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Stuart, Gilbert
(1742-1786) Historical writer, s. of George S., Prof. of Humanity (Latin) at Edin. Among his public...
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Carter, Elizabeth
(1717-1806) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Deal, dau. of a clergyman. Originally backward, she applied...
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Eastlake, Elizabeth, Lady (Rigby)
(1809-1893) dau. of Dr. Edward Rigby of Norwich, a writer on medical and agricultural subjects, spe...
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Elizabeth, Queen
(1533-1603) Was one of the scholar-women of her time, being versed in Latin, Greek, French, and Ita...
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Hamilton, Elizabeth
(1758-1816) Wrote The Cottagers of Glenburnie, a tale which had much popularity in its day, and per...
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Montagu, Elizabeth (Robinson)
(1720-1800) Critic, dau. of a gentleman of Yorkshire, m. a grandson of Lord Sandwich. She was one o...
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Wardlaw, Elizabeth, Lady
(1677-1727) Poetess, dau. of Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane, and wife of Sir Henry Wardlaw of Pi...
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Robins, Elizabeth
("C.E. Raimond") American novelist and actress. New Moon (1895), Below the Salt (1896), The Open Qu...
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Blackie, John Stuart
(1809-1895) Scholar and man of letters, b. in Glasgow, and ed. at the Universities of Aberdeen and ...
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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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Costello, Louisa Stuart
(1799-1877) Poet and novelist, b. in Ireland, lived chiefly in Paris, where she was a miniature-pai...
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Mill, John Stuart
(1806-1873) Philosopher, s. of the above, b. in London, was ed. by his f. with the view of making h...
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Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
(1806-1861) Poetess, was the dau. of Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett, who assumed the last name on s...
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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson)
(1810-1865) Novelist, dau. of William Stevenson, a Unitarian minister, and for some time Keeper of ...
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Inchbald, Mrs. Elizabeth (Simpson)
(1753-1821) Novelist and dramatist, dau. of a Suffolk farmer. In a romantic fit she left her home a...
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Landon, Letitia Elizabeth
(1802-1838) Poetess, dau. of an army agent, was b. in London. She was a prolific and, in her day, r...
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Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan)
(1808-1877) Grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley S. (q.v.), m. in 1827 the Hon. G.C. Norton, a union ...
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
(b. 1837) Novelist. Lady Audley's Secret, Aurora Floyd (1862), Henry Dunbar (1864), Only a Clod (18...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin