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De Quincey, Thomas
(1785-1859) Essayist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a merchant in Manchester, was b. there. The ar...
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A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Ercildoun, Thomas of, or "Thomas the Rhymer"
(fl. 1220-1297) A minstrel to whom is ascribed Sir Tristrem, a rhyme or story for recitation. He ha...
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De Vere, Aubrey Thomas
(1814-1902) Poet, s. of Sir Aubrey de V., himself a poet, was b. in Co. Limerick, and ed. at Trinit...
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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An action of the organs of sense may be either involuntary or voluntary. Accordingly we say to hear,...
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Aird, Thomas
(1802-1876) Poet, b. at Bowden, Roxburghshire, went to Edinburgh, where he became the friend of Pro...
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Amory, Thomas
(1691(?)-1788) Eccentric writer, was of Irish descent. In 1755 he publ. Memoirs containing the live...
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Arnold, Thomas
(1795-1842) Historian, s. of an inland revenue officer in the Isle of Wight, was ed. at Winchester ...
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Blacklock, Thomas
(1721-1791) Poet, b. near Annan of humble parentage, lost his sight by smallpox when 6 months old. ...
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Boston, Thomas
(1677-1732) Scottish divine, was successively schoolmaster at Glencairn, and minister of Simprin in...
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Bowdler, Thomas
(1754-1825) Editor of The Family Shakespeare, b. near Bath, s. of a gentleman of independent fortun...
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Bradwardine, Thomas
(1290?-1349) Theologian, was at Oxf., where he became Prof. of Divinity and Chancellor, and afterwa...
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Brown, Thomas
(1778-1820) Metaphysician, s. of the Rev. Samuel B., minister of Kirkinabreck, practised for some t...
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Burnet, Thomas
(1635?-1715) Theologian and writer on cosmogony, was b. at Croft near Darlington, and ed. at Camb.,...
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Campbell, Thomas
(1777-1844) Poet, was the youngest s. of Alexander C., a merchant in Glasgow, where he was b. After...
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Campion, Thomas
(c. 1575-1620) Poet and musician, b. at Witham, Essex, and ed. at Camb., and on the Continent, stud...
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Carew, Thomas
(1594?-1639) Poet, s. of Sir Matthew C., was ed. at Oxf., entered the Middle Temple, and was one of...
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Carlyle, Thomas
(1795-1881) Historian and essayist, was b. at Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire. His f., James C., was a...
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Carte, Thomas
(1686-1754) Historian, b. near Rugby, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, but resigned his benefice at Ba...
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Chalmers, Thomas
(1780-1847) Divine, economist, and philanthropist, b. at Anstruther, Fife, s. of a shipowner and me...
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Chatterton, Thomas
(1752-1770) Poet, b. at Bristol, posthumous s. of a schoolmaster, who had been a man of some readin...
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Churchyard, Thomas
(1520?-1604) Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...
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Cooper, Thomas
(1805-1892) Chartist poet, was b. at Leicester, and apprenticed to a shoemaker. In spite of hardshi...
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Coryate, or Coryatt, Thomas
(1577-1617) Poet, b. at Odcombe, Somerset, and ed. at Westminster and Oxf., entered the household o...
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Cranmer, Thomas
(1489-1556) Theologian and Churchman, b. at Aslacton, Notts, ed. at Camb., and became an eminent cl...
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Creech, Thomas
(1659-1700) Translator, b. near Sherborne, ed. at Oxf., became Head Master of Sherborne School. He ...
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Day, Thomas
(1748-1789) Miscellaneous writer, was b. in London, ed. at the Charterhouse and at Oxf., and called...
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Dekker, Thomas
(1570?-1641?) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, was b. in London. Few details of D.'s life have c...
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Deloney, Thomas
(1543-1600) Novelist and balladist, appears to have worked as a silk-weaver in Norwich, but was in ...
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Dermody, Thomas
(1775-1802) Poet, b. at Ennis, showed great capacity for learning, but fell into idle and dissipate...
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Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of, and Lord Buckhurst
(1536-1608) Poet and statesman, was b. at Buckhurst, Sussex, the only s. of Sir Richard S., and ed....
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D'Urfey, Thomas
(1653-1723) Dramatist and song-writer, was a well-known man-about-town, a companion of Charles II.,...
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Ellwood, Thomas
(1639-1713) A young Quaker who was introduced to Milton in 1662, and devoted much of his time to re...
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Erskine, Thomas
(1788-1870) Theologian, s. of David E., of Linlathen, to which property he succeeded, his elder bro...
