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• Spencer

  ·noun A short jacket worn by men and by women. II. Spencer ·noun One who has the care of the spence...

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• Spencer, Herbert

  (1820-1903) Philosopher, b. at Derby, the s. of a teacher, from whom, and from his uncle, mentioned...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Baynes, Thomas Spencer

  (1823-1887) Philosopher, s. of a Baptist minister, b. at Wellington, Somerset, intended to study fo...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• Spencer, William Robert

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

  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

• Beesly, Edward Spencer

  (b. 1831) Writer on history and philosophy. Catiline, Clodius, and Tiberius (1878), Queen Elizabeth...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin