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Ramsay, Allan
(1686-1758) Poet, s. of a mine-manager at Leadhills, Dumfriesshire, who claimed kin with the Ramsay...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer, 1st Earl of Lytton
(1831-1891) Poet and statesman, s. of the above, was ed. at Harrow and Bonn, and thereafter was pri...
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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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