Reid, Sir Thomas Wemyss

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• Reid, Thomas

  (1710-1796) Philosopher, was the s. of the minister of Strachan, Kincardineshire, where he was b. H...

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• Browne, Sir Thomas

  (1605-1682) Physician and miscellaneous and metaphysical writer, s. of a London merchant, was ed. a...

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• Elyot, Sir Thomas

  (1490-1546) Diplomatist, physician, and writer, held many diplomatic appointments. He wrote The Gov...

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• Herbert, Sir Thomas

  (1606-1682) Traveller and historian, belonged to an old Yorkshire family, studied at Oxf. and Camb....

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• Hoby, Sir Thomas

  (1530-1566) Translator, b. at Leominster, and ed. at Camb., translated Bucer's Gratulation to the C...

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• Malory, Sir Thomas

  (fl. 1470) Translator of Morte d'Arthur. Very little is known of him. An endeavour has been made to...

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• More, Sir Thomas

  (1478-1535) Historical and political writer, s. of Sir John M., a Justice of the King's Bench, was ...

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• North, Sir Thomas

  (1535?-1601?) Translator, 2nd s. of the 1st Lord N., may have studied at Camb. He entered Lincoln's...

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• Overbury, Sir Thomas

  (1581-1613) Poet and miscellaneous writer, ed. at Oxf., became the friend of Carr, afterwards Earl ...

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• Urquhart, Sir Thomas

  (1611-1660) Eccentric writer and translator, was ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, after leaving which...

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• Wyatt, Sir Thomas

  (1503-1542) Poet, s. of Sir Henry W., a servant of Henry VII., and ed. at St. John's Coll., Camb., ...

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• Reid, Mayne

  (1818-1883) Novelist, b. in the north of Ireland, he set off at the age of 20 for Mexico to push hi...

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• Sir

  ·noun A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet. II. Sir ·noun A man of socia...

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• sir

  Once a scholastic title applied to priests and curates; now to knights. "Aye, aye, sir," is the well...

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• Thomas

  a twin ...

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• Thomas

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• thomas

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• Thomas

  (a twin), one of the apostles. According to Eusebius, his real name was Judas. This may have been a ...

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• Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick

  (1784-1848) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, s. of a Scottish baronet, wrote two novels, Lochandh...

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• May, Sir Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Farnborough

  (1815-1886) Jurist and historian, ed. at Bedford School, and after holding various minor offices be...

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• Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon

  (1795-1854) Poet and biographer, s. of a brewer at Reading, where he was b., and which he represent...

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• Sir Thomas Bludworth's House

  See Sir Richard Levet's House. ...

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• Sir Thomas Davis' House

  At the south-west end of Angel Court, Snow Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677). Site ...

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• sir john

  The old title for a country parson: as Sir John of Wrotham, mentioned by Shakespeare. ...

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• sir loin

  The sur, or upper loin. ...

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• sir reverence

  Human excrement, a t--d. ...

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• sir timothy

  One who, from a desire of being the head of the company, pays the reckoning, or, as the term is, sta...

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• you, sir!

  The irritating mode in which some officers address the seamen. The late Lord Collingwood never permi...

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• Thomas phosphate

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Thomas slag. ...

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• Thomas process

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Basic process, above. ...

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• Thomas slag

  ·add. ·- ·same·as Basic slag, above. ...

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• Aird, Thomas

  (1802-1876) Poet, b. at Bowden, Roxburghshire, went to Edinburgh, where he became the friend of Pro...

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• Amory, Thomas

  (1691(?)-1788) Eccentric writer, was of Irish descent. In 1755 he publ. Memoirs containing the live...

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• Arnold, Thomas

  (1795-1842) Historian, s. of an inland revenue officer in the Isle of Wight, was ed. at Winchester ...

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• Blacklock, Thomas

  (1721-1791) Poet, b. near Annan of humble parentage, lost his sight by smallpox when 6 months old. ...

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• Boston, Thomas

  (1677-1732) Scottish divine, was successively schoolmaster at Glencairn, and minister of Simprin in...

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• Bowdler, Thomas

  (1754-1825) Editor of The Family Shakespeare, b. near Bath, s. of a gentleman of independent fortun...

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• Bradwardine, Thomas

  (1290?-1349) Theologian, was at Oxf., where he became Prof. of Divinity and Chancellor, and afterwa...

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• Brown, Thomas

  (1778-1820) Metaphysician, s. of the Rev. Samuel B., minister of Kirkinabreck, practised for some t...

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• Burnet, Thomas

  (1635?-1715) Theologian and writer on cosmogony, was b. at Croft near Darlington, and ed. at Camb.,...

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• Campbell, Thomas

  (1777-1844) Poet, was the youngest s. of Alexander C., a merchant in Glasgow, where he was b. After...

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• Campion, Thomas

  (c. 1575-1620) Poet and musician, b. at Witham, Essex, and ed. at Camb., and on the Continent, stud...

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• Carew, Thomas

  (1594?-1639) Poet, s. of Sir Matthew C., was ed. at Oxf., entered the Middle Temple, and was one of...

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• Carlyle, Thomas

  (1795-1881) Historian and essayist, was b. at Ecclefechan in Dumfriesshire. His f., James C., was a...

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• Carte, Thomas

  (1686-1754) Historian, b. near Rugby, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, but resigned his benefice at Ba...

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• Chalmers, Thomas

  (1780-1847) Divine, economist, and philanthropist, b. at Anstruther, Fife, s. of a shipowner and me...

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• Chatterton, Thomas

  (1752-1770) Poet, b. at Bristol, posthumous s. of a schoolmaster, who had been a man of some readin...

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• Churchyard, Thomas

  (1520?-1604) Poet and miscellaneous writer, began life as a page to the Earl of Surrey, and subsequ...

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• Cooper, Thomas

  (1805-1892) Chartist poet, was b. at Leicester, and apprenticed to a shoemaker. In spite of hardshi...

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• Coryate, or Coryatt, Thomas

  (1577-1617) Poet, b. at Odcombe, Somerset, and ed. at Westminster and Oxf., entered the household o...

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• Cranmer, Thomas

  (1489-1556) Theologian and Churchman, b. at Aslacton, Notts, ed. at Camb., and became an eminent cl...

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• Creech, Thomas

  (1659-1700) Translator, b. near Sherborne, ed. at Oxf., became Head Master of Sherborne School. He ...

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• Day, Thomas

  (1748-1789) Miscellaneous writer, was b. in London, ed. at the Charterhouse and at Oxf., and called...

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• Dekker, Thomas

  (1570?-1641?) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, was b. in London. Few details of D.'s life have c...

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• Deloney, Thomas

  (1543-1600) Novelist and balladist, appears to have worked as a silk-weaver in Norwich, but was in ...

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• Dermody, Thomas

  (1775-1802) Poet, b. at Ennis, showed great capacity for learning, but fell into idle and dissipate...

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• Dorset, Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of, and Lord Buckhurst

  (1536-1608) Poet and statesman, was b. at Buckhurst, Sussex, the only s. of Sir Richard S., and ed....

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• D'Urfey, Thomas

  (1653-1723) Dramatist and song-writer, was a well-known man-about-town, a companion of Charles II.,...

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• Ellwood, Thomas

  (1639-1713) A young Quaker who was introduced to Milton in 1662, and devoted much of his time to re...

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• Erskine, Thomas

  (1788-1870) Theologian, s. of David E., of Linlathen, to which property he succeeded, his elder bro...

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• Fuller, Thomas

  (1608-1661) Divine and antiquary, s. of a clergyman of the same name, was b. at Aldwinkle, Northamp...

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• Goodwin, Thomas

  (1600-1680) Divine, was b. in Norfolk, and ed. at Camb., where he was Vicar of Trinity Church. Beco...

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• Gray, Thomas

  (1716-1771) Poet, was b. in London, the s. of a scrivener, who, though described as "a respectable ...

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• Guthrie, Thomas

  (1803-1873) Divine and philanthropist, b. at Brechin, studied for the Church, and became a minister...

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• Hamilton, Thomas

  (1789-1842) Novelist, brother of Sir William Hamilton (q.v.), wrote a novel, Cyril Thornton (1827),...

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• Hearne, Thomas

  (1678-1735) Antiquary, b. at White Waltham., Berkshire, and ed. at Oxf., where in 1712 he became se...

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• Heywood, Thomas

  (d. 1650) Dramatist. Few facts about him have come down, and these are almost entirely derived from...

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• Hobbes, Thomas

  (1588-1679) Philosopher, was b. at Malmesbury, the s. of a clergyman, and ed. at Oxf. Thereafter he...

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• Hoccleve, or Occleve, Thomas

  (1368?-1450?) Poet, probably b. in London, where he appears to have spent most of his life, living ...

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• Holcroft, Thomas

  (1745-1809) Dramatist, s. of a small shoemaker in London, passed his youth as a pedlar, and as a Ne...

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• Hood, Thomas

  (1799-1845) Poet and comic writer, s. of a bookseller in London, where he was b., was put into a me...

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• Hope, Thomas

  (1770-1831) Novelist and writer on art, was a wealthy merchant of Amsterdam, of Scotch descent, his...

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• Hughes, Thomas

  (1823?-1896) Novelist and biographer, s. of a Berkshire squire, was ed. at Rugby and Oxf., and call...

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• Innes, Thomas

  (1662-1744) Historian, was descended from an old Roman Catholic family in Aberdeenshire. He studied...

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• Keightley, Thomas

  (1789-1872) Historian, ed. at Trinity Coll., Dublin, wrote works on mythology and folklore, and at ...

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• Ken, Thomas

  (1637-1711) Religious writer, s. of an attorney, was b. at Little Berkhampstead, ed. at Winchester ...

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• Killigrew, Thomas

  (1612-1683) Dramatist, s. of Sir Robert K., of Hanworth, was a witty, dissolute courtier of Charles...

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• Kyd, Thomas

  (1558-1595) Dramatist, s. of a London scrivener, ed. at Merchant Taylor's School, appears to have l...

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• Lodge, Thomas

  (1558?-1625) Poet and dramatist, s. of Sir Thomas L., Lord Mayor of London, was ed. at Merchant Tay...

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• M'Crie, Thomas

  (1772-1835) Biographer and ecclesiastical historian, b. at Duns, and ed. at the Univ. of Edin., bec...

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• May, Thomas

  (1595-1650) Poet and historian, b. in Sussex, s. of Sir Thomas M., of Mayfield, went to Camb., and ...

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• Middleton, Thomas

  (1570-1627) Dramatist, was a Londoner and city chronologer, in which capacity he composed a chronic...

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• Miller, Thomas

  (1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He pub....

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• Moore, Thomas

  (1779-1852) Poet, b. in Dublin, s. of a grocer and wine-merchant in a small way, was ed. at Trinity...

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• Morton, Thomas

  (1764-1838) Dramatist, b. in Durham, came to London to study law, which he discarded in favour of p...

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• Nabbes, Thomas

  (fl. 1638) Dramatist, was at Oxf. in 1621. He lived in London, and wrote comedies, satirising bourg...

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• Nash, Thomas

  (1567-1601) Satirist, etc., b. at Lowestoft, ed. at Camb. A reckless life kept him in perpetual pov...

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• Otway, Thomas

  (1651 or 1652-1685) Dramatist, s. of a clergyman, was b. near Midhurst, Sussex, and ed. at Oxf., wh...

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• Paine, Thomas

  (1737-1809) Political and anti-Christian writer, s. of a stay-maker and small farmer of Quaker prin...

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• Parnell, Thomas

  (1679-1718) Poet, b. and ed. in Dublin, took orders in 1700, and was Vicar of Finglas and Archdeaco...

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• Pennant, Thomas

  (1726-1798) Naturalist and traveller, b. in Flintshire, and ed. at Oxf., was one of the most distin...

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• Percy, Thomas

  (1729-1811) Antiquary and poet, s. of a grocer at Bridgnorth, where he was b., ed. at Oxf., entered...

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• Pringle, Thomas

  (1789-1834) Poet, b. in Roxburghshire, studied at Edin., and became known to Scott, by whose influe...

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• Randolph, Thomas

  (1605-1635) Poet and dramatist, ed. at Westminster School and Camb., was a friend of Ben Jonson, an...

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• Ruddiman, Thomas

  (1674-1757) Grammarian, b. in Banffshire, and ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, obtained a position in...

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• Rymer, Thomas

  (1641-1713) Archæologist and critic, ed. at Camb., became a barrister at Gray's Inn. He pub. in 167...

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• Shadwell, Thomas

  (1640 or 1642-1692) Dramatist and poet, belonged to a good Staffordshire family, was b. in Norfolk,...

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• Southerne, Thomas

  (1660-1746) Dramatist, b. in Dublin, and ed. at Trinity Coll. there, came to London and studied law...

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• Sprat, Thomas

  (1635-1713) Divine and writer of memoirs, b. at Beaminster, Dorset, ed. at Oxf., was a mathematicia...

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• Stanley, Thomas

  (1625-1678) Philosopher and scholar, connected with the Derby family, ed. at Camb., was the author ...

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• Stephens, Thomas

  (1821-1875) Welsh historian and critic, b. at Pont Nedd Fechan, Glamorganshire, s. of a shoemaker. ...

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• Sternhold, Thomas

  (1500-1549), Hopkins, John (d. 1570) Were associated in making the metrical version of the Psalms, ...

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• Storer, Thomas

  (1571-1604) Poet, b. in London, and ed. at Oxf., wrote a long poem, The Life and Death of Thomas Wo...

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• Taylor, Thomas

  (1758-1835) Translator, b. in London and ed. at St. Paul's School, devoted himself to the study of ...

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• Tickell, Thomas

  (1686-1740) Poet, b. at Bridekirk Vicarage, Cumberland, and ed. at Oxf. became the friend of Joseph...

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• Traherne, Thomas

  (1636?-1674) Poet and theological writer, s. of a shoemaker at Hereford where, or at Ledbury, he wa...

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• Tusser, Thomas

  (1524?-1580) Versifier on agriculture, was an Essex man. Having a good voice he was trained in musi...

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• Underdown, Thomas

  (fl. 1566-1587) Translator. He translated the Æthiopian History of Heliodorus 1566; also from Ovid....

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• Usk, Thomas

  (d. 1388) Poet, b. in London, was sec. to John of Northampton, the Wyclifite Lord Mayor of London, ...

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• Wade, Thomas

  (1805-1875) Poet, b. at Woodbridge, pub. poems, dramas, sonnets, and a translation of Dante's Infer...

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• Warton, Thomas

  (1728-1790) Literary historian and critic, younger s. of Thomas W., Prof. of Poetry at Oxf., and br...

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• Watson, Thomas

  (1557?-1592) Poet, b. in London, was at Oxf., and studied law. He was a scholar, and made translati...

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• Wilson, Thomas

  (1525?-1581) Scholar and statesman, b. in Lincolnshire, was at Camb., and held various high positio...

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• Woolner, Thomas

  (1826-1892) Sculptor and poet, b. at Hadleigh, attained a high reputation as a sculptor. He belonge...

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• Wright, Thomas

  (1810-1877) Antiquary, b. near Ludlow, of Quaker parentage, was ed. at Camb. His first work was a H...

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• Yalden, Thomas

  (1670-1736) Poet, s. of an exciseman at Oxf., and ed. at Magdalen Coll., entered the Church, in whi...

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• Hardy, Thomas

  LL.D. (b. 1840) Novelist. A Short Story (1865), Desperate Remedies (1871), Under the Greenwood Tre...

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• Hodgkin, Thomas

  D.C.L., etc. (b. 1831) Historian. Italy and her Invaders, 8 vols. (1880-1899), Letters of Cassiodo...

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• Okey, Thomas

  Writer on topography and art. Venice and its Story, Paris and its Story, Venetian Palaces and Old Ve...

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• Seccombe, Thomas

  (b. 1866) Miscellaneous writer. Twelve Bad Men (1894), The Age of Johnson (1900), The Age of Shakes...

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• Thomas, Annie (Mrs. Pender Cudlip)

  Novelist. Sir Victor's Choice, Denis Doune (1862), Comrades True (1900), The Diva (1901), The Cleave...

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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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• (St.) Thomas' Alley

  In Birchen Lane in parish of St. Michael in Cornhill, 1637 (L.C.C. Deeds, Harben Bequest, 1600-1700,...

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• (St.) Thomas Apostle

  At the north-east corner of Great St. Thomas Apostle, on the west side of Queen Street. In Vintry Wa...

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• (St.) Thomas Walbrook

  Parish of St. Thomas Walbrook, in Cordwainers Ward, 1568 (L. and P. Ed. VI. D.S. VII. 67). Qy. = St...

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• Thomas Alley

  See Throms Alley. ...

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• Alison, Sir Archibald

  (1792-1867) Historian, s. of the above, was b. at Kenley, Shropshire, and after studying under a pr...

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• Arnold, Sir Edwin

  (1832-1904) Poet, s. of a Sussex magistrate, was b. at Gravesend, and ed. at King's School, Rochest...

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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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• Baker, Sir Richard

  (1568-1645) Historian and religious writer, studied law, was knighted in 1603, and was High Sheriff...

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• Beaumont, Sir John

  (1582-1627?) Poet, elder brother of Francis B., the dramatist (q.v.). His poems, of which the best ...

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• Besant, Sir Walter

  (1836-1901) Novelist and historian of London, b. at Portsmouth and ed. at King's Coll., London, and...

