M'Cosh, James

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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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• 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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• James, William

  LL.D., etc. (b. 1842) Psychologist. Principles of Psychology (1890), Human Immortality (1897), The...

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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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• James, Epistle of

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

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• Bailey, Philip James

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

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• 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...

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• Ferrier, James Frederick

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

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• Forbes, James David

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

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• Fox, Charles James

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

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• Froude, James Anthony

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

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• Grant, James Augustus

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

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• Knowles, James Sheridan

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

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• Lever, Charles James

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

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• Lowell, James Russell

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

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• Mackintosh, Sir James

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

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• Mangan, James Clarence

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

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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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• Melville, Sir James

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

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• Morier, James Justinian

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

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• Morison, James Cotter

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

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• Paulding, James Kirke

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

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• Percival, James Gates

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

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• Planché, James Robinson

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

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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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• Stephen, Sir James

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

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• Stirling, James Hutchison

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

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• Allen, James Lane

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

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• Barrie, James Matthew

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

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• Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

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

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• Frazer, James George

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

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• Furnivall, Frederick James

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

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• Low, Sidney James

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

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• Matthews, James Brander

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

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• Mullinger, James Bass

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

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• Riley, James Whitcomb

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

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• (St.) James' Duke's Place

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

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• (St.) James' in Walbrook

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

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• (St.) James' Place, Aldgate

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

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• (St.) James' super ripam

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

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• James The Less

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

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• Halliwell-Phillips, James Orchard

  (1820-1889) Archæologist and Shakespearian scholar, ed. at Camb., was the author of a Life of Shake...

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• Hunt, James Henry Leigh

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

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• James, George Payne Rainsford

  (1801-1860) Novelist and historical writer, s. of a physician in London, was for many years British...

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• Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord

  (1714-1799) Philosopher and philologist, b. at the family seat in Kincardineshire, was ed. at the U...

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• (St.) James' by the Thames

  See St. James' Garlickhithe. ...

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• (St.) James' in the Temple

  See Temple Church. ...

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• Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner

  (1822-1888) Jurist, ed. at Christ's Hospital and at Camb., where he became Regius Prof. of Civil La...

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• Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry

  LL.D., D.C.L., etc. (b. 1837) Philologist. Ed. of New English Dictionary, Dialect of the Southern ...

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• (St.) James' in the Wall Hermitage

  A chapel or hermitage adjoining the north-west corner of the Wall of London near Cripplegate in Farr...

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• (St.) James' in, near the Vintry

  See St. James' Garlickhithe. ...

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• King Street, St. James' Place

  North out of Creechurch Lane to St. James' Place (P.C. 1732-O.S. 1894). Former name : "Duke's Place...

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• James, The General Epistle Of

  The author of this epistle was in all probability James the son of Alphaeus, and our Lord's brother ...

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