James, William

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• James

  same as Jacob ...

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• James

  1) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He...

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• James

  (the Greek form of Jacob, supplanter). • James the son of Zebedee, one of the twelve apostles. He w...

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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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• Smith, James

  See Smith, Horace ...

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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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• Gairdner, James

  C.B., LL.D. (b. 1828) Historian. Ed. in Rolls Series Memorials of Henry VII., Letters and Papers o...

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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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• (St.) James Comyns

  See St. James' Garlickhithe. ...

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• (St.) James' Court

  North out of Bury Street (east to west portion), between Nos. 31 and 32 (P.O. Directory). First men...

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• (St.) James' Garlickhithe

  On the east side of Garlick Hill at No. 18 and south of Maiden Lane. In Vintry Ward (P.O. Directory)...

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• (St.) James' Place

  East out of Garlick Hill, north of Maiden Lane and St. James' Church (P.O. Directory). In Vintry War...

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• Allingham, William

  (1824-1889) Poet, the s. of a banker of English descent, was b. at Ballyshannon, entered the custom...

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• Barnes, William

  (1801-1886) Poet and philologist, s. of a farmer, b. at Rushay, Dorset. After being a solicitor's c...

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• Beckford, William

  (c. 1760-1844) Miscellaneous writer, only s. of William B., Lord Mayor of London, the associate and...

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• Black, William

  (1841-1898) Novelist. After studying as a landscape painter, he took to journalism in Glasgow. In 1...

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• Blake, William

  (1757-1827) Poet and painter, b. in London, was from earliest youth a seer of visions and a dreamer...

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• Broome, William

  (1689-1745) Poet and translator, b. at Haslington, Cheshire, and ed. at Eton and Camb., entered the...

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• Browne, William

  (1590?-1645?) Poet, b. at Tavistock, ed. at Oxf., after which he entered the Inner Temple. His poem...

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• Camden, William

  (1551-1623) Antiquary and historian, b. in London, and ed. at Christ's Hospital, St. Paul's School,...

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• Carleton, William

  (1794-1869) Novelist, s. of a poor Irish cottar, b. and brought up among the Irish peasantry, acqui...

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• Cartwright, William

  (1611-1643) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman of Gloucestershire, who had run through his fortune and ke...

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• Caxton, William

  (1422-1491) Printer and translator, b. in the Weald of Kent, was apprenticed to a London mercer. On...

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• Chamberlayne, William

  (1619-1689) Poet, practised medicine at Shaftesbury. On the outbreak of the Civil War he joined the...

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• Chambers, William

  (1800-1883) Publisher and miscellaneous author, b. at Peebles, started in 1832 with his brother Rob...

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• Chillingworth, William

  (1602-1644) Theologian and controversialist, b. and ed. at Oxf., was godson of Archbishop Laud. Fal...

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• Cobbett, William

  (1762-1835) Essayist and political writer, b. at Farnham, Surrey, s. of a small farmer, his youth w...

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• Collins, William

  (1721-1759) Poet, s. of a respectable hatter at Chichester, where he was b. He was ed. at Chicheste...

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• Combe, William

  (1741-1823) Miscellaneous writer. His early life was that of an adventurer, his later was passed ch...

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• Congreve, William

  (1670-1729) Dramatist, was b. in Yorkshire. In boyhood he was taken to Ireland, and ed. at Kilkenny...

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• Cowper, William

  (1731-1800) Poet, was the s. of the Rev. John C., Rector of Great Berkhampstead, Herts, and Chaplai...

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• Coxe, William

  (1747-1828) Historian, was b. in London, and ed. at Eton and Camb. As tutor to various young men of...

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• Crowe, William

  (1745-1829) Poet, b. at Midgham, Berks, the s. of a carpenter, was ed. as a foundationer at Winches...

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• Dampier, William

  (1652-1715) Discoverer and buccaneer, b. near Yeovil. After various seafaring adventures, and leadi...

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• Dodd, William

  (1729-1777) Divine and forger, ed. at Camb., became a popular preacher in London, and a Royal Chapl...

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• Drummond, William

  (1585-1649) Poet, was descended from a very ancient family, and through Annabella D., Queen of Robe...

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• Dunbar, William

  (1465?-1530?) Poet, is believed to have been b. in Lothian, and ed. at St. Andrews, and in his earl...