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• Blackmore, Sir Richard

  (c. 1650, d. 1729) Poet, one of the Court Physicians to William III. and Anne, wrote several very l...

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• Blackstone, Sir William

  (1723-1780) Legal Writer, posthumous s. of a silk mercer in London, was ed. at Charterhouse School ...

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• Boswell, Sir Alexander

  (1775-1822) Antiquary and song writer, s. of James B., of Auchinleck, Johnson's biographer, was int...

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• Bowring, Sir John

  (1792-1872) Linguist, writer, and traveller, was b. at Exeter. His talent for acquiring languages e...

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• Brewster, Sir David

  (1781-1868) Man of science and writer, b. at Jedburgh, originally intended to enter the Church, of ...

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• Davenant, or D'Avenant, Sir William

  (1606-1668) Poet and dramatist, was b. at Oxf., where his f. kept an inn, which Shakespeare was in ...

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• Davies, Sir John

  (1569-1626) Lawyer and poet, s. of a lawyer at Westbury, Wiltshire, was ed. at Winchester and Oxf.,...

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• Davy, Sir Humphrey

  (1778-1829) Chemist and man of letters, s. of a wood-carver, was b. at Penzance. He early showed an...

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• Denham, Sir John

  (1615-1669) Poet, s. of the Chief Baron of Exchequer in Ireland, was b. in Dublin, and ed. at Oxf. ...

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• Digby, Sir Kenelm

  (1603-1665) Miscellaneous writer, b. near Newport Pagnell, s. of Sir Everard D., one of the Gunpowd...

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• Dugdale, Sir William

  (1605-1686) Herald and antiquary, was b. at Coleshill, Warwickshire, and ed. at Coventry School. Fr...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Dyer, Sir Edward

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Etherege, Sir George

  (1635?-1691) Dramatist, was at Camb., travelled, read a little law, became a man-about-town, the co...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fanshawe, Sir Richard

  (1608-1666) Diplomatist, translator, and poet, b. at Ware Park, Herts, and ed. at Camb., travelled ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Ferguson, Sir Samuel

  (1810-1886) Poet and antiquary, b. at Belfast, the s. of parents of Scottish extraction, he was ed....

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Filmer, Sir Robert

  (d. 1653?) Political writer, s. of Sir Edward F., of East Sutton, Kent, was ed. at Camb. He was an ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Fortescue, Sir John

  (1394?-1476?) Political writer, was descended from a Devonshire family. He was an eminent lawyer, a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Francis, Sir Philip

  (1740-1818) Reputed author of The Letters of Junius, s. of the Rev. Philip F., a scholar of some no...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Garth, Sir Samuel

  (1661-1719) Physician and poet, b. at Bolam in the county of Durham, and ed. at Camb., he settled a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hale, Sir Matthew

  (1609-1676) Jurist and miscellaneous writer, has left a great reputation as a lawyer and judge. Ste...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Harington, Sir John

  (1561-1612) Miscellaneous writer, and translator, b. at Kelston Park near Bath, and ed. at Eton and...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Hayward, Sir John

  (1564?-1627) Historian, b. at Felixstowe, was the author of various historical works, the earliest ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Helps, Sir Arthur

  (1813-1875) Essayist and historian, was b. at Streatham, Surrey, and ed. at Eton and Camb. After le...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Herschel, Sir John Frederick William

  (1792-1871) S. of Sir William H., the eminent astronomer and discoverer of the planet Uranus, was b...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Howard, Sir Robert

  (1626-1698) Dramatist, s. of the Earl of Berkshire, and brother-in-law of Dryden. On the outbreak o...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Jones, Sir William

  (1746-1794) Orientalist and jurist, was b. in London, and ed. at Harrow and Oxf. He lost his f., an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• L'Estrange, Sir Roger

  (1616-1704) Journalist and pamphleteer, youngest s. of a Norfolk baronet, was probably at Camb., an...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lindsay, or Lyndsay, Sir David

  (1490-1555) Scottish poet and satirist, s. of David L. of Garmylton, near Haddington, was b. either...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lyell, Sir Charles

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Lyndesay, Sir D.

  see Lindsay, Sir David. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mackenzie, Sir George

  (1636-1691) Lawyer and miscellaneous writer, s. of Sir Simon M., of Lochslin, a brother of the Earl...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mackintosh, Sir James

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Maitland, Sir Richard

  (1496-1586) Poet, f. of M. of Lethington, Sec. of State to Mary Queen of Scots. In his later years ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Malcolm, Sir John

  (1769-1833) Indian soldier, statesman, and historian, b. at Burnfoot, Dumfriesshire, went to India ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Mandeville, Sir John

  Was the ostensible author only of a book of travels bearing his name, written about the middle of th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Martin, Sir Theodore

  (1816-1909) Poet, biographer, and translator, s. of James M., solicitor in Edin., where he was b. a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Melville, Sir James

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Morris, Sir Lewis

  (1833-1907) Poet, b. at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, and ed. at Sherborne and Oxf., was called to the B...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Newton, Sir Isaac

  (1642-1727) Natural philosopher, b. at Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, the s. of a small landed propriet...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Palgrave, Sir Francis

  (1788-1861) Historian, s. of Meyer Cohen, a Jewish stockbroker, but at his marriage in 1823, having...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Raleigh, Sir Walter

  (1552?-1618) Explorer, statesman, admiral, historian, and poet, s. of Walter R., of Fardel, Devonsh...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Reynolds, Sir Joshua

  (1723-1792) Painter and writer on art, s. of a clergyman and schoolmaster at Plympton, Devonshire. ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rycaut, or Ricaut, Sir Paul

  (1628-1700) Historian, was at Camb., and held various diplomatic positions. He wrote Present State ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Savile, Sir Henry

  (1549-1622) Scholar, ed. at Oxf., where he lectured on mathematics. He was afterwards Warden of Mer...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Scott, Sir Walter

  (1771-1832) Poet, novelist, and biographer, s. of Walter S., a Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, a...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sedley, Sir Charles

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sidney, Sir Philip

  (1554-1586) Poet and romancist, s. of Sir Henry S., Deputy of Ireland, and Pres. of Wales, b. at th...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Skelton, Sir John

  (1831-1897) Miscellaneous writer. B. in Edinburgh, ed. at the Univ. there, and called to the Scotti...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Smith, Sir William

  (1813-1893) Lexicographer, ed. at Univ. Coll., London, was a contributor to the Penny Magazine and ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Spelman, Sir Henry

  (1564?-1641) Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Steele, Sir Richard

  (1672-1729) Essayist and dramatist, s. of a Dublin attorney, who d. when his s. was 5 years old, wa...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stephen, Sir James

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

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Stephen, Sir Leslie

  (1832-1904) Biographer and critic, s. of the above, was b. in London, and ed. at Eton, King's Coll....

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Suckling, Sir John

  (1609-1642) Poet, s. of a knight who had held office as Sec. of State and Comptroller of the Househ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Taylor, Sir Henry

  (1800-1886) Dramatist, s. of a gentleman farmer in the county of Durham. After being at sea for som...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Temple, Sir William

  (1628-1699) Statesman and essayist, s. of Sir John T., Master of the Rolls in Ireland, was b. in Lo...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Vanbrugh, Sir John

  (1664-1726) Dramatist and architect, b. in London of Flemish descent, was in France from 1683 to 16...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Walpole, Sir Spencer

  (1839-1907) Historian, s. of the Right Hon. Spencer W., Home Sec. in the three Derby Cabinets, belo...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wilson, Sir Daniel

  (1816-1892) Archæologist and miscellaneous writer, b. and ed. in Edin., and after acting as sec. of...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Wotton, Sir Henry

  (1568-1639) Diplomatist and poet, s. of a Kentish gentleman, was b. at Boughton Park, near Maidston...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Anson, Sir William Reynell

  Bart., D.C.L. (b. 1843) Legaland constitutional writer, etc., Law and Custom of the Constitution, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Butler, Sir William Francis

  G.C.B. (b. 1838) Traveller and biographer. The Great Lone Land (1872), The Wild North Land (1873),...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Douglas, Sir George Brisbane Scott, Bart.

  (b. 1856) Poet and miscellaneous writer. Poems (1880), The Fireside Tragedy (1896), New Border Tale...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Galton, Sir Francis

  F.R.S., D.C.L. b. (1822) Traveller and anthropologist. Tropical South Africa (1853), Hereditary Ge...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Pears, Sir Edwin

  (b. 1835) War correspondent, etc, Fall of Constantinople (1885), The Destruction of the Greek Empir...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Rhys, Sir John

  D.Litt. (b. 1840) Celtic philologist. Celtic Britain (1882), Studies in the Arthurian Legend (1891...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Sir John Fouches

  See Sir Nathaniel Herne's House. ...

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