Douce, Francis

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• Douce

  ·adj Sweet; pleasant. II. Douce ·adj Sober; prudent; sedate; modest. ...

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• Adams, Francis, W.L.

  (1862-1893) Novelist, was b. at Malta, and ed. at schools at Shrewsbury and in Paris. In 1882 he we...

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• Atterbury, Francis

  (1662-1732) Controversialist and preacher, was b. near Newport Pagnel, Bucks, and ed. at Westminste...

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• Bacon, Francis, Lord Verulam, and Viscount St. Alban's

  (1561-1626) Philosopher and statesman, was the youngest s. of Sir Nicholas B., Lord Keeper, by his ...

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• Beaumont, Francis

  (1584-1616), and Fletcher, John (1579-1625) Poets and dramatists. As they are indissolubly associat...

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• Fawkes, Francis

  (1721-1777) Poet and translator, b. near Doncaster, and ed. at Camb., after which he took orders. H...

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• Grose, Francis

  (1731-1791) Antiquary and lexicographer, of Swiss extraction, was Richmond Herald 1755-63. He pub. ...

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• Hutcheson, Francis

  (1694-1746) Philosopher, b. in Ireland, and ed. for the Presbyterian ministry at Glasgow Univ. Afte...

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• Jeffrey, Francis

  (1773-1850) Critic and political writer, s. of a legal official, b. in Edinburgh, ed. at the High S...

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• Meres, Francis

  (1565-1647) Miscellaneous author, was of a Lincolnshire family, studied at Camb. and Oxf., and beca...

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• Parkman, Francis

  (1823-1893) Historian, s. of a Unitarian minister in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated at Harvard, a...

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• Quarles, Francis

  (1592-1644) Poet, b. at the manor-house of Stewards near Romford, was at Camb., and studied law at ...

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• Rous, Francis

  (1579-1659) Versifier of the Psalms, a Cornishman, and a prominent Puritan, took a leading part in ...

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• Sempill, Francis

  See Sempill, Robert ...

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• Prevost, Francis

  see Battersby, Harry Francis. ...

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• Buckland, Francis Trevelyan

  (1826-80) Naturalist, b. and ed. at Oxf., where his f. was Dean of Christchurch. He studied medicin...

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• Campbell, John Francis

  (1822-1885) Celtic scholar, ed. at Eton and Edin., was afterwards Sec. to the Lighthouse Commission...

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• Cary, Henry Francis

  (1772-1844) Translator, was b. at Gibraltar, and ed. at Oxf., where he was distinguished for his cl...

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• Child, Francis J.

  (1825-1896) English scholar, b. at Boston, Mass., was a prof. at Harvard, one of the foremost stude...

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• Crawford, Francis Marion

  (1854-1909) Novelist and historian, s. of Thomas C., an American sculptor, b. at Bagni di Lucca, It...

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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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• Groome, Francis Hindes

  (1851-1902) Miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman, wrote for various encyclopædias, etc. He was a...

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• Harte, Francis Bret

  (1839-1902) American humorist, b. in Albany, N.Y., but when still a boy went to California. He had ...

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• Lyte, Henry Francis

  (1793-1847) Hymn-writer, b. at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and ed. at Tr...

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• Mahony, Francis Sylvester (Father Prout)

  (1804-1866) Humorist, b. at Cork, and ed. at the Jesuit Coll. at Clongoweswood, Co. Kildare, at Ami...

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• Newman, Francis William

  (1805-1897) Scholar and theological writer, brother of Cardinal N., b. in London, and ed. at Oxf. A...

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• Palgrave, Sir Francis

  (1788-1861) Historian, s. of Meyer Cohen, a Jewish stockbroker, but at his marriage in 1823, having...

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• Palgrave, Francis Turner

  (1824-1897) Poet and critic, s. of the above, ed. at Oxf., was for many years connected with the Ed...

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• Stockton, Francis Richard

  (1834-1902) B. at Philadelphia, was an engraver and journalist. He became well known as a writer of...

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• Underwood, Francis Henry

  (1825-1894) Critic and biographer, b. in Massachusetts, was American Consul at Glasgow and Leith. H...

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• Waller, John Francis

  (1810-1894) Poet, b. at Limerick, and ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, became a contributor to and ult...

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• Battersby, Harry Francis Prevost ("Francis Prevost")

  Poet, novelist, and war correspondent. Poems, Melilot (1886), Fires of Greenwood (1887). Novels, Rus...

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• Bradley, Francis Herbert

  (b. 1846) Philosopher. The Presuppositions of Critical History (1874), Ethical Studies (1876), The ...

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• Galton, Sir Francis

  F.R.S., D.C.L. b. (1822) Traveller and anthropologist. Tropical South Africa (1853), Hereditary Ge...

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• Burton, Sir Richard Francis

  (1821-1890) Explorer and scholar, s. of an officer in the army, was b. at Barham House, Herts, and ...

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• Doyle, Sir Francis Hastings

  (1810-1888) Poet, belonged to a military family which produced several distinguished officers, incl...

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• Head, Sir Francis Bond

  (1793-1875) Traveller, essayist, and biographer, served in the Engineers, went to South America as ...

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• Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley

  (b. 1836) Humorist and dramatist, ed. of Punch (1880-1906), to which he contributed Mokeanna, Strap...

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• Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick

  (1785-1860) was one of the sons of Col. the Hon. George N. and Lady Sarah Lennox, dau. of the 2nd D...

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