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• Falconer, William

  (1732-1769) Poet, s. of a barber in Edin., where he was b., became a sailor, and was thus thoroughl...

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• Fitzstephen, William

  (d. 1190) Was a servant of Thomas à Becket, witnessed his murder, and wrote his biography, which co...

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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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• Glen, William

  (1789-1826) Poet, b. in Glasgow, was for some years in the West Indies. He d. in poverty. He wrote ...

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• Godwin, William

  (1756-1836) Philosopher and novelist, b. at Wisbeach, and ed. at a school in Norwich, to which city...

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• Habington, William

  (1605-1654) Poet, s. of a Worcestershire Roman Catholic gentleman, was ed. at St. Omer's, but refus...

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• Hamilton, William

  1) Hamilton, William of Gilbertfield (1665?-1751) Poet, served in the army, from which he retired ...

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• Hanna, William

  (1808-1882) Divine and biographer, s. of Samuel H., Prof. of Divinity in the Presbyterian Coll., Be...

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• Hayley, William

  (1745-1820) Poet and biographer, was b. at Chichester, and ed. at Eton and Camb. Though overstraine...

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• Hazlitt, William

  (1778-1830) Essayist and critic, b. at Maidstone, was the s. of a Unitarian minister. At his father...

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• Hone, William

  (1780-1842) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Bath, in his youth became a convinced and active democrat. ...

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• Howitt, William

  (1792-1879), Howitt, Mary (Botham) (1799-1888) Miscellaneous writers. William H. was b. at Heanor, ...

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• Hunnis, William

  (d. 1597) Poet, was a gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Edward VI., imprisoned during the reign of M...

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• Kingsford, William

  (1819-1898) Historian, b. in London, served in the army, and went to Canada, where he was engaged i...

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• Knox, William

  (1789-1825) Poet, s. of a farmer in Roxburghshire, wrote several books of poetry, The Lonely Hearth...

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• Laidlaw, William

  (1780-1845) Poet, s. of a border farmer, became steward and amanuensis to Sir W. Scott, and was the...

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• Langland, William (or William of Langley)

  (1330?-1400?) Poet. Little can be gleaned as to his personal history, and of that little part is co...

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• Law, William

  (1686-1761) Divine, s. of a grocer at Kingscliffe, Northamptonshire, was ed. at Camb., and in 1727 ...

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• Lithgow, William

  (1582-1645) Traveller, b. at Lanark, claimed at the end of his various peregrinations to have tramp...

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• Maginn, William

  (1793-1842) Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. at Cork, became a contributor to Blackwood's Ma...

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• Mason, William

  (1724-1797) Poet, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Hull, and ed. at Camb. He took orders and rose to be...

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• Meston, William

  (1688?-1745) S. of a blacksmith, was ed. at Marischal Coll., Aberdeen, took part in the '15, and ha...

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• Minto, William

  (1845-1893) Critic and biographer, b. at Alford, Aberdeenshire, and ed. at Aberdeen and Oxf., went ...

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• Mitford, William

  (1744-1827) Historian, e.s. of John M. of Exbury, Hants, descended from an old Northumbrian family,...

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• Morris, William

  (1834-1896) Poet, artist, and socialist, b. at Walthamstow, and ed. at Marlborough School and Oxf. ...

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• Motherwell, William

  (1797-1835) Poet, b. and ed. in Glasgow, he held the office of depute sheriff-clerk at Paisley, at ...

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• Mure, William

  (1799-1860) Scholar, laird of Caldwell, Ayrshire, ed. at Westminster, Edin., and Bonn, sat in Parli...

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• Occam or Ockham, William

  (1270?-1349?) Schoolman, b. at Ockham, Surrey, studied at Oxf. and Paris, and became a Franciscan. ...

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• Oldys, William

  (1696-1761) Antiquary, wrote a Life of Sir W. Raleigh prefixed to an ed. of his works (1736), a Dis...

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• Painter, William

  (1540?-1594) Translator, etc., ed. at Camb., was then successively schoolmaster at Sevenoaks, and C...

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• Paley, William

  (1743-1805) Theologian, s. of a minor canon of Peterborough, where he was b., went at 15 as a sizar...

