Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton

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• Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton-Bulwer, 1st Lord

  (1803-1873) Novelist and statesman, third son of General Earle Bulwer of Heydon and Dalling, Norfol...

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• Bulwer, E.L.

  (see Lytton, Edward George.) ...

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• Robert

  ·noun ·see Herb Robert, under <<Herb>>. ...

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• 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...

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• Bradley, Edward

  (1827-1889) Novelist, was a clergyman. He wrote under the name of "Cuthbert Bede" a few novels and ...

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• Caird, Edward

  (1835-1908) Philosopher, younger brother of John C. (q.v.), was b. at Greenock, and ed. at Glasgow ...

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• Cave, Edward

  (1691-1754) Publisher, b. near Rugby, started in 1731 The Gentleman's Magazine, for which Dr. Johns...

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• Eggleston, Edward

  (1837-1902) Novelist, b. at Vevay, Indiana, was a Methodist minister. He wrote a number of tales, s...

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• Fairfax, Edward

  (1580?-1635) Translator, natural s. of Sir Thomas F., lived at Fuystone, near Knaresborough, in pea...

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• Fitzgerald, Edward

  (1809-1883) Translator and letter-writer, was b. near Woodbridge, Suffolk, s. of John Purcell, who ...

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• Gibbon, Edward

  (1737-1794) Historian, was b. at Putney of an ancient Kentish family. His f. was Edward G., and his...

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• Hall, or Halle, Edward

  (1499?-1547) Chronicler, b. in London, studied successively at Camb. and Oxf. He was a lawyer, and ...

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• Howard, Edward

  (d. 1841) Novelist, a sea-comrade of Captain Marryat, and as sub ed. assisted him in conducting the...

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• Irving, Edward

  (1792-1834) Theologian and orator, b. at Annan, Dumfriesshire, and ed. at Edin. Univ., for some yea...

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• Lear, Edward

  (1812-1888) Artist and miscellaneous author, b. in London, and settled in Rome as a landscape paint...

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• Moore, Edward

  (1712-1757) Fabulist and dramatist, s. of a dissenting minister, was b. at Abingdon. After being in...

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• Saxby, Edward

  (d. 1658) B. in Suffolk, and was in Cromwell's Horse. His extreme republican views, however, led hi...

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• Stillingfleet, Edward

  (1635-1699) Theologian, b. at Cranbourne, Dorsetshire, ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and held m...

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• Young, Edward

  (1683-1765) Poet, s. of the Rector of Upham, Hampshire, where he was b. After being at Winchester S...

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• Arber, Edward

  D.Litt Literary antiquary. Has issued many reprints of rare books. English Reprints, English Schola...

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• Berdoe, Edward

  (b. 1836) Writer on Browning, etc. Browning's Message to his Time (1890), Browning Cyclopædia (1891...

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• Clodd, Edward

  (b. 1840) Scientific writer, etc. The Childhood of the World (1872), The Childhood of Religions (18...

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• Dowden, Edward

  LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1843) Literary critic, etc. Shakespeare, his Mind and Art (1875), Shakespeare Pr...

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• Garnett, Edward

  (b. 1868) Dramatic critic, etc. An Imaged World (1894), The Breaking Point (a censored play, 1907)....

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• Hutton, Edward

  (b. 1875) Writer on Italian Art, etc. Italy and the Italians (1902), The Cities of Umbria (1905), T...

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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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• 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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• Henry, Robert

  (1718-1790) Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming o...

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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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• Brown, Thomas Edward

  (1830-1897) Poet, b. at Douglas, Isle of Man, s. of a clergyman, and ed. there and at Oxf., entered...

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• Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of

  (1608-1674) Lawyer, statesman, and historian, s. of a country gentleman of good estate in Wiltshire...

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• Dyer, Sir Edward

  (1545?-1607) Poet, b. at Sharpham Park, Somerset, and ed. at Oxf., was introduced to the Court by t...

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• Freeman, Edward Augustus

  (1823-1892) Historian, s. of John F., was b. at Harborne, Staffordshire. He lost both his parents i...

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• Hook, Theodore Edward

  (1788-1841) Dramatist and novelist, s. of James H., music-hall composer, was b. in London, and ed. ...

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• Lane, Edward William

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

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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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• Pinkney, Edward Coate

  (1802-1828) B. in London, where his f. was U.S. ambassador. He wrote a number of light, graceful sh...

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• Pusey, Edward Bouverie

  (1800-1882) Scholar and theologian, b. at Pusey, Berks, ed. at Eton and Oxf., belonged to the famil...

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• Ramsay, Edward Bannerman

  (1793-1872) A clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church, and Dean of Edinburgh in that communion f...

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• Trelawny, Edward John

  (1792-1881) Biographer, entered the navy, from which, however, he deserted, after which he wandered...

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• Beesly, Edward Spencer

  (b. 1831) Writer on history and philosophy. Catiline, Clodius, and Tiberius (1878), Queen Elizabeth...

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• Benson, Edward Frederic

  (b. 1867) Novelist. Dodo (1893), Rubicon (1894), Judgment Books (1895), The Babe B.A. (1897), Vinta...

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• Housman, Alfred Edward

  (b. 1859) Scholar, etc. A Shropshire Lad (1896), ed. Juvenal and other classics. ...

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• Lucas, Edward Verall

  (b. 1868) Novelist. Ed. of Lamb, etc. The Open Road (1899), Old-fashioned Tales (1905), The Friendl...

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• Norris, William Edward

  (b. 1846) Novelist. Heaps of Money (1877), Mademoiselle de Mersac, My Friend Jim, The Dancer in Yel...

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• Tylor, Edward Burnett

  LL.D., F.R.S. (b. 1832) Anthropologist. Anahuac, Mexico, and the Mexicans (1859), Researches into ...

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• King Edward Street

  1) South out of Tudor Street to William Street in the precincts of Bridewell (O. and M. 1677-O.S. 18...

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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

  See Mannyng, Robert ...

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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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• Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd

  (1812-1878) Historian, ed. at Eton and Camb., and called to the Bar in 1837, he became in 1840 Prof...

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• Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

  (1838-1903) Historian, the s. of a landed gentleman of Carlow, was b. near Dublin, and ed. at Chelt...

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• Oxford, Edward de Vere, Earl of

  (1550-1604) Was a courtier of Queen Elizabeth, who lost his friends by his insolence and pride, and...

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• Bloundelle-Burton, John Edward

  (b. 1850) Novelist. Silent Shore (1886), Desert Ship (1890), Denounced (1896), A Bitter Heritage (1...

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• Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman

  LL.D., D.Litt., etc. (b. 1845) Critic and biographer. Short History of French Literature, etc. (18...

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• Boyle, The Hon. Robert

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

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• Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce

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

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• Seeley, Sir John Robert

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

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• Ball, Sir Robert Stawell

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

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• Cunninghame-Graham, Robert Bontine

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

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• Sir Robert Clayton's House

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

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• Sir Robert Vyner's House

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

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• Ward of Robert de Meldeburn

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

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