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  (1851-1897) Theological and scientific writer, b. at Stirling, and ed. at Edin., he studied for the...

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  (1777-1859) Historian, s. of a Dean of Wells, was b. at Windsor, and ed. at Eton and Oxf. He was ca...

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  (1861-1905) Novelist, b. of American parentage at St. Petersburg, and ed. at Rome. Thereafter he we...

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  (1491-1547) Besides writing songs including The Kings Ballad, was a learned controversialist, and c...

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  (1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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  (1806-1877) Critic and theologian, was a minister of the Congregationalist Church, and ultimately P...

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  (1829-1867) Poet, b. at Charleston, S. Carolina, of German descent, was ruined by the Civil War, an...

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  (1622-1695) Poet, b. in the parish of Llansaintffraed, Brecknock, and as a native of the land of th...

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  (1667-1723) Dramatist and actress, was the dau. of a gentleman of the name of either Rawkins or Fre...

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• Gatty, Mrs. Alfred (Margaret Scott)

  (1809-1873) Dau. of Rev. A.J. Scott, D.D., a navy chaplain, who served under, and was the trusted f...

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• Godwin, Mrs. Mary (Wollstonecraft)

  (1759-1797) Miscellaneous writer, was of Irish extraction. Her f. was a spend-thrift of bad habits,...

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  (1799-1861) Novelist, dau. of a wine merchant at Retford, where she was b. She m. a Captain Gore, w...

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• Grant, Mrs. Anne (M'Vicar)

  (1755-1838) Was b. in Glasgow, and in 1779 m. the Rev. James Grant, minister of Laggan, Inverness-s...

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• Savile, Sir Henry

  (1549-1622) Scholar, ed. at Oxf., where he lectured on mathematics. He was afterwards Warden of Mer...

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  (1818-1885) Humorist, b. in Massachusetts. After working on steam-boats and farming, he became an a...

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  (1825-1903) Poet, b. at Hingham, Mass., worked in a foundry, and afterwards in New York Custom Hous...

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• Taylor, Sir Henry

  (1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

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• Thoreau, Henry David

  (1817-1862) Essayist, poet, and naturalist, was b. at Concord, Massachusetts. His f., of French ext...

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• Tuckerman, Henry Theodore

  (1813-1871) Essayist, etc., b. in Boston, Mass. He was a sympathetic and delicate critic, with a gr...

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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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• White, Henry Kirke

  (1785-1806) Poet, s. of a butcher at Nottingham. At first assisting his f., next a stocking weaver,...

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• Wotton, Sir Henry

  (1568-1639) Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...

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• Beeching, Rev. Henry Charles

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• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

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• Bullen, Arthur Henry

  (b. 1857) Ed. of Old English writers. Ed. Works of John Day, dramatist (1881), Collection of Old En...

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• Dobson, Henry Austin

  LL.D. (b. 1840) Poet and biographer. Poems, Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877...

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• Haggard, Henry Rider

  (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...

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• Hewlett, Maurice Henry

  (b. 1861) Poet and novelist. Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Masque of Dead Florentines (1895)...

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• Jones, Henry Arthur

  (b. 1851) Dramatist. A Clerical Error (1879), The Silver King (1882), Saints and Sinners (1884), Th...

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• Sayce, Archibald Henry

  D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846) Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philolo...

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• King Henry Yard

  West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). Former name : "King H...

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• Alexander, Mrs. Cecil F. (Humphreys)

  (1818-1895) dau. of Maj. H., b. in Co. Waterford, m. the Rev. W. Alexander, afterwards Bishop of De...

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• Child, Mrs. Lydia Maria (Francis)

  (1802-1880) Was the author of many once popular tales, Hobomok, The Rebels, Philothes, etc. ...

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• Ewing, Mrs. Juliana Horatia (Gatty)

  (1842-1885) Writer of children's stories, dau. of Mrs. Alfred Gatty (q.v.), also a writer for child...

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• Hall, Mrs. Anna Maria (Fielding)

  (1800-1881) Novelist, was b. in Dublin, but left Ireland at the age of 15. Nevertheless, that count...

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• Jameson, Mrs. Anna Brownell (Murphy)

  (1794-1860) Writer on art, dau. of Denis B.M., a distinguished miniature painter, m. Robert Jameson...

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• Linton, Mrs. Eliza Lynn

  (1822-1898) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, dau. of a clergyman, settled in London in 1845, and ...