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• Penn, William

  (1644-1718) Quaker apologist, s. of Sir William P., a celebrated Admiral, was b. in London, and ed....

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• Prynne, William

  (1600-1669) Controversial writer, b. near Bath, ed. at Oxf., studied law at Lincoln's Inn, of which...

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• Robertson, William

  (1721-1793) Historian, s. of the parish minister of Borthwick, Midlothian, where he was b., receive...

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• Roper, William

  (1496-1578) Biographer, s. of a Kentish gentleman, m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas More. He has a p...

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• Roscoe, William

  (1753-1831) Historian, s. of a market-gardener near Liverpool, for a time assisted his f., devoting...

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• Rowley, William

  (1585?-1642?) Dramatist, was an actor in the Queen's Company 1610. He collaborated with Middleton i...

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• Russell, William

  (1741-1793) Historian, b. in Selkirkshire, and apprenticed to a bookseller in Edin., he was patroni...

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• Shakespeare, William

  (1564-1616) Dramatist and poet, b. at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, on 22nd or 23rd, and baptise...

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• Sharp, William ("Fiona MacLeod")

  (1856-1905) Wrote under this pseudonym a remarkable series of Celtic tales, novels, and poems, incl...

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• Shenstone, William

  (1714-1763) Poet, s. of Thomas S., owner of a small estate at Hales Owen, Shropshire. At this place...

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• Sherlock, William

  (1641?-1707) Divine and controversialist, b. at Southwark, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders, and ...

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• Somerville, William

  (1675-1742) Poet, a Warwickshire squire of literary tastes, wrote among others a poem, The Chase, i...

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• Sotheby, William

  (1757-1833) Poet and translator, belonged to a good family, and was ed. at Harrow. In early life he...

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• Strode, William

  (1600-1645) Poet, only s. of Philip S., who belonged to an old Devonshire family, he was b. at Plym...

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• Stubbs, William

  (1825-1901) Historian, s. of a solicitor, b. at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, and ed. there and at the ...

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• Stukeley, William

  (1687-1765) Antiquary, ed. at Camb., and after practising as a physician took orders in 1729 and he...

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• Taylor, William

  (1765-1836) Translator, etc., s. of a merchant, travelled on the Continent, learned German, and bec...

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• Tennant, William

  (1784-1848) Poet and scholar, a cripple from his birth, was b. at Anstruther (commonly called Anste...

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• Tyndale, William

  (1484?-1536) Translator of the Bible, belonged to a northern family which, migrating to Gloucesters...

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• Tytler, William

  (1711-1792) Historical writer, was a lawyer in Edin., and wrote An Inquiry into the Evidence agains...

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• Warburton, William

  (1698-1779) Theologian, b. at Newark, where his f. was an attorney. Intended for the law, he was fo...

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• Warner, William

  (1558-1609) Poet, b. in London or Yorkshire, studied at Oxf., and was an attorney in London. In 158...

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• Webbe, William

  (b. 1550) Critic and translator. Almost nothing is known of him except that he was at Camb. and act...

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• Westall, William

  (1834-1903) Novelist, was originally in business, but later betook himself to journalism, and also ...

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• Whewell, William

  (1794-1866) Philosopher, theologian and mathematician, s. of a joiner at Lancaster, where he was b....

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• Whiston, William

  (1667-1752) Theologian, and man of science, b. at Norton, Leicestershire, and ed. at Camb., where h...

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• Whitehead, William

  (1715-1785) Poet, s. of a baker at Camb., and ed. at Winchester School and Camb., became tutor in t...

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• Wilberforce, William

  (1759-1833) Philanthropist and religious writer, s. of a merchant, was b. at Hull, ed. at Camb., en...

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• Wilkie, William

  (1721-1772) Poet, b.. in Linlithgowshire, s. of a farmer, and ed. at Edin., he entered the Church, ...

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• Wordsworth, William

  (1770-1850) Poet, s. of John W., attorney and agent to the 1st Lord Lonsdale, was b. at Cockermouth...

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• Wycherley, William

  (1640?-1716) Dramatist, was b. at Clive, near Shrewsbury, where his f. had an estate. He was at the...

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• Archer, William

  (b. 1856) Writer on the drama and translator of Ibsen; ed. Ibsen's Prose Dramas, 5 vols., Collected...

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• Cunningham, William

  D.D. (b. 1849) Economist, etc. Growth of English Industry and Commerce, Western Civilisation, Mode...

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• Watson, William

  LL.D. (b. 1858) Poet. The Prince's Quest (1880), Epigrams of Art, Life and Nature (1884), Wordswor...

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• Winter, William

  (b. 1836) American critic, etc. Shakespeare's England, Grey Days and Gold, Old Shrines and Ivy Brow...

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• William Street

  West out of New Bridge Street, at No.21, to Water Street in the precinct of Bridewell (P 0. Director...

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• James, Epistle of

  1) Author of, was James the Less, the Lord's brother, one of the twelve apostles. He was one of the ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Bailey, Philip James

  (1816-1902) Poet, s. of a journalist, b. at Nottingham, and ed. there and at Glasgow, of which he w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ferrier, James Frederick

  (1808-1864) Metaphysician, b. in Edin., and ed. there and at Oxf., he was called to the Scottish Ba...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Forbes, James David

  (1809-1868) Natural Philosopher, s. of Sir William F., of Pitsligo, was b. and ed. at Edin. He stud...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fox, Charles James

  (1749-1806) Statesman and historian, s. of Henry F., 1st Lord Holland, was one of the greatest orat...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Froude, James Anthony

  (1818-1894) Historian and essayist, 3rd s. of the Archdeacon of Totnes, Devonshire, near which he w...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Grant, James Augustus

  (1827-1892) Traveller, was an officer in the army, and was sent by the Royal Geographical Society a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Knowles, James Sheridan

  (1784-1862) Dramatist, s. of James K., schoolmaster and lexicographer, was b. at Cork. He was the a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lever, Charles James

  (1806-1872) Novelist, b. at Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there. He studied medicine at Göttinge...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lowell, James Russell

  (1819-1891) Poet and essayist, b. at Camb., Massachusetts, s. of a Unitarian minister, was ed. at H...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mackintosh, Sir James

  (1765-1832) Philosopher and historian, was b. at Aldowrie, Inverness-shire, s. of an officer in the...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mangan, James Clarence

  (1803-1849) Poet, b. at Dublin, s. of a small grocer, was brought up in poverty, and received most ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mathias, Thomas James

  (1754?-1835) Satirist, ed. at Camb., and held some minor appointments in the Royal household. He wa...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Melville, Sir James

  (1535-1617) Historian, s. of Sir John M., of Hallhill, was a page to Mary Queen of Scots at the Fre...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Morier, James Justinian

  (1780?-1849) Traveller and novelist, s. of Isaac M., descended from a Huguenot family resident at S...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Morison, James Cotter

  (1832-1888) Was ed. at Oxf. He wrote Lives of Gibbon (1878), and Macaulay (1882); but his best work...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Paulding, James Kirke

  (1779-1860) Novelist, etc., b. in the state of New York, was chiefly self-educated. He became a fri...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Percival, James Gates

  (1795-1854) Poet, b. at Berlin, Conn., was a precocious child, and a morbid and impractical, though...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Planché, James Robinson

  (1796-1880) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, b. in London of Huguenot descent, was in the Herald...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pye, Henry James

  (1745-1813) A country gentleman of Berkshire, who pub. Poems on Various Subjects and Alfred, an Epi...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stephen, Sir James

  (1789-1859) Statesman and historical writer, s. of James S., Master in Chancery, ed. at Camb., and ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stirling, James Hutchison

  (1820-1909) Philosopher, b. in Glasgow, and ed. there and at Edin., where he studied medicine, whic...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Allen, James Lane

  (b. 1849) American novelist. A Kentucky Cardinal, The Choir Invisible, A Summer in Arcady, Blue Gra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Barrie, James Matthew

  LL.D. (b. 1860) Novelist and dramatist. Auld Licht Idylls, When a Man's Single (1888), A Window in...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

  (b. 1858) Writer on Spanish literature. Life of Cervantes (1892), History of Spanish Literature (18...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Frazer, James George

  LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1854) Writer on comparative religion, etc. Totemism (1887), The Golden Bough (18...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Furnivall, Frederick James

  Ph.D., D.Litt. (b. 1825) Scholar. Has ed. many publications in connection with the Early English T...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Low, Sidney James

  Journalist and miscellaneous writer. The Governance of England (1904), A Vision of India (1906), Dic...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Matthews, James Brander

  Litt.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1852) American critic, etc. French Dramatists of the Nineteenth Century,...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mullinger, James Bass

  (b. 1834) Historian. Cambridge Characteristics in the Seventeenth Century (1867), The Ancient Afric...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Riley, James Whitcomb

  (b. 1858) American poet and humorist. The Old Swimmin' Hole (1883), Pipes o' Pan at Zekesbury (1887...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• (St.) James' Duke's Place

  On the east side of Mitre Square (Duke's Place). In Aldgate Ward (O.S.). First mention: About 1572 ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) James' in Walbrook

  St. James parish in Wallebroke, 29 H. VIII. (L. and P H. VIII. XII. (1) p. 589). Probably an error ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) James' Place, Aldgate

  South-east out of Duke Street at No. 33 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward. First mention: O.S. 1848...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• (St.) James' super ripam

  Temp. John (Anc. Deeds, A. 2125). Probably = St. James' Garlickhithe. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• James The Less

  called the Less because younger or smaller in stature than James the son of Zebedee. He was the son ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Ainsworth, William Harrison

  (1805-1882) Novelist, s. of a solicitor, was b. in Manchester. He was destined for the legal profes...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ireland, William Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jerrold, Douglas William

  (1803-1857) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, s. of an actor, himself appeared as a child upon th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jevons, William Stanley

  (1835-1882) Logician and economist, b. in Liverpool, s. of an iron merchant, his mother was the dau...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jones, Sir William

  (1746-1794) Orientalist and jurist, was b. in London, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf. He lost his f., an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Kinglake, Alexander William

  (1809-1891) B. near Taunton, ed. at Eton and Camb., was called to the Bar in 1837, and acquired a c...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lane, Edward William

  (1801-1876) Arabic scholar, s. of a prebendary of Hereford, where he was b., began life as an engra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Maxwell, William Hamilton

  (1792-1850) Novelist, a Scoto-Irishman, b. at Newry, and ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, entered the ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mickle, William Julius

  (1735-1788) Poet, s. of the minister of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, was for some time a brewer in Edin...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Newman, Francis William

  (1805-1897) Scholar and theological writer, brother of Cardinal N., b. in London, and ed. at Oxf. A...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ward, William George

  (1812-1882) Theologian, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and came under the influence of J.H. Newman, wh...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Whitney, William Dwight

  (1827-1894) Philologist, b. at Northampton, Mass., was Prof. of Sanskrit, etc., at Yale, and chief ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• William of Malmesbury

  (fl. 12th cent.) Historian, was an inmate of the great monastery at Malmesbury. His name is said to...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• William of Newburgh, or Newbury

  (1136-1198?) Historian, belonged to the monastery of Newburgh in Yorkshire. His own name is said to...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wills, William Gorman

  (1828-1891) Dramatist, s. of above, b. in Dublin. After writing a novel, Old Times, in an Irish mag...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Anson, Sir William Reynell

  Bart., D.C.L. (b. 1843) Legaland constitutional writer, etc., Law and Custom of the Constitution, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Barry, Rev. William (Francis)

  D.D. (b. 1849) Novelist, etc. The New Antigone (1887), Two Standards (1898), Arden Massiter (1900)...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Butler, Sir William Francis

  G.C.B. (b. 1838) Traveller and biographer. The Great Lone Land (1872), The Wild North Land (1873),...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Chambers, Robert William

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Courthope, William John

  C.B., LL.D., etc. (b. 1842) Critic, biographer, etc. Ludibria Lunæ (1869), Paradise of Birds (1870...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Gordon-Stables, William

  (b. 1840) Novelist and writer of boys' books. Has written 136 books, including Cruise of the "Snowb...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hazlitt, William Carew

  (b. 1834) Critic, etc. The Venetian Republic (1900), ed. Warton's History of English Poetry, Biogra...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hornung, Ernest William

  (b. 1866) Novelist. A Bride from the Bush (1890), The Boss of Taroomba, The Unbidden Guest (1894), ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Howells, William Dean

  D.Litt. (b. 1837) American novelist, etc. A Foregone Conclusion, A Chance Acquaintance, A Counterf...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin