Henry, Robert

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• Bage, Robert

  (1728-1801) Novelist, b. in Derbyshire, was the s. of a paper-maker. It was not until he was 53 tha...

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• Baillie, Robert

  (1599-1662) Historical writer, s. of B. of Jerviston, ed. at Glasgow, he entered the Church of Scot...

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• Barclay, Robert

  (1648-1690) Apologist of the Quakers, s. of Col. David B. of Ury, ed. at the Scots Coll. in Paris, ...

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• Blair, Robert

  (1699-1746) Poet, b. at Edin., where his f. was a clergyman, became minister of Athelstaneford, Had...

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• Bloomfield, Robert

  (1766-1823) Poet, b. at Honington in Suffolk, lost his f. when he was a year old, and received the ...

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• Browning, Robert

  (1812-1889) Poet, only s. of Robert B., a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who hel...

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• Buchanan, Robert

  (1841-1901) Poet and novelist, b. at Caverswall, Staffordshire, the s. of a Scottish schoolmaster a...

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• Burns, Robert

  (1759-1796) Poet, was b. near Ayr, the s. of William Burness or Burns, a small farmer, and a man of...

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• Burton, Robert

  (1577-1640) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Lindley, Leicestershire, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and ...

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• Carruthers, Robert

  (1799-1878) Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. in Dumfriesshire, was for a time a teacher in H...

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• Chambers, Robert

  (1802-1871) Historical and scientific writer, was b. at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertio...

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• Dodsley, Robert

  (1703-1764) Poet, dramatist, and bookseller, b. near Mansfield, and apprenticed to a stocking-weave...

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• Fabyan, Robert

  (d. 1513) Chronicler, was b. in London, of which he became an Alderman and Sheriff. He kept a diary...

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• Fergusson, Robert

  (1750-1774) Scottish poet, s. of a bank clerk, was ed. at the Univ. of St. Andrews. His f. dying, h...

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• Gilfillan, Robert

  (1798-1850) Poet, b. at Dunfermline, was latterly Collector of Police Rates in Leith. He wrote a nu...

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• Greene, Robert

  (1560?-1592) Poet, dramatist, and pamphleteer, was b. at Norwich, and studied at Camb., where he gr...

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• Grosseteste, Robert

  (d. 1253) Theologian and scholar, was b. of poor parents at Stradbrook, Suffolk, and studied at Oxf...

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• Hall, Robert

  (1764-1831) Divine, b. at Arnsby, Leicestershire, the s. of a Baptist minister of some note, was ed...

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• Henryson, Robert

  (1430?-1506?) Scottish poet. Few details of his life are known, even the dates of his birth and dea...

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• Herrick, Robert

  (1591-1674) Poet, b. in London, was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his uncle, Sir William H., with w...

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• Keith, Robert

  (1681-1757) Historian, b. in Kincardineshire, belonged to the family of the Earls Marischal, and wa...

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• Leighton, Robert

  (1611-1684) Divine, was the s. of Alexander L., physician, and writer on theology, who, on account ...

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• Lindsay, or Lindesay, Robert

  (1500?-1565?) Historian, Laird or tenant of Pitscottie, Fife, wrote a history entitled The Chronicl...

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• Lloyd, Robert

  (1733-1764) Poet, ed. at Westminster and Camb., pub. The Actor (1760), a poem which had considerabl...

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• Lowth, Robert

  (1710-1787) Theologian and scholar, s. of William L., Prebendary of Winchester, and author of a Com...

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• Mannyng, Robert, or Robert de Brunne

  (fl. 1288-1338) Was a Canon of the Gilbertine Order. His work, Handlynge Sinne (c. 1300), translate...

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• Montgomery, Robert

  (1807-1855) Poet, a minister of the Scottish Episcopal Church, wrote some ambitious religious poems...

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• Orme, Robert

  (1728-1801) Historian, s. of an Indian army doctor, b. at Travancore, and after being at Harrow, en...

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• Owen, Robert

  (1771-1858) Socialist and philanthropist, b. at Newton, Montgomeryshire, had for his object the reg...