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Fuller, Thomas
(1608-1661) Divine and antiquary, s. of a clergyman of the same name, was b. at Aldwinkle, Northamp...
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Goodwin, Thomas
(1600-1680) Divine, was b. in Norfolk, and ed. at Camb., where he was Vicar of Trinity Church. Beco...
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Gray, Thomas
(1716-1771) Poet, was b. in London, the s. of a scrivener, who, though described as "a respectable ...
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Guthrie, Thomas
(1803-1873) Divine and philanthropist, b. at Brechin, studied for the Church, and became a minister...
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Hamilton, Thomas
(1789-1842) Novelist, brother of Sir William Hamilton (q.v.), wrote a novel, Cyril Thornton (1827),...
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Hearne, Thomas
(1678-1735) Antiquary, b. at White Waltham., Berkshire, and ed. at Oxf., where in 1712 he became se...
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Heywood, Thomas
(d. 1650) Dramatist. Few facts about him have come down, and these are almost entirely derived from...
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Hobbes, Thomas
(1588-1679) Philosopher, was b. at Malmesbury, the s. of a clergyman, and ed. at Oxf. Thereafter he...
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Hoccleve, or Occleve, Thomas
(1368?-1450?) Poet, probably b. in London, where he appears to have spent most of his life, living ...
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Holcroft, Thomas
(1745-1809) Dramatist, s. of a small shoemaker in London, passed his youth as a pedlar, and as a Ne...
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Hood, Thomas
(1799-1845) Poet and comic writer, s. of a bookseller in London, where he was b., was put into a me...
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Hope, Thomas
(1770-1831) Novelist and writer on art, was a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, of Scotch descent, his...
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Hughes, Thomas
(1823?-1896) Novelist and biographer, s. of a Berkshire squire, was ed. at Rugby and Oxf., and call...
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Innes, Thomas
(1662-1744) Historian, was descended from an old Roman Catholic family in Aberdeenshire. He studied...
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Keightley, Thomas
(1789-1872) Historian, ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, wrote works on mythology and folklore, and at ...
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Ken, Thomas
(1637-1711) Religious writer, s. of an attorney, was b. at Little Berkhampstead, ed. at Winchester ...
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Killigrew, Thomas
(1612-1683) Dramatist, s. of Sir Robert K., of Hanworth, was a witty, dissolute courtier of Charles...
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Kyd, Thomas
(1558-1595) Dramatist, s. of a London scrivener, ed. at Merchant Taylor's School, appears to have l...
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Lodge, Thomas
(1558?-1625) Poet and dramatist, s. of Sir Thomas L., Lord Mayor of London, was ed. at Merchant Tay...
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M'Crie, Thomas
(1772-1835) Biographer and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Duns, and ed. at the Univ. of Edin., bec...
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May, Thomas
(1595-1650) Poet and historian, b. in Sussex, s. of Sir Thomas M., of Mayfield, went to Camb., and ...
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Middleton, Thomas
(1570-1627) Dramatist, was a Londoner and city chronologer, in which capacity he composed a chronic...
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Miller, Thomas
(1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub....
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Moore, Thomas
(1779-1852) Poet, b. in Dublin, s. of a grocer and wine-merchant in a small way, was ed. at Trinity...
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Morton, Thomas
(1764-1838) Dramatist, b. in Durham, came to London to study law, which he discarded in favour of p...
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Nabbes, Thomas
(fl. 1638) Dramatist, was at Oxf. in 1621. He lived in London, and wrote comedies, satirising bourg...
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Nash, Thomas
(1567-1601) Satirist, etc., b. at Lowestoft, ed. at Camb. A reckless life kept him in perpetual pov...
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Otway, Thomas
(1651 or 1652-1685) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman, was b. near Midhurst, Sussex, and ed. at Oxf., wh...
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Paine, Thomas
(1737-1809) Political and anti-Christian writer, s. of a stay-maker and small farmer of Quaker prin...
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Parnell, Thomas
(1679-1718) Poet, b. and ed. in Dublin, took orders in 1700, and was Vicar of Finglas and Archdeaco...
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Pennant, Thomas
(1726-1798) Naturalist and traveller, b. in Flintshire, and ed. at Oxf., was one of the most distin...
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Percy, Thomas
(1729-1811) Antiquary and poet, s. of a grocer at Bridgnorth, where he was b., ed. at Oxf., entered...
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Pringle, Thomas
(1789-1834) Poet, b. in Roxburghshire, studied at Edin., and became known to Scott, by whose influe...
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Randolph, Thomas
(1605-1635) Poet and dramatist, ed. at Westminster School and Camb., was a friend of Ben Jonson, an...
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Reid, Thomas
(1710-1796) Philosopher, was the s. of the minister of Strachan, Kincardineshire, where he was b. H...
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Ruddiman, Thomas
(1674-1757) Grammarian, b. in Banffshire, and ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in...
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Rymer, Thomas
(1641-1713) Archæologist and critic, ed. at Camb., became a barrister at Gray's Inn. He pub. in 167...
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Shadwell, Thomas
(1640 or 1642-1692) Dramatist and poet, belonged to a good Staffordshire family, was b. in Norfolk,...
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Southerne, Thomas
(1660-1746) Dramatist, b. in Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there, came to London and studied law...
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Sprat, Thomas
(1635-1713) Divine and writer of memoirs, b. at Beaminster, Dorset, ed. at Oxf., was a mathematicia...
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Stanley, Thomas
(1625-1678) Philosopher and scholar, connected with the Derby family, ed. at Camb., was the author ...
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Stephens, Thomas
(1821-1875) Welsh historian and critic, b. at Pont Nedd Fechan, Glamorganshire, s. of a shoemaker. ...
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Sternhold, Thomas
(1500-1549), Hopkins, John (d. 1570) Were associated in making the metrical version of the Psalms, ...
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Storer, Thomas
(1571-1604) Poet, b. in London, and ed. at Oxf., wrote a long poem, The Life and Death of Thomas Wo...
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Taylor, Thomas
(1758-1835) Translator, b. in London and ed. at St. Paul's School, devoted himself to the study of ...
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Tickell, Thomas
(1686-1740) Poet, b. at Bridekirk Vicarage, Cumberland, and ed. at Oxf. became the friend of Joseph...
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Traherne, Thomas
(1636?-1674) Poet and theological writer, s. of a shoemaker at Hereford where, or at Ledbury, he wa...
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Tusser, Thomas
(1524?-1580) Versifier on agriculture, was an Essex man. Having a good voice he was trained in musi...
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Underdown, Thomas
(fl. 1566-1587) Translator. He translated the Æthiopian History of Heliodorus 1566; also from Ovid....
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Usk, Thomas
(d. 1388) Poet, b. in London, was sec. to John of Northampton, the Wyclifite Lord Mayor of London, ...
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Wade, Thomas
(1805-1875) Poet, b. at Woodbridge, pub. poems, dramas, sonnets, and a translation of Dante's Infer...
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Warton, Thomas
(1728-1790) Literary historian and critic, younger s. of Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., and br...
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Watson, Thomas
(1557?-1592) Poet, b. in London, was at Oxf., and studied law. He was a scholar, and made translati...
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Wilson, Thomas
(1525?-1581) Scholar and statesman, b. in Lincolnshire, was at Camb., and held various high positio...
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Woolner, Thomas
(1826-1892) Sculptor and poet, b. at Hadleigh, attained a high reputation as a sculptor. He belonge...
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Wright, Thomas
(1810-1877) Antiquary, b. near Ludlow, of Quaker parentage, was ed. at Camb. His first work was a H...
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Yalden, Thomas
(1670-1736) Poet, s. of an exciseman at Oxf., and ed. at Magdalen Coll., entered the Church, in whi...
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Hardy, Thomas
LL.D. (b. 1840) Novelist. A Short Story (1865), Desperate Remedies (1871), Under the Greenwood Tre...
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Hodgkin, Thomas
D.C.L., etc. (b. 1831) Historian. Italy and her Invaders, 8 vols. (1880-1899), Letters of Cassiodo...
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Okey, Thomas
Writer on topography and art. Venice and its Story, Paris and its Story, Venetian Palaces and Old Ve...
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Seccombe, Thomas
(b. 1866) Miscellaneous writer. Twelve Bad Men (1894), The Age of Johnson (1900), The Age of Shakes...
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Thomas, Annie (Mrs. Pender Cudlip)
Novelist. Sir Victor's Choice, Denis Doune (1862), Comrades True (1900), The Diva (1901), The Cleave...
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Thomas, Edward
Reviewer and miscellaneous writer. Book of the Open Air, Horæ Solitaræ, Oxford, Beautiful Wales, The...
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Beecher, Henry Ward
(1813-1887) Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...
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Ward, Robert Plumer
(1765-1846) Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...
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Ward, William George
(1812-1882) Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...
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Ward, Adolphus William
Litt.D., LL.D. (b. 1837) Historian and critic. The House of Austria in the Thirty Years' War (1869...
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Ward, Mrs. Humphrey (Arnold)
(b. 1851) Novelist. Milly and Olly (1881), Miss Bretherton (1886), Robert Elsmere (1888), The Histo...
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