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Ballantine, James
(1808-1877) Artist and author, b. in Edinburgh, began life as a house painter. He studied art, and ...
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Beattie, James
(1735-1803) Poet and philosophical writer, s. of a shopkeeper and small farmer at Laurencekirk, Kin...
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Beresford, James
(1764-1840) Miscellaneous writer and clergyman. He made translations and wrote religious books, but...
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Boswell, James
(1740-1795) Biographer, s. of Alexander B. of Auchinleck, Ayrshire, one of the judges of the Suprem...
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Bramston, James
(c. 1694-1744) Satirist, ed. at Westminster School and Oxf., took orders and was latterly Vicar of ...
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Bruce, James
(1730-1794) Traveller, was b. at the family seat of Kinnaird, Perthshire, and ed. at Harrow. After ...
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Fergusson, James
(1808-1886) Writer on architecture, b. at Ayr, was engaged in commercial pursuits in India, where h...
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Grahame, James
(1765-1811) Poet, s. of a lawyer, was b. and ed. in Glasgow. After spending some time in a law offi...
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Grainger, James
(1721-1766) Poet, of a Cumberland family, studied medicine at Edin., was an army surgeon, and on th...
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Granger, James
(1723-1776) Biographer, was at Oxf. and, entering the Church, became Vicar of Shiplake, Oxon. He pu...
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Grant, James
(1822-1887) Novelist, was the s. of an officer in the army, in which he himself served for a short ...
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Hannay, James
(1827-1873) Novelist and journalist, was b. at Dumfries, and after serving for some years in the na...
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Harrington, James
(1611-1677) Political theorist, s. of Sir Sapcotes H., was b. at Upton, Northamptonshire, and ed. a...
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Harris, James
(1709-1780) Grammarian, was a wealthy country gentleman and member of Parliament, who held office i...
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Hervey, James
(1714-1758) Religious writer, Rector of Weston Favell, Northants, was the author of Meditations amo...
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Hinton, James
(1822-1875) Writer on sociology and psychology, s. of a Baptist minister, became a successful auris...
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Hogg, James (The Ettrick Shepherd)
(1770-1835) Poet, and writer of tales, belonged to a race of shepherds, and began life by herding c...
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Howell, James
(1594?-1666) Miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman at Abernant, Caermarthenshire, was at Oxf. and...
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James I., King of Scotland
(1394-1437) Poet, the third s. of Robert III., was b. at Dunfermline. In 1406 he was sent for safet...
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M'Cosh, James
(1811-1894) Philosophical writer, s. of an Ayrshire farmer, was a minister first of the Church of S...
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MacPherson, James
(1736?-1796) Alleged translator of the Ossianic poems, s. of a small farmer at Ruthven, Inverness-s...
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Martineau, James
(1805-1900) Unitarian theologian, younger brother of the above, was b. at Norwich. Possessed of con...
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Melville, James
(1556-1614) Scottish divine and reformer, s. of the laird of Baldovie, in Forfarshire, and nephew o...
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Mill, James
(1773-1836) Philosopher and historian, s. of a shoemaker, was b. at Montrose, and showing signs of ...
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Montgomery, James
(1771-1854) Poet, s. of a pastor and missionary of the Moravian Brethren, was b. at Irvine, Ayrshir...
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Nayler, James
(1617?-1660) Quaker theologian, s. of a Yorkshire yeoman, who, after serving in the Parliamentary a...
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Payn, James
(1830-1898) Novelist, s. of an official in the Thames Commission, ed. at Eton, Woolwich, and Camb. ...
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Rice, James
(1844-1882) Novelist, was ed. at Camb., and studied law, from which he drifted into literature. He ...
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Shirley, James
(1596-1666) Dramatist, b. in London, ed. at Merchant Taylor's School, London, and at Oxf. and Camb....
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Spedding, James
(1808-1881) Editor of Bacon's works, s. of a Cumberland squire, and ed. at Bury St. Edmunds and Cam...
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Thomson, James
1) (1700-1748) Poet, s. of the minister of Ednam, Roxburghshire, spent most of his youth, however, ...
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Ussher, James
(1581-1656) Divine and scholar, b. in Dublin, the s. of a lawyer there, and ed. at Trinity Coll., t...
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Wills, James
(1790-1868) Poet and miscellaneous writer, younger s. of a Roscommon squire, was ed. at Trinity Col...
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Douglas, James
(b. 1869) The Man in the Pulpit (1905), The Unpardonable Sin (1907), Theodore Watts-Dunton. ...
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James, Henry
(b. 1843) American novelist and critic. A Passionate Pilgrim (1875), The American (1877), The Europ...
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James, William
LL.D., etc. (b. 1842) Psychologist. Principles of Psychology (1890), Human Immortality (1897), The...
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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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Buckingham, James Silk
(1786-1855) Journalist and traveller, wrote many books of travel, both on the Old and New World. He...
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Byron, Henry James
(1834-1884) Dramatist, b. at Manchester, entered the Middle Temple, but soon took to writing for th...
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Cooper, James Fenimore
(1789-1851) Novelist, b. at Burlington, New Jersey, and ed. at Yale Coll., he in 1808 entered the U...
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Ferrier, James Frederick
(1808-1864) Metaphysician, b. in Edin., and ed. there and at Oxf., he was called to the Scottish Ba...
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Forbes, James David
(1809-1868) Natural Philosopher, s. of Sir William F., of Pitsligo, was b. and ed. at Edin. He stud...
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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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Froude, James Anthony
(1818-1894) Historian and essayist, 3rd s. of the Archdeacon of Totnes, Devonshire, near which he w...
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Grant, James Augustus
(1827-1892) Traveller, was an officer in the army, and was sent by the Royal Geographical Society a...
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Knowles, James Sheridan
(1784-1862) Dramatist, s. of James K., schoolmaster and lexicographer, was b. at Cork. He was the a...
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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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Lowell, James Russell
(1819-1891) Poet and essayist, b. at Camb., Massachusetts, s. of a Unitarian minister, was ed. at H...
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Mackintosh, Sir James
(1765-1832) Philosopher and historian, was b. at Aldowrie, Inverness-shire, s. of an officer in the...
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Mangan, James Clarence
(1803-1849) Poet, b. at Dublin, s. of a small grocer, was brought up in poverty, and received most ...
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Mathias, Thomas James
(1754?-1835) Satirist, ed. at Camb., and held some minor appointments in the Royal household. He wa...
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Melville, Sir James
(1535-1617) Historian, s. of Sir John M., of Hallhill, was a page to Mary Queen of Scots at the Fre...
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Morier, James Justinian
(1780?-1849) Traveller and novelist, s. of Isaac M., descended from a Huguenot family resident at S...
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Morison, James Cotter
(1832-1888) Was ed. at Oxf. He wrote Lives of Gibbon (1878), and Macaulay (1882); but his best work...
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Paulding, James Kirke
(1779-1860) Novelist, etc., b. in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. He became a fri...
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Percival, James Gates
(1795-1854) Poet, b. at Berlin, Conn., was a precocious child, and a morbid and impractical, though...
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Planché, James Robinson
(1796-1880) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, b. in London of Huguenot descent, was in the Herald...
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Pye, Henry James
(1745-1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epi...
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Stephen, Sir James
(1789-1859) Statesman and historical writer, s. of James S., Master in Chancery, ed. at Camb., and ...
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Stirling, James Hutchison
(1820-1909) Philosopher, b. in Glasgow, and ed. there and at Edin., where he studied medicine, whic...
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Allen, James Lane
(b. 1849) American novelist. A Kentucky Cardinal, The Choir Invisible, A Summer in Arcady, Blue Gra...
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Barrie, James Matthew
LL.D. (b. 1860) Novelist and dramatist. Auld Licht Idylls, When a Man's Single (1888), A Window in...
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Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James
(b. 1858) Writer on Spanish literature. Life of Cervantes (1892), History of Spanish Literature (18...
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Frazer, James George
LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1854) Writer on comparative religion, etc. Totemism (1887), The Golden Bough (18...
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Furnivall, Frederick James
Ph.D., D.Litt. (b. 1825) Scholar. Has ed. many publications in connection with the Early English T...
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Low, Sidney James
Journalist and miscellaneous writer. The Governance of England (1904), A Vision of India (1906), Dic...
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Matthews, James Brander
Litt.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1852) American critic, etc. French Dramatists of the Nineteenth Century,...
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Mullinger, James Bass
(b. 1834) Historian. Cambridge Characteristics in the Seventeenth Century (1867), The Ancient Afric...
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Riley, James Whitcomb
(b. 1858) American poet and humorist. The Old Swimmin' Hole (1883), Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury (1887...
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Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard
(1820-1889) Archæologist and Shakespearian scholar, ed. at Camb., was the author of a Life of Shake...
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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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James, George Payne Rainsford
(1801-1860) Novelist and historical writer, s. of a physician in London, was for many years British...
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Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord
(1714-1799) Philosopher and philologist, b. at the family seat in Kincardineshire, was ed. at the U...
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Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner
(1822-1888) Jurist, ed. at Christ's Hospital and at Camb., where he became Regius Prof. of Civil La...
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Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry
LL.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1837) Philologist. Ed. of New English Dictionary, Dialect of the Southern ...
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