Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens

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• Fisher

  ·noun One who fishes. II. Fisher ·noun A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensi...

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• Fisher

  Besides its literal sense (Luke 5:2), this word is also applied by our Lord to his disciples in a fi...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Fisher, John

  (c. 1469-1535) Controversialist and scholar, b. at Beverley, and ed. at Camb., entered the Church, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• black-fisher

  A water-poacher: one who kills salmon in close-time. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• fisher-boys

  The apprentices in fishing vessels. ...

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• fisher-fish

  A species of Remora, said to be trained by the Chinese to catch turtle. When a turtle is perceived b...

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• king-fisher

  The Alcedo ispida; a small bird of brilliant plumage frequenting rivers and brooks, and feeding upon...

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• lax-fisher

  A taker of salmon in their passage from the sea. ...

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• sea-fisher

  An officer in the household of Edward III. ...

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• Herbert, George

  (1593-1633) Poet, brother of above, was ed. at Westminster School and Trinity Coll., Camb., where h...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Knowles, Herbert

  (1798-1817) Poet, author of the well-known Stanzas written in Richmond Churchyard, which gave promi...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Marsh, Herbert

  (1757-1839) Theologian and controversialist, s. of a clergyman, ed. at Canterbury, Cambridge, and L...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Spencer, Herbert

  (1820-1903) Philosopher, b. at Derby, the s. of a teacher, from whom, and from his uncle, mentioned...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Trench, Herbert

  (b. 1865) Poet, etc. Deirdre Wedded (1901), Apollo and the Seaman, The Questioners (1907), etc. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Herbert, of Cherbury, Edward, 1st lord

  (1583-1648) Philosopher and historian, was the eldest s. of Richard H., of Montgomery Castle, and w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Herbert, Sir Thomas

  (1606-1682) Traveller and historian, belonged to an old Yorkshire family, studied at Oxf. and Camb....

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Bradley, Francis Herbert

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Paul, Herbert Woodfield

  (b. 1853) Historian and biographer. Men and Letters (1901), History of Modern England, Stray Leaves...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wells, Herbert George

  B.Sc., etc. (b. 1866) Novelist. Select Conversations with an Uncle (1895), The Time Machine (1895)...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• cherry, herbert river

  n. a Queensland tree, Antidesma dallachyanum, Baill., N.O. Euphorbiaceae.The fruit is equal to a la...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace

  F.R.S., LL.D., etc. (b. 1845) Novelist, essayist, etc. Novels, Sir Lucian Elphin (1889), The Lette...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin