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Holland, Philemon
(1552-1637) Translator, b. at Chelmsford, and ed. at Camb., was master of the free school at Covent...
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New Holland
n. the name, now extinct, firstgiven to Australia by Dutch explorers. 1703. Capt. William Dampier,...
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Burnet, Gilbert
(1643-1715) Theologian and historian, s. of a Royalist and Episcopalian lawyer, who became a judge,...
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Stuart, Gilbert
(1742-1786) Historical writer, s. of George S., Prof. of Humanity (Latin) at Edin. Among his public...
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Wakefield, Gilbert
(1756-1801) Scholar and controversialist, b. at Nottingham, ed. at Camb., took orders, but becoming...
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White, Gilbert
(1720-1793) Naturalist, b. at Selborne, Hants, and ed. along with the Wartons (q.v.) at their fathe...
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Rose, John Holland
Litt.D. (1855) Historical and biographical writer. A Century of Continental History, The Revolutio...
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Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
(1834-1894) Artist and writer on æsthetics, s. of a solicitor, was b. near Oldham. Originally inten...
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Chesterton, Gilbert Keith
(b. 1874) Essayist, etc. The Wild Knight, Greybeards at Play, Twelve Types, The Napoleon of Notting...
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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott
(1811-1856) Comic writer, b. in London, the s. of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming desce...
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Gilbert, Sir William Schwenk
(b. 1836) Dramatist and humorist. The Palace of Truth (1870), Pygmalion and Galatea (1871), Trial b...
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Murray, George Gilbert Aimee
LL.D. (b. 1866) Scholar. History of Ancient Greek Literature (1897), Euripidis Fabulæ adnotatione ...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin