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Freneau, Philip
(1752-1832) Poet, b. in New York, produced two vols. of verse (1786-8), the most considerable contr...
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Massinger, Philip
(1583-1640) Dramatist, was probably b. at Salisbury. His f. appears to have been a retainer of the ...
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Blackmore, Richard Doddridge
(1825-1900) Novelist and poet, b. at Longworth, Berks, ed. at Tiverton School and Oxf., practised f...
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Bailey, Philip James
(1816-1902) Poet, s. of a journalist, b. at Nottingham, and ed. there and at Glasgow, of which he w...
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Francis, Sir Philip
(1740-1818) Reputed author of The Letters of Junius, s. of the Rev. Philip F., a scholar of some no...
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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
(1834-1894) Artist and writer on æsthetics, s. of a solicitor, was b. near Oldham. Originally inten...
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Marston, Philip Bourke
(1850-1887) Poet, was b. in London, and lost his sight at the age of 3. His poems, Song-tide, All i...
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Sidney, Sir Philip
(1554-1586) Poet and romancist, s. of Sir Henry S., Deputy of Ireland, and Pres. of Wales, b. at th...
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Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope
(1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...
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Taylor, Philip Meadows
(1808-1876) Novelist, b. at Liverpool, s. of a merchant there. When still a boy went out to a merca...
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
(1694-1773) Statesman and letter-writer, was the eldest s. of the 3rd Earl. After being at Trinity ...
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Wicksteed, Rev. Philip Henry
(b. 1844) Writer on Dante, political economy, etc. Translation of the Bible for Young People (1882)...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin