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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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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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Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie
(b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...
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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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Henry, Robert
(1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...
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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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Aird, Thomas
(1802-1876) Poet, b. at Bowden, Roxburghshire, went to Edinburgh, where he became the friend of Pro...
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Amory, Thomas
(1691(?)-1788) Eccentric writer, was of Irish descent. In 1755 he publ. Memoirs containing the live...
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Arnold, Thomas
(1795-1842) Historian, s. of an inland revenue officer in the Isle of Wight, was ed. at Winchester ...
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Blacklock, Thomas
(1721-1791) Poet, b. near Annan of humble parentage, lost his sight by smallpox when 6 months old. ...
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Boston, Thomas
(1677-1732) Scottish divine, was successively schoolmaster at Glencairn, and minister of Simprin in...
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Bowdler, Thomas
(1754-1825) Editor of The Family Shakespeare, b. near Bath, s. of a gentleman of independent fortun...
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Bradwardine, Thomas
(1290?-1349) Theologian, was at Oxf., where he became Prof. of Divinity and Chancellor, and afterwa...
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Brown, Thomas
(1778-1820) Metaphysician, s. of the Rev. Samuel B., minister of Kirkinabreck, practised for some t...
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Burnet, Thomas
(1635?-1715) Theologian and writer on cosmogony, was b. at Croft near Darlington, and ed. at Camb.,...
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Campbell, Thomas
(1777-1844) Poet, was the youngest s. of Alexander C., a merchant in Glasgow, where he was b. After...
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Campion, Thomas
(c. 1575-1620) Poet and musician, b. at Witham, Essex, and ed. at Camb., and on the Continent, stud...
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Carew, Thomas
(1594?-1639) Poet, s. of Sir Matthew C., was ed. at Oxf., entered the Middle Temple, and was one of...
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Carlyle, Thomas
(1795-1881) Historian and essayist, was b. at Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire. His f., James C., was a...
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Carte, Thomas
(1686-1754) Historian, b. near Rugby, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, but resigned his benefice at Ba...
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Chalmers, Thomas
(1780-1847) Divine, economist, and philanthropist, b. at Anstruther, Fife, s. of a shipowner and me...
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Chatterton, Thomas
(1752-1770) Poet, b. at Bristol, posthumous s. of a schoolmaster, who had been a man of some readin...
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Churchyard, Thomas
(1520?-1604) Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...
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Cooper, Thomas
(1805-1892) Chartist poet, was b. at Leicester, and apprenticed to a shoemaker. In spite of hardshi...
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Coryate, or Coryatt, Thomas
(1577-1617) Poet, b. at Odcombe, Somerset, and ed. at Westminster and Oxf., entered the household o...
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Cranmer, Thomas
(1489-1556) Theologian and Churchman, b. at Aslacton, Notts, ed. at Camb., and became an eminent cl...
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Creech, Thomas
(1659-1700) Translator, b. near Sherborne, ed. at Oxf., became Head Master of Sherborne School. He ...
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Day, Thomas
(1748-1789) Miscellaneous writer, was b. in London, ed. at the Charterhouse and at Oxf., and called...
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Dekker, Thomas
(1570?-1641?) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, was b. in London. Few details of D.'s life have c...
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Deloney, Thomas
(1543-1600) Novelist and balladist, appears to have worked as a silk-weaver in Norwich, but was in ...
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Dermody, Thomas
(1775-1802) Poet, b. at Ennis, showed great capacity for learning, but fell into idle and dissipate...
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Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of, and Lord Buckhurst
(1536-1608) Poet and statesman, was b. at Buckhurst, Sussex, the only s. of Sir Richard S., and ed....
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D'Urfey, Thomas
(1653-1723) Dramatist and song-writer, was a well-known man-about-town, a companion of Charles II.,...
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Ellwood, Thomas
(1639-1713) A young Quaker who was introduced to Milton in 1662, and devoted much of his time to re...
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Erskine, Thomas
(1788-1870) Theologian, s. of David E., of Linlathen, to which property he succeeded, his elder bro...
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Fuller, Thomas
(1608-1661) Divine and antiquary, s. of a clergyman of the same name, was b. at Aldwinkle, Northamp...
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Goodwin, Thomas
(1600-1680) Divine, was b. in Norfolk, and ed. at Camb., where he was Vicar of Trinity Church. Beco...
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Gray, Thomas
(1716-1771) Poet, was b. in London, the s. of a scrivener, who, though described as "a respectable ...
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Guthrie, Thomas
(1803-1873) Divine and philanthropist, b. at Brechin, studied for the Church, and became a minister...
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Hamilton, Thomas
(1789-1842) Novelist, brother of Sir William Hamilton (q.v.), wrote a novel, Cyril Thornton (1827),...
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Hearne, Thomas
(1678-1735) Antiquary, b. at White Waltham., Berkshire, and ed. at Oxf., where in 1712 he became se...
