Gifford, Richard

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• Gifford, William

  (1756-1826) Critic and poet, was b. of humble parentage at Ashburton, Devonshire, and after being f...

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• Roe, Richard

  ·add. ·- A fictious name for a party, real or fictious, to an act or proceeding. Other names were fo...

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• Bannatyne, Richard

  (d. 1605) Secretary to John Knox, compiled Memorials of Transactions in Scotland from 1569 to 1573....

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• Barnfield, Richard

  (1574-1627) Poet, e.s. of Richard B., gentleman, was b. at Norbury, Shropshire, and ed. at Oxford. ...

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• Baxter, Richard

  (1615-1691) Divine scholar and controversialist, was b. of poor, but genteel, parents at Rowton in ...

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• Bentley, Richard

  (1662-1742) Theologian, scholar, and critic, b. in Yorkshire of humble parentage, went at the age o...

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• Braithwaite, or Brathwaite, Richard

  (1588-1673) Poet, b. near Kendal, and ed. at Oxf., is believed to have served with the Royalist arm...

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• Brome, Richard

  (d. 1652?) Dramatist, the servant and friend of Ben Jonson, produced upwards of 20 plays, some in c...

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• Carew, Richard

  (1555-1620) Translator and antiquary, a county gentleman of Cornwall, ed. at Oxf., made a translati...

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• Corbet, Richard

  (1582-1635) Poet, s. of a gardener, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf., and entered the Church,...

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• Crashaw, Richard

  (1613?-1649) Poet, s. of William C., a Puritan divine, was b. in London, and ed. at Charterhouse an...

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• Cumberland, Richard

  (1732-1811) Novelist and dramatist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., entered the diplomatic service, a...

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• Edwards, Richard

  (1523?-1566) Poet, was at Oxf., and went to Court, where he was made a Gentleman of the Chapel Roya...

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• Farmer, Richard

  (1735-1797) Shakespearian scholar, b. at Leicester, and ed. at Camb., where he ultimately became Ma...

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• Flecknoe, Richard

  (d. 1678) Poet, said to have been an Irish priest. He wrote several plays, now forgotten, also misc...

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• Ford, Richard

  (1796-1858) Writer on art and travel, ed. at Winchester and Camb., and travelled for several years ...

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• Garnett, Richard

  (1835-1906) Biographer and writer on literature, s. of Richard G., an assistant keeper of Printed B...

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• Glover, Richard

  (1712-1785) Poet and dramatist, was a London merchant, and M.P. for Weymouth. A scholarly man with ...

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• Gough, Richard

  (1735-1809) Antiquary, was b. in London, and studied at Camb. For many years he made journeys over ...

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• Grafton, Richard

  (d. 1572) Printer and chronicler, printed various ed. of the Bible and Prayer-book; also the Procla...

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• Hakluyt, Richard

  (1553?-1616) Collector of voyages, belonged to a good Herefordshire family of Dutch descent, was b....

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• Hooker, Richard

  (1554?-1600) Theologian, b. near Exeter, of a family the original name of which was Vowell. His abi...

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• Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Lord

  (1809-1885) Poet, s. of Robert (known as "single-speech") M., b. in London, and ed. privately and a...

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• Hurd, Richard

  (1720-1808) Divine, and miscellaneous writer, b. at Congreve, Staffordshire, was ed. at Camb., and ...

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• Jefferies, Richard

  (1848-1887) Naturalist and novelist, s. of a farmer, was b. at Swindon, Wilts. He began his literar...

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• Knolles, Richard

  (1550?-1610) Historian, b. at Coldashby, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Oxf., pub. in 1603 The Histor...

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• Lovelace, Richard

  (1618-1658) Poet, b. at Woolwich, s. of Sir William L., was ed. at Oxf., where he is described by A...

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• Porson, Richard

  (1759-1808) Scholar, s. of the parish clerk of E. Ruston, Norfolk, was distinguished from childhood...

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• Price, Richard

  (1723-1791) Writer on morals, politics, and economics, s. of a dissenting minister, was b. at Tynto...

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• Rolle, Richard

  (1290?-1349) Hermit and poet, b. at Thornton, Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Impressed by the uncertainty a...

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• Savage, Richard

  (1697?-1743) Poet, was probably of humble birth, but claimed to be the illegitimate s. of the Count...

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• Sibbes, Richard

  (1577-1635) Divine, was at Camb., where he held various academic posts, of which he was deprived by...

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• Stanyhurst, Richard

  (1547-1618) Translator, was at Oxf., and studied law at Furnivall's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. He colla...

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• Whateley, Richard

  (1787-1863) Theologian and economist, s. of the Rev. Dr. Joseph W., b. in London, and ed. at a scho...

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• Bagot, Richard

  (b. 1860) Novelist. A Roman Mystery (1899), Casting of Nets (1901), Donna Diana (1903), Temptation ...

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• Lodge, Richard

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1855) Historian. Students' Modern Europe, Richelieu (Foreign Statesmen Series), Th...

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• Whiteing, Richard

  (b. 1840) Novelist, etc. The Democracy (1876), No. 5 John Street (1899), The Yellow Van (1903), Rin...

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• Baker, Sir Richard

  (1568-1645) Historian and religious writer, studied law, was knighted in 1603, and was High Sheriff...

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• Barham, Richard Harris

  (1788-1845) Novelist and humorous poet, s. of a country gentleman, was b. at Canterbury, ed. at St....

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• Blackmore, Sir Richard

  (c. 1650, d. 1729) Poet, one of the Court Physicians to William III. and Anne, wrote several very l...

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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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• Bury, Richard de

  (1281-1345) S. of Sir Richard Aungerville, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, studied at Oxf., and was a Bened...

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• Church, Richard William

  (1815-1890) Divine, historian, and biographer, was b. at Lisbon, and ed. at Oxf., where he became a...

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• Dana, Richard Henry

  (1787-1879) Novelist and critic, b. at Camb., Mass., was called to the Bar in 1817. Among his novel...

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• Dixon, Richard Watson

  (1833-1900) Historian and poet, s. of Dr. James D., a well-known Wesleyan minister and historian of...

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• Fanshawe, Sir Richard

  (1608-1666) Diplomatist, translator, and poet, b. at Ware Park, Herts, and ed. at Camb., travelled ...

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• Gilder, Richard Watson

  (1844-1909) Poet, b. at Borderstown, New Jersey, was successively a lawyer, a soldier, and a journa...

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• Green, John Richard

  (1837-1883) Historian, was the s. of a tradesman in Oxf., where he was ed., first at Magdalen Coll....

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• Horne, Richard Henry or Hengist

  (1803-1884) Eccentric poet, was b. in London, and ed. at Sandhurst for the East India Company Servi...

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• Hutton, Richard Holt

  (1826-1897) Essayist and miscellaneous writer, was brought up as a Unitarian, and for some time was...

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• Maitland, Sir Richard

  (1496-1586) Poet, f. of M. of Lethington, Sec. of State to Mary Queen of Scots. In his later years ...

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• Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

  (1751-1816) Dramatist and orator, b. in Dublin, the s. of an actor, was ed. at Harrow. In 1772 he e...

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• Steele, Sir Richard

  (1672-1729) Essayist and dramatist, s. of a Dublin attorney, who d. when his s. was 5 years old, wa...

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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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• Stoddard, Richard Henry

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

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• Trench, Richard Chenevix

  (1807-1886) Poet and theologian, b. in Dublin, and ed. at Harrow and Camb., took orders, and after ...

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• White, Richard Grant

  (1822-1885) Shakespearian scholar, b. in New York State, was long Chief of the Revenue Marine Burea...

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• Davis, Richard Harding

  (b. 1864) American novelist, etc. Soldiers of Fortune, The Princess Aline, In the Fog, Captain Mack...

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• Le Gallienne, Richard

  (b. 1866) Novelist and poet. Volumes in Folio (1888), The Religion of a Literary Man (1893), Quest ...

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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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• 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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• Jebb, Sir Richard Claverhouse

  (1841-1905) B. at Dundee, and ed. at St. Columba's Coll., Dublin, Charterhouse, and Camb., at the l...

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• Temple, Sir Richard Carnac

  C.I.E. (b. 1850) Orientalist, etc. Wide-awake Stories (Punjab Folk Tales) (1884), with Mrs. F.A. S...

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• Sir Richard Levet's House

  On the north side of Maiden Lane, east of St. John Zachary, in Aldersgate Ward (Strype, 1720 and 175...

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