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• Paltock, Robert

  (1697-1767) Novelist, was an attorney, and wrote The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornis...

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• Pollok, Robert

  (1789-1827) Poet, b. in Refrewshire, studied for the ministry of one of the Scottish Dissenting com...

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• Rollock, Robert

  (1555?-1599) Theologian and scholar, b. in Stirlingshire, was first a Prof. in St. Andrews, and the...

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• Sanderson, Robert

  (1587-1663) Theologian and casuist, b. of good family at Rotherham in Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Enteri...

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• Sempill, Robert

  (1530?-1595), Sempill, Robert (1595?-1659?), Sempill, Francis (1616?-1682) Scottish poets, all belo...

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• South, Robert

  (1634-1716) Divine, s. of a London merchant, was b. at Hackney, and ed. at Westminster School and O...

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• Southey, Robert

  (1774-1843) Poet, biographer, etc., s. of an unsuccessful linen-draper in Bristol, where he was b.,...

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• Southwell, Robert

  (1561?-1595) Poet, b. at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, of good Roman Catholic family, and ed. at Do...

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• Tannahill, Robert

  (1774-1810) Poet, b. in Paisley where he was a weaver. In 1807 he pub. a small vol. of poems and so...

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• Vaughan, Robert

  (1795-1868) A minister of the Congregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-4...

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• Watson, Robert

  (1730-1781) Historian, s. of an apothecary in St. Andrews, where and at Edin. and Glasgow, he was e...

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• Wodrow, Robert

  (1679-1734) Church historian, s. of James W., Prof. of Divinity in Glasgow. Having completed his li...

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• Bridges, Robert

  (b. 1844) Poet. Essay on Milton's Prosody, Critical Essay on Keats. Poems, The Growth of Love, Prom...

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• Flint, Robert

  D.D., LL.D. (b. 1838) Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...

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• Alford, Henry

  (1810-1871) Theologian, scholar, poet, and miscellaneous writer, s. of a clergyman, was b. in Londo...

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• Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount

  (1678-1751) Statesman and philosopher, s. of Sir Henry St. J., b. at Battersea, and ed. at Eton and...

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• Brooke, Henry

  (1703-1783) Novelist and dramatist, b. in Ireland, s. of a clergyman, studied law, but embraced lit...

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• Carey, Henry

  (d. 1743) Dramatist and song-writer, was believed to be an illegitimate s. of George Savile, Marqui...

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• Chettle, Henry

  (1565-1607?) Dramatist. Very little is known of him. He ed. R. Greene's Groat's-worth of Wit (1592)...

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• Cockburn, Henry

  (1779-1854) Scottish judge and biographer, b. (probably) and ed. in Edin., became a distinguished m...

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• Cockton, Henry

  (1807-1852) Novelist, b. in London, is only remembered as an author for his novel of Valentine Vox ...

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• Constable, Henry

  (1562-1613) Poet, s. of Sir Robert C., ed. at Camb., but becoming a Roman Catholic, went to Paris, ...

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• Drummond, Henry

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

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• Fawcett, Henry

  (1833-1884) Statesman and economist, b. at Salisbury, and ed. at Camb., where he became Fellow of T...

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• Fielding, Henry

  (1707-1754) Novelist, was b. at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury. His father was General Edmund F., ...

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• Glapthorne, Henry

  (fl. 1640) Dramatist, had a high reputation among his contemporaries, though now almost forgotten. ...

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• Hallam, Henry

  (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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• Harland, Henry

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

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• Henry VIII

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

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• Henry, Matthew

  (1662-1714) Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He ...

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• King, Henry

  (1592-1669) Poet, s. of a Bishop of London, was ed. at Westminster School and Oxf. He entered the C...

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• Kingsley, Henry

  (1830-1876) Novelist, brother of the above, ed. at King's Coll., London, and Oxf., which he left wi...

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• Mackenzie, Henry

  (1745-1831) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a physician in Edin., where he was b. and ed. ...

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• More, Henry

  (1614-1687) Philosopher, b. at Grantham, and ed. at Camb., took orders, but declined all preferment...

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• Morley, Henry

  (1822-1894) Writer on English literature, s. of an apothecary, was b. in London, ed. at a Moravian ...

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• Reed, Henry

  (1808-1854) Critic, was Prof. of English Literature in the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He d. in a shipwr...

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• Reeve, Henry

  (1813-1895) Editor, etc., s. of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of w...

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• Rogers, Henry

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

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• Timrod, Henry

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

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• Vaughan, Henry

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

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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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• Ayton, Sir Robert

  (1570-1638) Poet, s. of A. of Kinaldie in Fife. After grad. at St. Andrews, he studied law at Paris...

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• Ballantyne, Robert Michael

  (1825-1894) Writer of tales for boys, b. in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers....

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• Bird, Robert Montgomery

  (1803-1854) Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...

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• Filmer, Sir Robert

  (d. 1653?) Political writer, s. of Sir Edward F., of East Sutton, Kent, was ed. at Camb. He was an ...

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• Gleig, George Robert

  (1796-1888) S. of George G., Bishop of Brechin, entered the army, and served in the Peninsula and A...

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• Hawker, Robert Stephen

  (1804-1875) Poet and antiquary, ed. at Cheltenham and Oxf., became parson of Morwenstow, a smugglin...

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• Howard, Sir Robert

  (1626-1698) Dramatist, s. of the Earl of Berkshire, and brother-in-law of Dryden. On the outbreak o...

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• Malthus, Thomas Robert

  (1766-1834) Economist, s. of a landed proprietor, was b. near Dorking, and ed.. at Jesus Coll., Cam...

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• Robert de Brunne

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• Maturin, Charles Robert

  (1782-1824) Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...

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• Sands, Robert Charles

  (1799-1832) Miscellaneous writer, b. at New York, was a scholarly and versatile writer, but without...

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• Spencer, William Robert

  (1769-1834) Poet, ed. at Harrow and Oxf., belonged to the Whig set of Fox and Sheridan. He wrote gr...

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• Stevenson, Robert Louis

  (1850-1894) Novelist and essayist, was b. at Edin., the s. of Thomas S., a distinguished civil engi...

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• Surtees, Robert Smith

  (1802-1864) Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, who was in business as a solicitor, b...

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• Ward, Robert Plumer

  (1765-1846) Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...

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• Chambers, Robert William

  (b. 1865) American novelist. In the Quarter (1895), The Red Republic (1896), Lorraine, The Cambric ...

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• Hichens, Robert Smythe

  (b. 1864) Novelist, etc. The Green Carnation, An Imaginative Man (1895), Tongues of Conscience (190...

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• Sims, George Robert

  (b. 1847) Novelist and dramatist, etc. The Dagonet Ballads, Memoirs of Mary Jane, Ten Commandments,...

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• Tyrrell, Robert Yelverton

  LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1844) Scholar. Has translated Acharnians of Aristophanes into English verse (188...

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• Beecher, Henry Ward

  (1813-1887) Orator and divine, s. of Lyman B. and bro. of Harriet Beecher Stowe, was one of the mos...

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• Bell, Henry Glassford

  (1805-1874) Poet and historian, was a member of the Scottish Bar, and became Sheriff of Lanarkshire...

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• Henry the Minstrel

  Blind Harry ...

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• Boker, George Henry

  (1823-90) Poet, was in the American Diplomatic Service. Among his dramas, generally tragedies, are ...

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• Buckle, Henry Thomas

  (1821-1862) Historical writer, s. of a wealthy shipowner in London, was b. at Lee in Kent. Though n...

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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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• 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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• Clinton, Henry Fynes

  (1781-1852) Chronologist, b. at Gamston, Notts, ed. at Southwell, Westminster, and Oxf., where he d...

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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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• Henry of Huntingdon

  (1084-1155) Historian, was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1109. His Historia Anglorum (History of th...

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• Henry, The Minstrel

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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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• Huxley, Thomas Henry

  (1825-1895) Scientific writer, s. of an assistant master in a public school, was b. at Ealing. From...

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• Ireland, William Henry

  (1777-1835) Forger of Shakespeare manuscripts, s. of an antiquarian bookseller in London. He claime...

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• Kames, Henry Home, Lord

  (1696-1782) Miscellaneous writer, s. of Geo. H., of Kames, Berwickshire, was admitted an advocate i...

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• Knight, Henry Gally

  (1786-1846) A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...

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• Lewes, George Henry

  (1817-1878) Philosopher and miscellaneous writer, b. in London, and ed. at Greenwich, and in Jersey...

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• Liddell, Henry George

  (1811-1898) Historian, etc. Ed. at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxf., of which in 1855 he became...

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• Liddon, Henry Parry

  (1829-1890) Divine, s. of a captain in the navy, was b. at North Stoneham, Hants, and ed. at King's...

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• Lister, Thomas Henry

  (1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

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• Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

  (1807-1882) Poet, was b. at Portland, Maine, the s. of Stephen L., a lawyer. From childhood he care...

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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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• Manning, Henry Edward

  (1808-1892) Cardinal and theologian. B. at Totteridge, Herts, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf., where he ...

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• Mansel, Henry Longueville

  (1820-1871) Metaphysician, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Cosgrave, Northamptonshire, and ed. at Merc...

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• Milman, Henry Hart

  (1791-1868) Poet and historian, s. of Sir Francis M., a distinguished physician, ed. at Eton and Ox...

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• Newman, John Henry

  (1801-1890) Theologian, s. of a London banker, and brother of the above, was ed. at Ealing and Trin...

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• Pearson, Charles Henry

  (1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...

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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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• Robinson, Henry Crabb

  (1775-1867) Diarist, b. at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 180...

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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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• Shaw, Henry Wheeler ("Josh Billings")

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

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• Shorthouse, Joseph Henry

  (1834-1903) Novelist, b. at Birmingham, where he was a chemical manufacturer. Originally a Quaker, ...

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• Spelman, Sir Henry

  (1564?-1641) Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln...

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• Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope

  (1805-1875) Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton...

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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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• Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of

  (1517?-1547) Poet, s. of Thomas H., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was ed. by John Clerke, a learned and trav...

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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

  D.Litt. (b. 1859) Miscellaneous writer. In a Garden and other Poems (1895), Pages from a Private D...

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• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

  (b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

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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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• Butcher, Samuel Henry

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1850) Scholar. Prose Translation of the Odyssey (1879), with A. Lang, Some Aspects...

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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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• Dudeney, Mrs. Henry (Whiffin)

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Man with a Maid (1897), Folly Corner, Men of Marlowe's, Robin Brilliant, Wise...

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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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jones, Henry Arthur

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sayce, Archibald Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• King Henry Yard

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

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Boyle, The Hon. Robert

  (1627-1691) Natural Philosopher and chemist, 7th s. of the 1st Earl of Cork, was b. at Lismore, Co....

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce

  (1571-1631) Antiquary, b. at Denton, Hunts, and ed. at Camb., was a great collector of charters and...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton

  (1831-1891) Poet and statesman, s. of the above, was ed. at Harrow and Bonn, and thereafter was pri...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Seeley, Sir John Robert

  (1834-1895) Historian and essayist, s. of a publisher in London, ed. at City of London School and C...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ball, Sir Robert Stawell

  LL.D., F.R.S. (b. 1840) Scientific writer. The Story of the Heavens (1885), Starland (1889), The S...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Cunninghame-Graham, Robert Bontine

  (b. 1852) Traveller, essayist, etc. Father Archangel of Scotland (1896), with Mrs. C.-G. Aurora la ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sir Robert Clayton's House

  On the east side of Old Jewry. opposite Mr. Frederick's House (afterwards Frederick's Place) (O. and...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Sir Robert Vyner's House

  See Post Office, Lombard Street, and Post Office Court. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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 ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hunt, James Henry Leigh

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Layard, Sir Austin Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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.

• Ward of Robert de Meldeburn

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

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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

• Pasture, Mrs. Henry de la (Bonham)

  Novelist and dramatist. The Little Squire (1894), A Toy Tragedy, Deborah of Tod's (1897), Catherine ...

  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.

• 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