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Stuart, Gilbert
(1742-1786) Historical writer, s. of George S., Prof. of Humanity (Latin) at Edin. Among his public...
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Churchill, Charles
(1731-1764) Satirist, s. of a clergyman, was ed. at Westminster School, and while still a schoolboy...
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Cotton, Charles
(1630-1687) Poet and translator, succeeded to an embarrassed estate, which his happy-go-lucky metho...
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Darwin, Charles Robert
(1809-1882) Naturalist, s. of a physician, and grandson of Dr. Erasmus D. (q.v.), and of Josiah Wed...
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Dibdin, Charles
(1745-1814) Dramatist and song writer, b. at Southampton, began his literary career at 16 with a dr...
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Dickens, Charles
(1812-1870) Novelist, b. at Landport, near Portsmouth, where his f. was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Off...
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Gildon, Charles
(1665-1724) Critic and dramatist, belonged to a Roman Catholic family, and was an unsuccessful play...
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Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke
(1794-1865) Political annalist, ed. at Eton and Oxf., was a page to George III., sec. to Earl Bathu...
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Johnstone, Charles
(1719?-1800) Novelist. Prevented by deafness from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, wh...
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Kingsley, Charles
(1819-1875) Novelist and historian, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Holne Vicarage near Dartmoor, but ...
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Knight, Charles
(1791-1873) Publisher and writer, b. at Windsor, where his f.. was a bookseller. After serving his ...
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Lamb, Charles
(1775-1834) Essayist and poet, was b. in London, his f. being confidential clerk to Samuel Salt, on...
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MacKay, Charles
(1814-1889) Poet and journalist, s. of a naval officer, was b. at Perth, and ed. at the Royal Caled...
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Macklin, Charles
(1697?-1797) Actor and dramatist, b. in the north of Ireland, was one of the most distinguished act...
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Merivale, Charles
(1808-1893) Historian, s. of John Herman M., a translator and minor poet, b. in London, ed. at Harr...
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Neaves, Charles, Lord
(1800-1876) Miscellaneous author, b. and ed. in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, and became a judg...
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Reade, Charles
(1814-1884) Novelist, s. of a country gentleman of Oxfordshire, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar ...
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Sprague, Charles
(1791-1875) Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., had some reputation as a writer of prize poems, odes, and do...
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Waterton, Charles
(1782-1865) Naturalist, belonged to an old Roman Catholic family in Yorkshire, and was ed. at Stony...
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Wesley, Charles
(1707-1788) Hymn-writer, younger brother of John W. (q.v.), was b. at Epworth, and ed. at Westminst...
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Whitehead, Charles
(1804-1862) Poet, novelist, and dramatist; is specially remembered for three works, all of which me...
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Wolfe, Charles
(1791-1823) Poet, s. of a landed gentleman in Kildare, was b. in Dublin, where he completed his ed....
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Whibley, Charles
Critic and reviewer. A Book of Scoundrels, Studies in Frankness, The Pageantry of Life, Thackeray (1...
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Blackie, John Stuart
(1809-1895) Scholar and man of letters, b. in Glasgow, and ed. at the Universities of Aberdeen and ...
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Costello, Louisa Stuart
(1799-1877) Poet and novelist, b. in Ireland, lived chiefly in Paris, where she was a miniature-pai...
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Mill, John Stuart
(1806-1873) Philosopher, s. of the above, b. in London, was ed. by his f. with the view of making h...
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Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart (Mrs. H.D. Ward)
(b. 1844) American novelist. The Gates Ajar (1869), Hedged In (1870), Story of Avis (1877), An Old ...
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Allen, Charles Grant
(1848-1899) Scientific writer and novelist, b. in Canada, to which his f., a clergyman, had emigrat...
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Brown, Charles Brockden
(1771-1810) Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...
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Browne, Charles Farrar
(1834-1867) Humorist (Artemus Ward), b. in Maine, U.S., worked as a compositor and reporter, and be...
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Clarke, Charles Cowden
(1787-1877) Writer on Shakespeare, was a publisher in London. He lectured on Shakespeare and on Eur...
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Colton, Charles Caleb
(1780-1832) Miscellaneous writer, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders and held various livings. He w...
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Dilke, Charles Wentworth
(1789-1864) Critic and writer on literature, served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office, on retir...
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Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll")
(1832-1898) Mathematician and writer of books for children, s. of a clergyman at Daresbury, Cheshir...
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Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of
(1638-1706) Poet, was one of the dissolute and witty courtiers of Charles II., and a friend of Sir ...
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Fox, Charles James
(1749-1806) Statesman and historian, s. of Henry F., 1st Lord Holland, was one of the greatest orat...
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Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of
(1661-1715) A famous wit, statesman, and patron of literature, was ed. at Westminster School and Tr...
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Hare, Julius Charles
(1795-1855) Essayist, etc., younger brother of the above, was b. at Vicenza. When two years old his...
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Hoffman, Charles Fenno
(1806-1884) Poet, etc., b. in New York, s. of a lawyer, was bred to the same profession, but early ...
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Jones, Ernest Charles
(1819-1869) Poet, novelist, and Chartist, s. of Major J., equerry to the Duke of Cumberland, afterw...
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Leland, Charles Godfrey
(1824-1903) American humorist, b. at Philadelphia, was ed. at Princeton, and in Europe. In his trav...
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Lever, Charles James
(1806-1872) Novelist, b. at Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there. He studied medicine at Göttinge...
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Lyell, Sir Charles
(1797-1875) Geologist and writer, s. of Charles L., of Kinnordy, Forfarshire (a distinguished botan...
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Maturin, Charles Robert
(1782-1824) Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...
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Norton, Charles Eliot, Ll.D., D.C.L., etc.
(1827-1909) American biographer and critic. Church Building in the Middle Ages (1876), translation ...
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Pearson, Charles Henry
(1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...
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Sands, Robert Charles
(1799-1832) Miscellaneous writer, b. at New York, was a scholarly and versatile writer, but without...
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Sedley, Sir Charles
(1639?-1701) Poet, s. and heir of a Kentish baronet, was at Oxf. and, coming to the Court of Charle...
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Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
(1834-1892) B. at Kelvedon, Essex, left the Independents and joined the Baptist communion and becam...
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles
(1837-1909) Poet, s. of Admiral S. and of Lady Jane Ashburnham, dau. of the 3rd Earl of A., b. in L...
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Tennyson Turner, Charles
(1808-1879) Poet, elder brother of Alfred T. (q.v.), ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and became V...
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Wells, Charles Jeremiah
(1800?-1879) Poet, b. in London, where he practised as a solicitor, pub. in 1822 Stories after Natu...
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Beazley, Charles Raymond
F.R.G.S. (b. 1868) Historical geographer, James of Aragon (1870), Henry the Navigator (1895), Dawn...
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Doughty, Charles Montague
Traveller and poet. Wanderings in Arabia (1908) (new ed. abridged from Arabia Deserta), The Dawn in ...
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Herford, Charles Harold
Litt.D. (b. 1853) Scholar and critical writer. Studies in the Literary Relations of England and Ge...
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Brooks, Charles William Shirley
(1816-1874) Journalist and novelist, b. in London, began life in a solicitor's office. He early, ho...
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Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan
(1816-1903) Poet, b. in Monaghan, early took to journalism, and became one of the founders of the N...
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Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
(1708-1759) Diplomatist and satirist, s. of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of W...
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Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth
Bart., P.C., LL.D., etc. (b. 1843) Political writer. Greater Britain (1868), The Fall of Prince Fl...
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Oman, Charles William Chadwick
(b. 1860) Historian. A History of Greece (1888), Warwick the Kingmaker (1891), Short History of the...
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Roberts, Charles George Douglas
(b. 1860) Canadian poet and naturalist. In verse, Orion (1880), In Divers Tones (1887), Songs of th...
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