Sands, Robert Charles

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  (1782-1824) Novelist, b. in Dublin of Huguenot ancestry, was ed. at Trinity Coll. there, and taking...

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• Hastings sands

  ·- The lower group of the Wealden formation; — so called from its development around Hastings, in S...

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• Sand's Court

  At London Wall. Or "Hand Alley " (P.C. 1732). See Hand Alley2, Wormwood Street. ...

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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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• Bage, Robert

  (1728-1801) Novelist, b. in Derbyshire, was the s. of a paper-maker. It was not until he was 53 tha...

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• Baillie, Robert

  (1599-1662) Historical writer, s. of B. of Jerviston, ed. at Glasgow, he entered the Church of Scot...

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• Barclay, Robert

  (1648-1690) Apologist of the Quakers, s. of Col. David B. of Ury, ed. at the Scots Coll. in Paris, ...

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• Blair, Robert

  (1699-1746) Poet, b. at Edin., where his f. was a clergyman, became minister of Athelstaneford, Had...

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• Bloomfield, Robert

  (1766-1823) Poet, b. at Honington in Suffolk, lost his f. when he was a year old, and received the ...

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• Browning, Robert

  (1812-1889) Poet, only s. of Robert B., a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who hel...

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• Buchanan, Robert

  (1841-1901) Poet and novelist, b. at Caverswall, Staffordshire, the s. of a Scottish schoolmaster a...

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• Burns, Robert

  (1759-1796) Poet, was b. near Ayr, the s. of William Burness or Burns, a small farmer, and a man of...

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• Burton, Robert

  (1577-1640) Miscellaneous writer, b. at Lindley, Leicestershire, and ed. at Oxf., took orders, and ...

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• Carruthers, Robert

  (1799-1878) Journalist and miscellaneous writer, b. in Dumfriesshire, was for a time a teacher in H...

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• Chambers, Robert

  (1802-1871) Historical and scientific writer, was b. at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertio...

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• Dodsley, Robert

  (1703-1764) Poet, dramatist, and bookseller, b. near Mansfield, and apprenticed to a stocking-weave...

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• Fabyan, Robert

  (d. 1513) Chronicler, was b. in London, of which he became an Alderman and Sheriff. He kept a diary...

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• Fergusson, Robert

  (1750-1774) Scottish poet, s. of a bank clerk, was ed. at the Univ. of St. Andrews. His f. dying, h...

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• Gilfillan, Robert

  (1798-1850) Poet, b. at Dunfermline, was latterly Collector of Police Rates in Leith. He wrote a nu...

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• Greene, Robert

  (1560?-1592) Poet, dramatist, and pamphleteer, was b. at Norwich, and studied at Camb., where he gr...

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• Grosseteste, Robert

  (d. 1253) Theologian and scholar, was b. of poor parents at Stradbrook, Suffolk, and studied at Oxf...

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• Hall, Robert

  (1764-1831) Divine, b. at Arnsby, Leicestershire, the s. of a Baptist minister of some note, was ed...

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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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• Henryson, Robert

  (1430?-1506?) Scottish poet. Few details of his life are known, even the dates of his birth and dea...

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• Herrick, Robert

  (1591-1674) Poet, b. in London, was apprenticed as a goldsmith to his uncle, Sir William H., with w...

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• Keith, Robert

  (1681-1757) Historian, b. in Kincardineshire, belonged to the family of the Earls Marischal, and wa...

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• Leighton, Robert

  (1611-1684) Divine, was the s. of Alexander L., physician, and writer on theology, who, on account ...

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• Lindsay, or Lindesay, Robert

  (1500?-1565?) Historian, Laird or tenant of Pitscottie, Fife, wrote a history entitled The Chronicl...

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• Lloyd, Robert

  (1733-1764) Poet, ed. at Westminster and Camb., pub. The Actor (1760), a poem which had considerabl...

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• Lowth, Robert

  (1710-1787) Theologian and scholar, s. of William L., Prebendary of Winchester, and author of a Com...

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• Mannyng, Robert, or Robert de Brunne

  (fl. 1288-1338) Was a Canon of the Gilbertine Order. His work, Handlynge Sinne (c. 1300), translate...

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• Montgomery, Robert

  (1807-1855) Poet, a minister of the Scottish Episcopal Church, wrote some ambitious religious poems...

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• Orme, Robert

  (1728-1801) Historian, s. of an Indian army doctor, b. at Travancore, and after being at Harrow, en...

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• Owen, Robert

  (1771-1858) Socialist and philanthropist, b. at Newton, Montgomeryshire, had for his object the reg...

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• Paltock, Robert

  (1697-1767) Novelist, was an attorney, and wrote The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornis...

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• Pollok, Robert

  (1789-1827) Poet, b. in Refrewshire, studied for the ministry of one of the Scottish Dissenting com...

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• Rollock, Robert

  (1555?-1599) Theologian and scholar, b. in Stirlingshire, was first a Prof. in St. Andrews, and the...

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• Sanderson, Robert

  (1587-1663) Theologian and casuist, b. of good family at Rotherham in Yorkshire, was at Oxf. Enteri...

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• Sempill, Robert

  (1530?-1595), Sempill, Robert (1595?-1659?), Sempill, Francis (1616?-1682) Scottish poets, all belo...

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• South, Robert

  (1634-1716) Divine, s. of a London merchant, was b. at Hackney, and ed. at Westminster School and O...

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• Southey, Robert

  (1774-1843) Poet, biographer, etc., s. of an unsuccessful linen-draper in Bristol, where he was b.,...

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• Southwell, Robert

  (1561?-1595) Poet, b. at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, of good Roman Catholic family, and ed. at Do...

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• Tannahill, Robert

  (1774-1810) Poet, b. in Paisley where he was a weaver. In 1807 he pub. a small vol. of poems and so...

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• Vaughan, Robert

  (1795-1868) A minister of the Congregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-4...

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• Watson, Robert

  (1730-1781) Historian, s. of an apothecary in St. Andrews, where and at Edin. and Glasgow, he was e...

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• Wodrow, Robert

  (1679-1734) Church historian, s. of James W., Prof. of Divinity in Glasgow. Having completed his li...

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• Bridges, Robert

  (b. 1844) Poet. Essay on Milton's Prosody, Critical Essay on Keats. Poems, The Growth of Love, Prom...

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• Flint, Robert

  D.D., LL.D. (b. 1838) Writer on philosophy, sociology, and theology. Philosophy of History in Euro...

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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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• 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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• Pearson, Charles Henry

  (1830-1894) B. at Islington, ed. at Rugby and King's Coll., London, at the latter he became Prof. o...

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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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• 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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• Ballantyne, Robert Michael

  (1825-1894) Writer of tales for boys, b. in Edinburgh, was a connection of the well-known printers....

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• Bird, Robert Montgomery

  (1803-1854) Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and Th...

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• Filmer, Sir Robert

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

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• Gleig, George Robert

  (1796-1888) S. of George G., Bishop of Brechin, entered the army, and served in the Peninsula and A...

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• Hawker, Robert Stephen

  (1804-1875) Poet and antiquary, ed. at Cheltenham and Oxf., became parson of Morwenstow, a smugglin...

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• Howard, Sir Robert

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

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• Malthus, Thomas Robert

  (1766-1834) Economist, s. of a landed proprietor, was b. near Dorking, and ed.. at Jesus Coll., Cam...

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• Robert de Brunne

  See Mannyng, Robert ...

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• Spencer, William Robert

  (1769-1834) Poet, ed. at Harrow and Oxf., belonged to the Whig set of Fox and Sheridan. He wrote gr...

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• Stevenson, Robert Louis

  (1850-1894) Novelist and essayist, was b. at Edin., the s. of Thomas S., a distinguished civil engi...

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• Surtees, Robert Smith

  (1802-1864) Sporting novelist, a country gentleman of Durham, who was in business as a solicitor, b...

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• Ward, Robert Plumer

  (1765-1846) Novelist and politician, b. in London, ed. at Oxf., and called to the Bar 1790, held va...

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• Chambers, Robert William

  (b. 1865) American novelist. In the Quarter (1895), The Red Republic (1896), Lorraine, The Cambric ...

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• Hichens, Robert Smythe

  (b. 1864) Novelist, etc. The Green Carnation, An Imaginative Man (1895), Tongues of Conscience (190...

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• Sims, George Robert

  (b. 1847) Novelist and dramatist, etc. The Dagonet Ballads, Memoirs of Mary Jane, Ten Commandments,...

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• Tyrrell, Robert Yelverton

  LL.D., D.C.L. (b. 1844) Scholar. Has translated Acharnians of Aristophanes into English verse (188...

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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...

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• Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth

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

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• Oman, Charles William Chadwick

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

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• Roberts, Charles George Douglas

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

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• Boyle, The Hon. Robert

  (1627-1691) Natural Philosopher and chemist, 7th s. of the 1st Earl of Cork, was b. at Lismore, Co....

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• Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce

  (1571-1631) Antiquary, b. at Denton, Hunts, and ed. at Camb., was a great collector of charters and...

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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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• Seeley, Sir John Robert

  (1834-1895) Historian and essayist, s. of a publisher in London, ed. at City of London School and C...

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• Ball, Sir Robert Stawell

  LL.D., F.R.S. (b. 1840) Scientific writer. The Story of the Heavens (1885), Starland (1889), The S...

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• Cunninghame-Graham, Robert Bontine

  (b. 1852) Traveller, essayist, etc. Father Archangel of Scotland (1896), with Mrs. C.-G. Aurora la ...

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• Sir Robert Clayton's House

  On the east side of Old Jewry. opposite Mr. Frederick's House (afterwards Frederick's Place) (O. and...

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• Sir Robert Vyner's House

  See Post Office, Lombard Street, and Post Office Court. ...

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• Ward of Robert de Meldeburn

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

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