardic literary renaissance occuring in Glamorgan during the first half of the 18th c. In his youth, he studied ancient Welsh bardic traditions and collected Welsh manuscripts. However, the DNB explains that "very little of his verse is now extant, and the few surviving examples do not suggest that he was endowed with much poetic ability."

While in London in 1734, "Begging letters, including many to eminent dissenters who were friends and admirers of Boyse's father, together with verse writing, much of it for magazines, provided the family's uncertain income" (DNB). Throughout his life, he squandered what little money he had and pawned his clothes to survive. He was arrested for debt in 1742, and begged Cave for assistance. Boyse thus epitomizes the dirty, impoverished Grub-Street hacks satirized by Davys and Pope. He was buried as a pauper.

Boyle was an aristocrat heavily indebted throughout his life, though ostensibly his leisure and innate abilities allowed him to write. A talented letter-writer, Boyle's best known work was his epistolary biography entitled Remarks on the Life and Writings of Swift. The DNB argues that his "letters display a man striving for literary recognition." His poetic works include translations of Horace.

Little is known of Boyd's life apart from her works. In publishing her novel The Happy Unfortunate, or, The Female Page (1732), she explained that she hoped to attain enough money to provide for herself (she was often ill) and her ailing mother. Presumably, the revenue from this publication enabled her to open up a shop selling stationary, plays, almanacs, etc. Much of her poetry is occasional and inscribed to nobility. She also wrote a ballad-opera that is a mix of comedy, necromancy, and masque.

Boyce wrote some plays, in addition to his eclectic collection of 48 poems entitled Poems on Several Occasions. Writing in various styles and on a number of subjects, Boyce's volume is of note because it successfully captured contemporary 18th c. culture and concerns.

Bowyer was primarily a printer, publishing medical and scientific works in addition to the literary works of Pope, Swift, and Voltaire, as well as those of the Grub Street hacks. One poem, a translation, appears 1733 in GM.

Little is known of Bowden's life, but upon his death the editor of GM (a magazine to which he contributed occasionally) praised him as a "worthy physician and ingenious poet." He published two volumes of poetry during his lifetime, and some poems on the subject of medicine.

A liberal Presbyterian minister, Bowden was praised by his friends for his poetic gifts. He never published a separate volume of poetry, but he contributed two poems to a collection.

Bourne became proficient in writing Latin poetry during his time at Westminster School, and continued on to become a distinguished Latin poet at Cambridge. Though a bad teacher, he was a skillful Latin poet, producing some translations of English poets, in addition to his own occasional verse. He often wrote on quotidian subject matter and is praised widely, though not universally, for his eloquence and for revolutionizing the field of Latin poetry. The DNB regards him as "one of the most popular English Latin poets of the eighteenth century."

Little is known about Bouquet. He was a Hebrew scholar of Trinity College, and his only known poetic contribution is a copy of elegiacs in the university collection of poems in 1727. He died considerably wealthy.