Pearson, Charles Henry

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• Churchill, Charles

  (1731-1764) Satirist, s. of a clergyman, was ed. at Westminster School, and while still a schoolboy...

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• Cotton, Charles

  (1630-1687) Poet and translator, succeeded to an embarrassed estate, which his happy-go-lucky metho...

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• Darwin, Charles Robert

  (1809-1882) Naturalist, s. of a physician, and grandson of Dr. Erasmus D. (q.v.), and of Josiah Wed...

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• Dibdin, Charles

  (1745-1814) Dramatist and song writer, b. at Southampton, began his literary career at 16 with a dr...

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• Dickens, Charles

  (1812-1870) Novelist, b. at Landport, near Portsmouth, where his f. was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Off...

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• Gildon, Charles

  (1665-1724) Critic and dramatist, belonged to a Roman Catholic family, and was an unsuccessful play...

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• Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke

  (1794-1865) Political annalist, ed. at Eton and Oxf., was a page to George III., sec. to Earl Bathu...

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• Johnstone, Charles

  (1719?-1800) Novelist. Prevented by deafness from practising at the Irish Bar, he went to India, wh...

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• Kingsley, Charles

  (1819-1875) Novelist and historian, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Holne Vicarage near Dartmoor, but ...

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• Knight, Charles

  (1791-1873) Publisher and writer, b. at Windsor, where his f.. was a bookseller. After serving his ...

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• Lamb, Charles

  (1775-1834) Essayist and poet, was b. in London, his f. being confidential clerk to Samuel Salt, on...

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• MacKay, Charles

  (1814-1889) Poet and journalist, s. of a naval officer, was b. at Perth, and ed. at the Royal Caled...

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• Macklin, Charles

  (1697?-1797) Actor and dramatist, b. in the north of Ireland, was one of the most distinguished act...

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• Merivale, Charles

  (1808-1893) Historian, s. of John Herman M., a translator and minor poet, b. in London, ed. at Harr...

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• Neaves, Charles, Lord

  (1800-1876) Miscellaneous author, b. and ed. in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, and became a judg...

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• Reade, Charles

  (1814-1884) Novelist, s. of a country gentleman of Oxfordshire, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar ...

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• Sprague, Charles

  (1791-1875) Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., had some reputation as a writer of prize poems, odes, and do...

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• Waterton, Charles

  (1782-1865) Naturalist, belonged to an old Roman Catholic family in Yorkshire, and was ed. at Stony...

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• Wesley, Charles

  (1707-1788) Hymn-writer, younger brother of John W. (q.v.), was b. at Epworth, and ed. at Westminst...

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• Whitehead, Charles

  (1804-1862) Poet, novelist, and dramatist; is specially remembered for three works, all of which me...

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• Wolfe, Charles

  (1791-1823) Poet, s. of a landed gentleman in Kildare, was b. in Dublin, where he completed his ed....

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• Whibley, Charles

  Critic and reviewer. A Book of Scoundrels, Studies in Frankness, The Pageantry of Life, Thackeray (1...

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• Charles Court

  Out of Bartholomew Close, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in t...

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• Charles Street

  1) North out of Cripplegate Street, at No. 4, to Fann Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward W...

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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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• King Charles spaniel

  ·- A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large...

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• Allen, Charles Grant

  (1848-1899) Scientific writer and novelist, b. in Canada, to which his f., a clergyman, had emigrat...

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• Brown, Charles Brockden

  (1771-1810) Novelist, b. in Philadelphia, belonged to a Quaker family, became a lawyer, but exchang...

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• Browne, Charles Farrar

  (1834-1867) Humorist (Artemus Ward), b. in Maine, U.S., worked as a compositor and reporter, and be...

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• Calverley, Charles Stuart

  (1831-1884) Poet and translator, s. of the Rev. H. Blayds (who assumed the name of Calverley), was ...

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• Clarke, Charles Cowden

  (1787-1877) Writer on Shakespeare, was a publisher in London. He lectured on Shakespeare and on Eur...

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• Colton, Charles Caleb

  (1780-1832) Miscellaneous writer, ed. at Eton and Camb., took orders and held various livings. He w...

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• Dilke, Charles Wentworth

  (1789-1864) Critic and writer on literature, served for many years in the Navy Pay-Office, on retir...

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• Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge ("Lewis Carroll")

  (1832-1898) Mathematician and writer of books for children, s. of a clergyman at Daresbury, Cheshir...

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• Dorset, Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of

  (1638-1706) Poet, was one of the dissolute and witty courtiers of Charles II., and a friend of Sir ...

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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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• Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of

  (1661-1715) A famous wit, statesman, and patron of literature, was ed. at Westminster School and Tr...

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• Hare, Julius Charles

  (1795-1855) Essayist, etc., younger brother of the above, was b. at Vicenza. When two years old his...

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• Hoffman, Charles Fenno

  (1806-1884) Poet, etc., b. in New York, s. of a lawyer, was bred to the same profession, but early ...

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• Jones, Ernest Charles

  (1819-1869) Poet, novelist, and Chartist, s. of Major J., equerry to the Duke of Cumberland, afterw...

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• Leland, Charles Godfrey

  (1824-1903) American humorist, b. at Philadelphia, was ed. at Princeton, and in Europe. In his trav...

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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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• Lyell, Sir Charles

  (1797-1875) Geologist and writer, s. of Charles L., of Kinnordy, Forfarshire (a distinguished botan...

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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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• Norton, Charles Eliot, Ll.D., D.C.L., etc.

  (1827-1909) American biographer and critic. Church Building in the Middle Ages (1876), translation ...

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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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• Sedley, Sir Charles

  (1639?-1701) Poet, s. and heir of a Kentish baronet, was at Oxf. and, coming to the Court of Charle...

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• Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

  (1834-1892) B. at Kelvedon, Essex, left the Independents and joined the Baptist communion and becam...

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• Swinburne, Algernon Charles

  (1837-1909) Poet, s. of Admiral S. and of Lady Jane Ashburnham, dau. of the 3rd Earl of A., b. in L...

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• Tennyson Turner, Charles

  (1808-1879) Poet, elder brother of Alfred T. (q.v.), ed. at Camb., entered the Church, and became V...

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• Wells, Charles Jeremiah

  (1800?-1879) Poet, b. in London, where he practised as a solicitor, pub. in 1822 Stories after Natu...

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• Beazley, Charles Raymond

  F.R.G.S. (b. 1868) Historical geographer, James of Aragon (1870), Henry the Navigator (1895), Dawn...

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• Craddock, Charles Egbert

  see Murfree, Mary Noailles. ...

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• Doughty, Charles Montague

  Traveller and poet. Wanderings in Arabia (1908) (new ed. abridged from Arabia Deserta), The Dawn in ...

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• Herford, Charles Harold

  Litt.D. (b. 1853) Scholar and critical writer. Studies in the Literary Relations of England and Ge...

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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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• Henry the Minstrel

  Blind Harry ...

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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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• 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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• 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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• Henry, The Minstrel

  see Blind Harry. ...

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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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• 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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• 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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• Lister, Thomas Henry

  (1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

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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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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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• 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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• 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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• Bell, Henry Thomas Mackenzie

  (b. 1856) Poet and critic. Spring's Immortality and other Poems, Christina Rossetti, Pictures of Tr...

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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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• King Henry Yard

  West out of Nightingale lane. In East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746-Lockie, 1810). Former name : "King H...

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• Brooks, Charles William Shirley

  (1816-1874) Journalist and novelist, b. in London, began life in a solicitor's office. He early, ho...

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• Duffy, Sir Charles Gavan

  (1816-1903) Poet, b. in Monaghan, early took to journalism, and became one of the founders of the N...

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• Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury

  (1708-1759) Diplomatist and satirist, s. of John Hanbury, a Welsh ironmaster, assumed the name of W...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth

  Bart., P.C., LL.D., etc. (b. 1843) Political writer. Greater Britain (1868), The Fall of Prince Fl...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Oman, Charles William Chadwick

  (b. 1860) Historian. A History of Greece (1888), Warwick the Kingmaker (1891), Short History of the...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Roberts, Charles George Douglas

  (b. 1860) Canadian poet and naturalist. In verse, Orion (1880), In Divers Tones (1887), Songs of th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Brougham and Vaux, Henry, 1st Lord

  (1778-1868) S. of Henry B. of Brougham Hall, Westmoreland, b. in Edin., and ed. at the High School ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.

  (1815-1882) Miscellaneous writer, s. of the above, ed. at Harvard, but on his eyesight giving way s...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hunt, James Henry Leigh

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Kingston, William Henry Giles

  (1814-1880) Writer of tales for boys, b. in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where hi...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Layard, Sir Austin Henry

  (1817-1894) Explorer of Nineveh, b. at Paris, s. of a Ceylon civilian. After spending some years in...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Myers, Frederic William Henry

  (1843-1901) Poet and essayist, s. of a clergyman, was b. at Keswick, and ed. at Cheltenham and Camb...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rawlinson, Sir Henry Cresswicke

  (1810-1895) Brother of the above, entered the service of the East India Company, and held many impo...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sala, George Augustus Henry

  (1828-1895) Journalist and novelist, b. in London of Italian ancestry, began life as an illustrator...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stanley, Sir Henry Morton

  (1841-1904) Traveller in Africa, b. in America, went to find, and found, Livingstone, and wrote an ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Smeaton, Wm. Henry Oliphant

  M.A. (b. 1856) Novelist, etc. By Adverse Winds (1895), Our Laddie (1897), Treasure Cave of the Blu...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Watson, Henry Brereton Marriott

  (b. 1863) Novelist, etc. Lady Faintheart (1890), The Web of the Spider (1891), Diogenes of London (...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wicksteed, Rev. Philip Henry

  (b. 1844) Writer on Dante, political economy, etc. Translation of the Bible for Young People (1882)...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sir Henry Tulce's House

  At the north end of Warnford Court, south of Drapers Gardens (O. and M. 1677). Site now occupied by...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Murray, Sir James Augustus Henry

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pasture, Mrs. Henry de la (Bonham)

  Novelist and dramatist. The Little Squire (1894), A Toy Tragedy, Deborah of Tod's (1897), Catherine ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ward of Henry de Coventre

  Identified as Vintry Ward (q.v.). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ward of Henry de Frowyk

  Identified with Cripplegate Ward (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.259, note). ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ward of Henry le Bole

  Mentioned in a list of representatives of the Wards, 23 Ed. I. 1295 (Cal. L. Bk. B. p.235). Sharpe ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Ward of Henry le Waleys

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

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• 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...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin