Caird, Edward

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• Caird

  ·noun A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. ...

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• Caird, John

  (1820-1898) Theologian, b., at Greenock, and ed. at Glasgow, entered the Church of Scotland, of whi...

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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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• 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, Edward

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

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• Brown, Thomas Edward

  (1830-1897) Poet, b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, s. of a clergyman, and ed. there and at Oxf., entered...

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• Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of

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

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• Dyer, Sir Edward

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

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• Freeman, Edward Augustus

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

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• Hook, Theodore Edward

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

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• Lane, Edward William

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

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

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

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• Manning, Henry Edward

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

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• Pinkney, Edward Coate

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

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• Pusey, Edward Bouverie

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

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• Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

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

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• Trelawny, Edward John

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

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• Beesly, Edward Spencer

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

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• Benson, Edward Frederic

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

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• Housman, Alfred Edward

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

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• Lucas, Edward Verall

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

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• Norris, William Edward

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

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• Tylor, Edward Burnett

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

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• King Edward Street

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

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• Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd

  (1812-1878) Historian, ed. at Eton and Camb., and called to the Bar in 1837, he became in 1840 Prof...

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• Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

  (1838-1903) Historian, the s. of a landed gentleman of Carlow, was b. near Dublin, and ed. at Chelt...

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• Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton

  (1831-1891) Poet and statesman, s. of the above, was ed. at Harrow and Bonn, and thereafter was pri...

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• Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of

  (1550-1604) Was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth, who lost his friends by his insolence and pride, and...

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• Bloundelle-Burton, John Edward

  (b. 1850) Novelist. Silent Shore (1886), Desert Ship (1890), Denounced (1896), A Bitter Heritage (1...

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• Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman

  LL.D., D.Litt., etc. (b. 1845) Critic and biographer. Short History of French Literature, etc. (18...

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