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Heywood, Thomas
(d. 1650) Dramatist. Few facts about him have come down, and these are almost entirely derived from...
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Hobbes, Thomas
(1588-1679) Philosopher, was b. at Malmesbury, the s. of a clergyman, and ed. at Oxf. Thereafter he...
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Hoccleve, or Occleve, Thomas
(1368?-1450?) Poet, probably b. in London, where he appears to have spent most of his life, living ...
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Holcroft, Thomas
(1745-1809) Dramatist, s. of a small shoemaker in London, passed his youth as a pedlar, and as a Ne...
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Hood, Thomas
(1799-1845) Poet and comic writer, s. of a bookseller in London, where he was b., was put into a me...
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Hope, Thomas
(1770-1831) Novelist and writer on art, was a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, of Scotch descent, his...
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Hughes, Thomas
(1823?-1896) Novelist and biographer, s. of a Berkshire squire, was ed. at Rugby and Oxf., and call...
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Innes, Thomas
(1662-1744) Historian, was descended from an old Roman Catholic family in Aberdeenshire. He studied...
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Keightley, Thomas
(1789-1872) Historian, ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, wrote works on mythology and folklore, and at ...
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Ken, Thomas
(1637-1711) Religious writer, s. of an attorney, was b. at Little Berkhampstead, ed. at Winchester ...
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Killigrew, Thomas
(1612-1683) Dramatist, s. of Sir Robert K., of Hanworth, was a witty, dissolute courtier of Charles...
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Kyd, Thomas
(1558-1595) Dramatist, s. of a London scrivener, ed. at Merchant Taylor's School, appears to have l...
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Lodge, Thomas
(1558?-1625) Poet and dramatist, s. of Sir Thomas L., Lord Mayor of London, was ed. at Merchant Tay...
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M'Crie, Thomas
(1772-1835) Biographer and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Duns, and ed. at the Univ. of Edin., bec...
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May, Thomas
(1595-1650) Poet and historian, b. in Sussex, s. of Sir Thomas M., of Mayfield, went to Camb., and ...
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Middleton, Thomas
(1570-1627) Dramatist, was a Londoner and city chronologer, in which capacity he composed a chronic...
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Miller, Thomas
(1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub....
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Moore, Thomas
(1779-1852) Poet, b. in Dublin, s. of a grocer and wine-merchant in a small way, was ed. at Trinity...
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Morton, Thomas
(1764-1838) Dramatist, b. in Durham, came to London to study law, which he discarded in favour of p...
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Nabbes, Thomas
(fl. 1638) Dramatist, was at Oxf. in 1621. He lived in London, and wrote comedies, satirising bourg...
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Nash, Thomas
(1567-1601) Satirist, etc., b. at Lowestoft, ed. at Camb. A reckless life kept him in perpetual pov...
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Otway, Thomas
(1651 or 1652-1685) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman, was b. near Midhurst, Sussex, and ed. at Oxf., wh...
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Paine, Thomas
(1737-1809) Political and anti-Christian writer, s. of a stay-maker and small farmer of Quaker prin...
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Parnell, Thomas
(1679-1718) Poet, b. and ed. in Dublin, took orders in 1700, and was Vicar of Finglas and Archdeaco...
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Pennant, Thomas
(1726-1798) Naturalist and traveller, b. in Flintshire, and ed. at Oxf., was one of the most distin...
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Percy, Thomas
(1729-1811) Antiquary and poet, s. of a grocer at Bridgnorth, where he was b., ed. at Oxf., entered...
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Pringle, Thomas
(1789-1834) Poet, b. in Roxburghshire, studied at Edin., and became known to Scott, by whose influe...
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Randolph, Thomas
(1605-1635) Poet and dramatist, ed. at Westminster School and Camb., was a friend of Ben Jonson, an...
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Reid, Thomas
(1710-1796) Philosopher, was the s. of the minister of Strachan, Kincardineshire, where he was b. H...
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Ruddiman, Thomas
(1674-1757) Grammarian, b. in Banffshire, and ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in...
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Rymer, Thomas
(1641-1713) Archæologist and critic, ed. at Camb., became a barrister at Gray's Inn. He pub. in 167...
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Shadwell, Thomas
(1640 or 1642-1692) Dramatist and poet, belonged to a good Staffordshire family, was b. in Norfolk,...
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Southerne, Thomas
(1660-1746) Dramatist, b. in Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there, came to London and studied law...
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Sprat, Thomas
(1635-1713) Divine and writer of memoirs, b. at Beaminster, Dorset, ed. at Oxf., was a mathematicia...
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Stanley, Thomas
(1625-1678) Philosopher and scholar, connected with the Derby family, ed. at Camb., was the author ...
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Stephens, Thomas
(1821-1875) Welsh historian and critic, b. at Pont Nedd Fechan, Glamorganshire, s. of a shoemaker. ...
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Sternhold, Thomas
(1500-1549), Hopkins, John (d. 1570) Were associated in making the metrical version of the Psalms, ...
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Storer, Thomas
(1571-1604) Poet, b. in London, and ed. at Oxf., wrote a long poem, The Life and Death of Thomas Wo...
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Taylor, Thomas
(1758-1835) Translator, b. in London and ed. at St. Paul's School, devoted himself to the study of ...
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Tickell, Thomas
(1686-1740) Poet, b. at Bridekirk Vicarage, Cumberland, and ed. at Oxf. became the friend of Joseph...
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Traherne, Thomas
(1636?-1674) Poet and theological writer, s. of a shoemaker at Hereford where, or at Ledbury, he wa...
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Tusser, Thomas
(1524?-1580) Versifier on agriculture, was an Essex man. Having a good voice he was trained in musi...
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Underdown, Thomas
(fl. 1566-1587) Translator. He translated the Æthiopian History of Heliodorus 1566; also from Ovid....
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Usk, Thomas
(d. 1388) Poet, b. in London, was sec. to John of Northampton, the Wyclifite Lord Mayor of London, ...
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Wade, Thomas
(1805-1875) Poet, b. at Woodbridge, pub. poems, dramas, sonnets, and a translation of Dante's Infer...
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Warton, Thomas
(1728-1790) Literary historian and critic, younger s. of Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., and br...
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Watson, Thomas
(1557?-1592) Poet, b. in London, was at Oxf., and studied law. He was a scholar, and made translati...
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Wilson, Thomas
(1525?-1581) Scholar and statesman, b. in Lincolnshire, was at Camb., and held various high positio...
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Woolner, Thomas
(1826-1892) Sculptor and poet, b. at Hadleigh, attained a high reputation as a sculptor. He belonge...
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Wright, Thomas
(1810-1877) Antiquary, b. near Ludlow, of Quaker parentage, was ed. at Camb. His first work was a H...
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Yalden, Thomas
(1670-1736) Poet, s. of an exciseman at Oxf., and ed. at Magdalen Coll., entered the Church, in whi...
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Hardy, Thomas
LL.D. (b. 1840) Novelist. A Short Story (1865), Desperate Remedies (1871), Under the Greenwood Tre...
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Hodgkin, Thomas
D.C.L., etc. (b. 1831) Historian. Italy and her Invaders, 8 vols. (1880-1899), Letters of Cassiodo...
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Okey, Thomas
Writer on topography and art. Venice and its Story, Paris and its Story, Venetian Palaces and Old Ve...
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Seccombe, Thomas
(b. 1866) Miscellaneous writer. Twelve Bad Men (1894), The Age of Johnson (1900), The Age of Shakes...
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Thomas, Annie (Mrs. Pender Cudlip)
Novelist. Sir Victor's Choice, Denis Doune (1862), Comrades True (1900), The Diva (1901), The Cleave...
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Thomas, Edward
Reviewer and miscellaneous writer. Book of the Open Air, Horæ Solitaræ, Oxford, Beautiful Wales, The...
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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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Boker, George Henry
(1823-90) Poet, was in the American Diplomatic Service. Among his dramas, generally tragedies, are ...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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Hewlett, Maurice Henry
(b. 1861) Poet and novelist. Earthwork out of Tuscany (1895), The Masque of Dead Florentines (1895)...
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Jones, Henry Arthur
(b. 1851) Dramatist. A Clerical Error (1879), The Silver King (1882), Saints and Sinners (1884), Th...
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Sayce, Archibald Henry
D.Litt., LL.D., etc. (b. 1846) Orientalist and philologist, etc. Principles of Comparative Philolo...
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Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
(1836-1906) Poet and novelist, b. at Portsmouth, N.H., was for some time in a bank, and then engage...
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Herbert, Sir Thomas
(1606-1682) Traveller and historian, belonged to an old Yorkshire family, studied at Oxf. and Camb....
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Hoby, Sir Thomas
(1530-1566) Translator, b. at Leominster, and ed. at Camb., translated Bucer's Gratulation to the C...
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Hogg, Thomas Jefferson
(1792-1862) Biographer, s. of John H., a country gentleman of Durham, ed. at Durham Grammar School,...
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Horne, Thomas Hartwell
(1780-1862) Theologian, ed. at Christ's Hospital, was for a time in the law, but became a great bib...
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Macaulay, Thomas Babington, Lord
(1800-1859) Historian, essayist, and statesman, s. of Zachary M., a wealthy merchant, and one of th...
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Malory, Sir Thomas
(fl. 1470) Translator of Morte d'Arthur. Very little is known of him. An endeavour has been made to...
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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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Mathias, Thomas James
(1754?-1835) Satirist, ed. at Camb., and held some minor appointments in the Royal household. He wa...
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More, Sir Thomas
(1478-1535) Historical and political writer, s. of Sir John M., a Justice of the King's Bench, was ...
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North, Sir Thomas
(1535?-1601?) Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...
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Overbury, Sir Thomas
(1581-1613) Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., became the friend of Carr, afterwards Earl ...
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