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• Shelley, Mrs. Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin)

  (1797-1851) Novelist, b. in London, the only child of William Godwin (q.v.) and Mary Wollstonecraft...

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• Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Martha (Butt)

  (1775-1851) Writer of children's books, m. in 1803 Captain H. Sherwood, and went to India, where sh...

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• Southey, Mrs. Caroline Anne (Bowles)

  (1786-1854) Poetess, dau. of a captain in the navy, submitted a poem, Ellen Fitzarthur to Southey (...

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• Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher

  (1811?-1896) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, dau. of Dr. Lyman Beecher, a well-known American cl...

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• Burnett, Mrs. Frances Hodgson

  (b. 1849) Novelist and dramatist. That Lass o' Lowrie's (1877), Haworths (1879), A Fair Barbarian (...

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• Molesworth, Mrs. Mary Louisa (Stewart)

  (b. 1839) Novelist and writer for children. Carrots, Cuckoo Clock, Herr Baby, The Boys, etc.; novel...

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• Praed, Mrs. Rosa Caroline Mackworth ("Mrs. Campbell Praed")

  (b. 1851) Australian novelist. Policy and Passion (1881), Nadine (1882), The Head Station (1885), M...

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• Ritchie, Mrs. Anne Isabella (Thackeray)

  (b. 1837) Novelist, etc. The Story of Elizabeth (1863), The Village on the Cliff (1865), To Esther ...

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• Steel, Mrs. Flora Annie (Webster)

  (b. 1847) Novelist. Wide-awake Stories (1884), From the Five Rivers (1893), The Potter's Thumb (189...

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• Walford, Mrs. Lucy Bethia

  (b. 1845) Novelist. Mr. Smith (1874), Pauline (1877), Troublesome Daughters (1880), The Baby's Gran...

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• Brougham and Vaux, Henry, 1st Lord

  (1778-1868) S. of Henry B. of Brougham Hall, Westmoreland, b. in Edin., and ed. at the High School ...

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• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

  (1815-1882) Miscellaneous writer, s. of the above, ed. at Harvard, but on his eyesight giving way s...

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• Hunt, James Henry Leigh

  (1784-1859) Essayist and poet, was b. at Southgate, and ed. at Christ's Hospital. A selection of hi...

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• Kingston, William Henry Giles

  (1814-1880) Writer of tales for boys, b. in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where hi...

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• Layard, Sir Austin Henry

  (1817-1894) Explorer of Nineveh, b. at Paris, s. of a Ceylon civilian. After spending some years in...

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• Myers, Frederic William Henry

  (1843-1901) Poet and essayist, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Keswick, and ed. at Cheltenham and Camb...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rawlinson, Sir Henry Cresswicke

  (1810-1895) Brother of the above, entered the service of the East India Company, and held many impo...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sala, George Augustus Henry

  (1828-1895) Journalist and novelist, b. in London of Italian ancestry, began life as an illustrator...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stanley, Sir Henry Morton

  (1841-1904) Traveller in Africa, b. in America, went to find, and found, Livingstone, and wrote an ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Smeaton, Wm. Henry Oliphant

  M.A. (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. By Adverse Winds (1895), Our Laddie (1897), Treasure Cave of the Blu...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott

  (b. 1863) Novelist, etc. Lady Faintheart (1890), The Web of the Spider (1891), Diogenes of London (...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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

• Sir Henry Tulce's House

  At the north end of Warnford Court, south of Drapers Gardens (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Craigie, Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa (Richards)

  (1867-1906) Dau. of John Morgan, R. b. in Boston, Massachusetts. Most of her education was received...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner

  (1822-1888) Jurist, ed. at Christ's Hospital and at Camb., where he became Regius Prof. of Civil La...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry

  LL.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1837) Philologist. Ed. of New English Dictionary, Dialect of the Southern ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ward of Henry de Coventre

  Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ward of Henry de Frowyk

  Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ward of Henry le Bole

  Mentioned in a list of representatives of the Wards, 23 Ed. I. 1295 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.235). Sharpe ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ward of Henry le Waleys

  Identified with Cornwainer Street Ward (q.v.). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Manley, Mrs. Mary de la Riviere

  (1663 or 1672-1724) Novelist, dramatist, and political writer, dau. of Sir Roger Manley, was decoye...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dalling and Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer, 1st Lord

  (1801-1872) Elder brother of Lord Lytton (q.v.), and a distinguished diplomatist. He represented En...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin