Brown, Thomas Edward

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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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• Thomas, Edward

  Reviewer and miscellaneous writer. Book of the Open Air, Horæ Solitaræ, Oxford, Beautiful Wales, The...

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• Brown

  ·vi To become brown. II. Brown ·vt To make brown or dusky. III. Brown ·vt To make brown by scorchi...

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• Thomas

  a twin ...

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• Thomas

  (a twin), one of the apostles. According to Eusebius, his real name was Judas. This may have been a ...

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• Brown bill

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• Brown race

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• Brown thrush

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• Cassel brown

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• Hair-brown

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• Nut-brown

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• Seal-brown

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• Whity-brown

  ·adj Of a color between white and brown. ...

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• Brown, Tom

  (1663-1704) Satirist, was ed. at Oxf., and there composed the famous epigram on Dr. Fell. He was fo...

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• brown bess

  A soldier's firelock. To hug brown Bess; to carry a firelock, or serve as a private soldier. ...

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• brown george

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• brown madam, or miss brown

  The monosyllable. ...

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• brown study

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• brown snake

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• brown study

  Deep thought; absence of mind. "He is in a brown study," i. e. in deep thought, or intent upon his b...

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• brown thrasher

  (Ferruginous thrush. Audubon Ornith.) The popular name of the brown thrush. It is also called the gr...

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• done brown

  Thoroughly, effectually cheated, bamboozled. Of recent origin. ...

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• brown bread

  For RAVEL-BREAD, see Cowel's Interpreter in voce PANIS. ...

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• brown bess

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• brown bill

  The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket. ...

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• brown george

  A hard and coarse biscuit. ...

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• brown janet

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• Bradley, Edward

  (1827-1889) Novelist, was a clergyman. He wrote under the name of "Cuthbert Bede" a few novels and ...

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• Caird, Edward

  (1835-1908) Philosopher, younger brother of John C. (q.v.), was b. at Greenock, and ed. at Glasgow ...

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• Cave, Edward

  (1691-1754) Publisher, b. near Rugby, started in 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, for which Dr. Johns...

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• Eggleston, Edward

  (1837-1902) Novelist, b. at Vevay, Indiana, was a Methodist minister. He wrote a number of tales, s...

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• Fairfax, Edward

  (1580?-1635) Translator, natural s. of Sir Thomas F., lived at Fuystone, near Knaresborough, in pea...

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• Fitzgerald, Edward

  (1809-1883) Translator and letter-writer, was b. near Woodbridge, Suffolk, s. of John Purcell, who ...

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• Gibbon, Edward

  (1737-1794) Historian, was b. at Putney of an ancient Kentish family. His f. was Edward G., and his...

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• Hall, or Halle, Edward

  (1499?-1547) Chronicler, b. in London, studied successively at Camb. and Oxf. He was a lawyer, and ...

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• Howard, Edward

  (d. 1841) Novelist, a sea-comrade of Captain Marryat, and as sub ed. assisted him in conducting the...

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• Irving, Edward

  (1792-1834) Theologian and orator, b. at Annan, Dumfriesshire, and ed. at Edin. Univ., for some yea...

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• Lear, Edward

  (1812-1888) Artist and miscellaneous author, b. in London, and settled in Rome as a landscape paint...

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• Moore, Edward

  (1712-1757) Fabulist and dramatist, s. of a dissenting minister, was b. at Abingdon. After being in...

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• Saxby, Edward

  (d. 1658) B. in Suffolk, and was in Cromwell's Horse. His extreme republican views, however, led hi...

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• Stillingfleet, Edward

  (1635-1699) Theologian, b. at Cranbourne, Dorsetshire, ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and held m...

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• Young, Edward

  (1683-1765) Poet, s. of the Rector of Upham, Hampshire, where he was b. After being at Winchester S...

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• Arber, Edward

  D.Litt Literary antiquary. Has issued many reprints of rare books. English Reprints, English Schola...

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• Berdoe, Edward

  (b. 1836) Writer on Browning, etc. Browning's Message to his Time (1890), Browning Cyclopædia (1891...

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• Clodd, Edward

  (b. 1840) Scientific writer, etc. The Childhood of the World (1872), The Childhood of Religions (18...

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• Dowden, Edward

  LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1843) Literary critic, etc. Shakespeare, his Mind and Art (1875), Shakespeare Pr...

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• Garnett, Edward

  (b. 1868) Dramatic critic, etc. An Imaged World (1894), The Breaking Point (a censored play, 1907)....

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• Hutton, Edward

  (b. 1875) Writer on Italian Art, etc. Italy and the Italians (1902), The Cities of Umbria (1905), T...

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• Thomas phosphate

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Thomas slag. ...

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• Thomas process

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Basic process, above. ...

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• Thomas slag

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Basic slag, above. ...

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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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• 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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• (St.) Thomas' Alley

  In Birchen Lane in parish of St. Michael in Cornhill, 1637 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben Bequest, 1600-1700,...

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• (St.) Thomas Apostle

  At the north-east corner of Great St. Thomas Apostle, on the west side of Queen Street. In Vintry Wa...

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• (St.) Thomas Walbrook

  Parish of St. Thomas Walbrook, in Cordwainers Ward, 1568 (L. and P. Ed. VI. D.S. VII. 67). Qy. = St...

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• Thomas Alley

  See Throms Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Brown, Charles Brockden

  (1771-1810) Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Brown, George Douglas

  (1869-1902) Novelist, wrote The House with the Green Shutters, which gives a strongly outlined pict...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Brown, Dr. John

  (1810-1882) Physician and essayist, s. of John B., D.D., a distinguished dissenting minister in Edi...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Brown, Peter Hume

  LL.D. (b. 1850) Historian. George Buchanan, Humanist and Reformer (1890), Early Travellers in Scot...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• brown tree-lizard

  n. of New Zealand, Naultinus pacificus. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• whity-brown bread

  See ravel-bread before. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• whity-brown paper

  See ravel-bread before. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• brown-paper warrant

  See warrant. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of

  (1608-1674) Lawyer, statesman, and historian, s. of a country gentleman of good estate in Wiltshire...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dyer, Sir Edward

  (1545?-1607) Poet, b. at Sharpham Park, Somerset, and ed. at Oxf., was introduced to the Court by t...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Freeman, Edward Augustus

  (1823-1892) Historian, s. of John F., was b. at Harborne, Staffordshire. He lost both his parents i...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hook, Theodore Edward

  (1788-1841) Dramatist and novelist, s. of James H., music-hall composer, was b. in London, and ed. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lane, Edward William

  (1801-1876) Arabic scholar, s. of a prebendary of Hereford, where he was b., began life as an engra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer, 1st Lord

  (1803-1873) Novelist and statesman, third son of General Earle Bulwer of Heydon and Dalling, Norfol...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Manning, Henry Edward

  (1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pinkney, Edward Coate

  (1802-1828) B. in London, where his f. was U.S. ambassador. He wrote a number of light, graceful sh...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pusey, Edward Bouverie

  (1800-1882) Scholar and theologian, b. at Pusey, Berks, ed. at Eton and Oxf., belonged to the famil...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

  (1793-1872) A clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Dean of Edinburgh in that communion f...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Trelawny, Edward John

  (1792-1881) Biographer, entered the navy, from which, however, he deserted, after which he wandered...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Beesly, Edward Spencer

  (b. 1831) Writer on history and philosophy. Catiline, Clodius, and Tiberius (1878), Queen Elizabeth...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Benson, Edward Frederic

  (b. 1867) Novelist. Dodo (1893), Rubicon (1894), Judgment Books (1895), The Babe B.A. (1897), Vinta...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Housman, Alfred Edward

  (b. 1859) Scholar, etc. A Shropshire Lad (1896), ed. Juvenal and other classics. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lucas, Edward Verall

  (b. 1868) Novelist. Ed. of Lamb, etc. The Open Road (1899), Old-fashioned Tales (1905), The Friendl...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Norris, William Edward

  (b. 1846) Novelist. Heaps of Money (1877), Mademoiselle de Mersac, My Friend Jim, The Dancer in Yel...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Tylor, Edward Burnett

  LL.D., F.R.S. (b. 1832) Anthropologist. Anahuac, Mexico, and the Mexicans (1859), Researches into ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• King Edward Street

  1) South out of Tudor Street to William Street in the precincts of Bridewell (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

  (1836-1906) Poet and novelist, b. at Portsmouth, N.H., was for some time in a bank, and then engage...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Herbert, Sir Thomas

  (1606-1682) Traveller and historian, belonged to an old Yorkshire family, studied at Oxf. and Camb....

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hoby, Sir Thomas

  (1530-1566) Translator, b. at Leominster, and ed. at Camb., translated Bucer's Gratulation to the C...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hogg, Thomas Jefferson

  (1792-1862) Biographer, s. of John H., a country gentleman of Durham, ed. at Durham Grammar School,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Horne, Thomas Hartwell

  (1780-1862) Theologian, ed. at Christ's Hospital, was for a time in the law, but became a great bib...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Huxley, Thomas Henry

  (1825-1895) Scientific writer, s. of an assistant master in a public school, was b. at Ealing. From...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lister, Thomas Henry

  (1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord

  (1800-1859) Historian, essayist, and statesman, s. of Zachary M., a wealthy merchant, and one of th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Malory, Sir Thomas

  (fl. 1470) Translator of Morte d'Arthur. Very little is known of him. An endeavour has been made to...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Malthus, Thomas Robert

  (1766-1834) Economist, s. of a landed proprietor, was b. near Dorking, and ed.. at Jesus Coll., Cam...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mathias, Thomas James

  (1754?-1835) Satirist, ed. at Camb., and held some minor appointments in the Royal household. He wa...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• More, Sir Thomas

  (1478-1535) Historical and political writer, s. of Sir John M., a Justice of the King's Bench, was ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• North, Sir Thomas

  (1535?-1601?) Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Overbury, Sir Thomas

  (1581-1613) Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., became the friend of Carr, afterwards Earl ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Peacock, Thomas Love

  (1785-1866) Novelist, b. at Weymouth, the only child of a London merchant, was in boyhood at variou...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Read, Thomas Buchanan

  (1822-1872) American poet, was a portrait-painter, and lived much abroad. He wrote a prose romance,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rhymer, Thomas The

  see Ercildoun, Thomas of. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Robertson, Thomas William

  (1829-1871) Dramatist, belonged to a family famous for producing actors. Never a successful actor h...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wharton, Thomas Wharton, 1st Marquis of

  (1648-1715) Statesman and writer of "Lillibullero," s. of the 4th Baron W., was one of the most pro...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wyatt, Sir Thomas

  (1503-1542) Poet, s. of Sir Henry W., a servant of Henry VII., and ed. at St. John's Coll., Camb., ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

  (b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Browne, Thomas Alexander

  (b. 1826) Australian novelist. Robbery under Arms (1888), The Miner's Right (1890), A Sydney-side S...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Bullen, Frank Thomas

  (b. 1857) Writer of nautical romances. The Cruise of the Cachalot, Idylls of the Sea, With Christ a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Guthrie, Thomas Anstey ("F. Anstey")

  (b. 1856) Novelist. Vice-Versa (1882), The Giant's Robe (1883), The Black Poodle (1884), The Tinted...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

  (b. 1823) American essayist, etc. Outdoor Papers, Malbone (a romance), Army Life in a Black Regimen...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin