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Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

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Sir Charles Lyell, first baronet, (1797-1875, APS, 1842) was a geologist and lawyer, whose Principles of Geology explained “former changes of the earth’s surface” by means of “modern causes.” Critical of the “catastrophist” views of many contemporary geologists, Lyell considered the earth “a system of balanced antagonistic processes,” a theory later described as uniformitarian. Although he rejected Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of species mutability early in his career, later he favorabl...

James, William, 1842-1910

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William James (born January 11, 1842, New York City – died August 26, 1910, Tamworth, New Hampshire) was the preeminent American philosopher of his day. His reinterpretations of psychology and pragmatism were among his major contributions to world thought, and his work continues to reward study and inspire analysis. ...

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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Harriet Beecher Stowe (b. June 14, 1811, Litchfield, Connecticut – d. July 1, 1896, Hartford, Connecticut) was an American abolitionist and author. She is the daughter of Rev. Lyman Beecher who preached against slavery. She is best known for writing Uncle Tom's Cabin. It became an instant and controversial best-seller, both in the United States and abroad. The novel had a major impact on Northerners' attitudes toward slavery and by the beginning of the Civil War had sold more than a million copi...

Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925

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Amy Lowell (1874-1925) was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Her brother, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, was president of Harvard University. At age 36, Lowell had her first poem published in the Atlantic Monthly. In 1912, her first book of poems, A dome of many colored glasses was published. She became associated with the Imagists poets when Ezra Pound, whom she had met on a trip to England, included one of her poems in his anthology, Des imagistes. Lowell wrote critical articles for periodicals in add...

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United States postmaster general. As a scientist, he was a major figure in ...

Brontë, Patrick, 1777-1861

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Patrick Brontë (born Patrick Brunty, 17 March 1777, Rathfriland, County Down, Ireland – died 7 June 1861, Hayworth, England) was an Irish Anglican priest and author who spent most of his adult life in England. He was the father of the writers Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, and of Branwell Brontë, his only son. Patrick outlived his wife, the former Maria Branwell, by forty years, by which time all of their six children had died as well....

Dwight, Edmund, 1824-1900

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Edmund Dwight (1824-1900) married Ellen Randolph Coolidge, a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, in 1855. They had no children....

Kemble, Fanny, 1809-1893

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Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist, whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing and works about the theatre. In 1834, Kemble married a wealthy Philadelphian, Pierce Mease Butler, grandson of U.S. Senator Pierce Butler, whom she had met on an American acting tour with her father in 1832....

Clarke, James Freeman, 1810-1888

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James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American theologian and author. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though he was raised by his grandfather James Freeman, minister at King's Chapel in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, and later graduated from Harvard College in 1829, and Harvard Divinity School in 1833. Ordained into the Unitarian church he first became...

Bigelow, John, 1817-1911

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John Bigelow was born in Malden-on-Hudson, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1838. From 1849 to 1861, he was one of the editors and co-owners of the New York Evening Post. He was active in the Republican Party and in 1860, President Abraham Lincoln appointed him American Consul in Paris in 1861 and later served as American ambassador to France. After the Civil War's conclusion, he returned to New York, where he assisted Samuel J. Tilden in opposing the corruption that flourished in New ...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909

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Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an American author and Unitarian minister. Hale was involved in many social reform movements, including abolition and popular education. He is best known for his 1863 short story, "The Man Without a Country," which promoted patriotic support of the Union. From the guide to the Edward Everett Hale Letters, 1884-1897, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

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American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859

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William Hickling Prescott, born in Salem, Massachusetts to a prominent family, wrote romantic and highly-regarded works of Spanish and Latin American history. From the guide to the Letters to Richard Bentley, 1837-1858., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Ticknor, George, 1791-1871

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George Ticknor (1791-1871), educator and author, served as the first Smith Professor of the French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard from 1817 to 1835. After his arrival at Harvard, Ticknor became disenchanted with the school curriculum, characterizing the College as a well-disciplined high school, and began an effort to reorganize the College around four main goals: the division of students in courses according to academic proficiency and merit; the division of the ...

Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873

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Joshua Fisher was a Philadelphia lawyer. From the description of Diary, 1848. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122465471 ...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894

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Holmes (Harvard, M.D. 1836) was Parkman Professor of Anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1847 to 1882, dean of the Medical School from 1847 to 1853, and a noted essayist and poet. A paper on the contagiousness of puerperal fever, presented at an 1843 meeting of the Boston Society for Medical Improvement, was his most famous contribution to medicine. His indictment of physicians for their role in causing and spreading the fever was one of the most controversial treatises of the time...

Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910

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Julia Ward Howe, née Julia Ward, (born May 27, 1819, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 17, 1910, Newport, Rhode Island), American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward came of a well-to-do family and was educated privately. In 1843 she married educator Samuel Gridley Howe and took up residence in Boston. Always of a literary bent, she published her first volume of poetry, Passion Flowers, in 1854; this and subsequent works—including a poetry collec...

Jay, John, 1817-1894

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Grandson of John Jay, active in anti-slavery movement, organizer of Republican Party in New York, U.S. minister to Austria. From the description of Letters to H.H. Boyesen and Rufus W. Griswold, II, 1851-1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64433472 Lawyer, diplomat, and reformer. From the description of Letters of John Jay, 1878-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423666 American lawyer and diplomat. From the description of...

Burgoyne, John F. (John Fox), Sir, 1782-1871

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Engineer officer in American campaign, 1814-1815. From the description of A general deployment, [1815?]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58660643 Sir John Fox Burgoyne was the son of General John Burgoyne, the British general who surrendered to American forces at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777. John F. Burgoyne entered the Royal Engineers in 1798 and served as Commanding Royal Engineer at New Orleans and Mobile during the War of 1812. The present ...

Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph, 1796-1876

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Granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson. From the description of Correspondence of Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge, 1810-1861. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51207509 ...

Nicholls, George, Sir, 1781-1865

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Captain George Nicholls (1781-1865) was Officer of the Guard on St Helena during part of Napoleon Bonaparte's detention on the island. From the guide to the Letters written to Captain George Nicholls, ca.1815-1821, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

Grote, George, 1794-1871

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Threadneedle Street", to W.W. Hickson [William Edward Hickson?], 1835 Apr. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503892 From the description of Trial and death of Socrates : autograph manuscript, ca. 1832. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881620 George Grote was born on 17 November 1794. He was educated at a school in Sevenoaks, Kent and Charterhouse, where he remained for six years. At Charterho...

Arnold, Edwin, sir, 1832-1904

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British poet and journalist. From the description of Letter : London, 1879 May 17. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 316061222 From the description of Edwin Arnold letters and photographs, 1870-1903. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105778 From the description of Letters, 1869-1900. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31997523 From the description of In the palace of pain : an address delivered at St. Thomas's Hospital : [Lo...

Brooks, Phillips, 1835-1893

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Brooks was an Episcopal clergyman. He was rector of Trinity Church, Boston (1868-1893) and bishop of Massachusetts (1891-1893). From the description of Sermons and lectures, 1858-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 81069474 From the description of Correspondence and compositions, 1831-1901 and undated. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390105 From the description of Papers, 1832-1892. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122575025 ...

Sewell, Elizabeth Missing, 1815-1906

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bonchurch, I.O.W., to Miss Tudor, 1850 Nov. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270853650 Author. From the description of Letter to Mrs. Alexander [manuscript], 1863 May 12. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806311 English author of novels and educational and devotional works. From the description of ALS : Bonchurch, England, to Eliza Allen Starr, 1890 July 9. (Rose...

Carlyle, Jane Welsh, 1801-1866

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Wife of Thomas Carlyle. From the description of Jane Welsh Carlyle - Henrietta Stanley letters, 1852-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 82947960 Henry Larkin was Thomas Carlyle's secretary. From the description of Letter : Edinburgh, to [Henry] Larkin [London? 14 Sept. 1859] (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 35855849 Jane Welsh Carlyle, wife of Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle. From the description of Jane We...

Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919

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Higginson was a Boston banker and philantropist; he donated Soldiers Field and Harvard Union to Harvard University. From the description of Papers relating to the gift of Soldiers Field, Harvard University, 1890. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82295797 Higginson was a Boston banker and philanthropist. Higginson attended Harvard (1851-1852), but left because of poor eyesight. In 1856 he went to Vienna intending to make music his life work, but he returned to Boston...

Murfree, Mary Noailles, 1850-1922

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Mary Noilles Murfree, author, was born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on 24 January 1850, and died there on 31 July 1922. She never married and was first published in 1873. Under the pseudonym of Charles Egbert Craddock, she published short stories in the ATLANTIC MONTHLY and other magazines (1878- ); a volume of short stories, IN THE MOUNTAINS (1884); and at least nine novels, including WHERE THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT, PHANTOMS OF THE FOOT BRIDGE, HIS VANISHED STAR, and PROPHET OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUN...

Littré, Émile, 1801-1881

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French lexicographer and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified man, "samedi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 568687241 ...

Oxford University

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Oxford University ran a series of expeditions to the Arctic regions during the 1920s and 1930s From the guide to the Oxford University Arctic Expeditions, 1921-1936, 1921-1936, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Teaching in Oxford developed during the eleventh century, helped from 1167 by Henry II's decision to ban English students from attending the University of Paris. The university had a master by 1201, on whom was conferred the title of Chancellor...

Ford, Richard, 1796-1858

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Epithet: of Add MS 38310 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x0003a1 Richard Ford, English art connoisseur and author of several books about Spain. From the description of Richard Ford manuscript material : 1 item, 1849 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 218604844 From the guide to the Richard Ford manuscript material : 1 item, 1849, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pfo...

Merivale, Charles, 1808-1893

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Charles Merivale was an English historian. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1892. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191538548 ...

Tocqueville, Alexis ˜deœ 1805-1859

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Louisville, to [Ernest de Chabrol-Chaméane], 1831 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572695 Tocqueville, political scientist, historian, and politician, who wrote Democracy in America (1835-40). From the description of Yale Tocqueville manuscripts, ca. 1802-1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79763433 From the description of Yale Tocqueville manuscripts, ca. 1802-1840. (Unknown)....

Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925

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Florence 1856-1925 London. From the description of Portrait of Mrs. J.P. Morgan, Jr. (nee Jane Norton Grew, 1868-1925) [painting]. [ca. 1905] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270906593 Anglo-American painter. From the description of Letters, 1881-1916. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81028068 Sargent was an American-born painter who lived and worked in France, England and elsewhere. From the description of [Letter] Sunday, 33, T...

Cabot, James Elliot, 1821-1903

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Son of Samuel Cabot, Jr., brother of Edward Clarke Cabot. Graduated Harvard Law School, 1845. Practiced law with Francis E. Parker, 1847. Accompanied Agassiz on his tour of Lake Superior region in 1848 and upon his return published a narrative journal of the expedition. Worked as architect with E.C. Cabot, 1849-58 and 1862-65. Assisted Emerson in preparing for press his Letters and social aims. Trustee (1857-1885, 1899-1902) and vice-president (1886-1898) of the Boston Athenaeum. Fro...

Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864

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British poet. From the description of Kisses in former times : autograph mansucript copy of the poem signed : [Siena], 1860 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598966 Epithet: of Add MS 36513 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000290 Walter Savage Landor was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and translator. From the description of Walter Savage Landor collection...

Hallam, Arthur Henry

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Epithet: poet, d1833 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x00026f ...

Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901

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Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) was a Republican politician who served as the 23rd President of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was both preceded and succeeded in office by Democrat Grover Cleveland. From the guide to the Benjamin Harrison letter to George C. Baker, 1888, (Brooklyn Historical Society) John Harrington Farley, born in Cleveland in 1845, was a Democratic politician who served three terms on Cleveland's city council (1871-1877) and two terms as its mayor (...

Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st baron, 1809-1885.

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to W.A. Knight, 1885 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864121 From the description of Autograph letter signed : 9 Wilton Crescent, to W.A. Knight, [no year] June 23 or 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864132 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Fryston?], to W.A. Knight, [no year] Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864124 From the description of Autog...

Lee, Henry, 1817-1898

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Harvard overseer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Boston], to "my dear Doctor," [18--?] Mar. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 743860470 Lee graduated from Harvard in 1836 and served as Overseer of Harvard. From the description of Papers of Henry Lee, 1868-1894 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972818 ...

Motley, John Lothrop, 1814-1877

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John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) was an American author. From the description of John Lothrop Motley notes on New England history, ca. 1840. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640035 From the guide to the John Lothrop Motley notes on New England history, ca. 1840, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) John Lothrop Motley was born on 15 April 1814 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA. He was educated at Harvard College, 1827-1831. After graduat...

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Tilden, S G

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Lewis, George Cornewall, Sir, 1806-1863

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English statesman and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to "Madam" [Blaze de Bury], 1854 Feb. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270846758 Sir George Cornewall Lewis, second baronet, British politician and author. From the guide to the George Cornewall Lewis manuscript material : 17 items, 1847-1863, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: Secretary of ...

Parkman, Samuel, 1816-1854

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Parkman (Harvard, M.D. 1838) was a demonstrator of anatomy at Harvard Medical School from 1840 to 1849. He also taught anatomy at Castleton Medical College in Vermont, from 1843 to 1846. He was a surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital and also maintained a private practice in Boston. From the description of Papers of Samuel Parkman, 1827-1854 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281431651 ...

Twisleton, Edward, 1809-1874

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Edward Turner Boyd Twisleton was a British public official who served on several government commissions. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1851-1874. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79390066 From the guide to the Letters from various correspondents, 1851-1874., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Peirce, Benjamin, 1809-1880

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Peirce (Harvard, A.B., 1829) taught astronomy and mathematics at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Benjamin Peirce, 1846-1851 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972841 Peirce (A.B. 1829), mathematician and astronomer, was a tutor (1831-1833) and professor (1833-1880) at Harvard University, where he established the Harvard Observatory. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1835-1880. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79...

Cabot, Elizabeth Dwight, 1830-1901.

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Born in Boston, Mass, Cabot married James Elliott Cabot, they had seven sons. In 1888, she met Ellen Chase, a social worker from England, and sharing an interest in social welfare, they maintained a correspondence for the rest of Cabot's life. From the description of Papers, 1851-1901 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008125 ...

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

Grote, Harriet, 1792-1878

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English biographer. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : East Burnham, Berkshire, and [n.p.], to Madame [Blaze] de Bury, 1855 Sept. 14 and, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879255 ...

Mr. Landor

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Scott, George Gilbert, Sir, 1811-1878

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English architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to unidentified "Gentlemen", 1864 June 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633941 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to an unidentified recipient, 1855 Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270633888 Sir George Gilbert Scott was perhaps the premier English architect of his day. He showed promise in his youth, and was able to study and acquire practical experience ...

Dresel, Otto, 1826-1890

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Dresel was a concert pianist and composer who was born in Germany and settled in Boston, Mass. From the guide to the Papers and autographs, 1788-1891., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Dresel was a German concert pianist and composer who emigrated to the U.S. From the description of Papers, ca. 1845-1891. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122419388 From the guide to the Otto Dresel papers, 1845-1891., (Houghton Libr...

Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893

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Noted American historian from Massachusetts who traveled the Oregon Trail and published extensively on early America. From the description of Letter, November 27, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 233593490 Francis Parkman, historian, was born in Boston and educated at Harvard, his father's alma mater. Samuel Parkman was a Unitarian pastor who founded The Parkman Professorship of Pulpit Eloquence and Pastoral Care in The Cambridge Theological ...

Francis, Elizabeth

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Epithet: granddaughter of Sir P Francis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000117 Epithet: née Mackrable; 1st wife of Sir P Francis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x000118 ...

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911

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E. A. Abbey was a painter. Born in Philadelphia, he was self-taught and initially employed in a wood engraver's shop. In 1872, Abbey began working as an illustrator for Harper's. He also painted murals, including those for the Boston Public Library and Pennsylvania Capitol. From the description of Letter, 1874 November 26 : to L. Prang. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84665753 Abbey was an American artist and illustrator who moved to England in 1878 and remained th...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907

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New Hampshire-born author and poet. From the description of Letter : Redman Farm, Ponkapog, Mass. to John M. Milson, 1904 May 25. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103796 From the description of Letters and ephemera, 1879-1891. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103833 From the description of Letters to Israel Tisdale Talbot, 1868-1875. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 32103776 During the Civil War Aldrich worked a...

Ward, Thomas Humphry, 1845-1926

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000816.0x00033c Epithet: of Add MS 39041 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x0003db English poet. From the description of Thomas Humphry Ward correspondence, no year May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981310 Epithet: author British ...

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

James, Henry, 1843-1916

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James was an American novelist, short story writer, critic and dramatist. From the description of Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612731792 From the guide to the Henry James transcripts of letters to others, 1873-1915., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Henry James was born in New York, NY, in 1843. During his lifetime, he was a literary and art critic (writing for Natio...

Thoms, William John, active 1860, Under-Librarian to the House of Lords

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Epithet: Under-Librarian to the House of Lords British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x000167 Epithet: FSA; of Add MS 39954 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001344.0x000162 ...

Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881

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Scottish historian and social critic considered the most important philosophical moralist of the early Victorian age. From the description of Letter, 1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461042 Scottish essayist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gt. Malvern, to Robert Browning, 1851 Aug. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133400 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, London, to William Tait, 1834 S...

Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

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Charles Dudley Warner was an American editor, essayist, and novelist. Born in Plainfield, Mass., Warner spent most of his childhood years in Charlemont, Mass. Following graduation from Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and legal training at the University of Pennsylvania, Warner practiced law in Chicago, returning to the East Coast to assume editorial positions at The Hartford press (later Hartford courant) and Harper's magazine. He was the first president of the National Institute of Arts and ...

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 1841-1935

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Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent writer and physician Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. Dr. Holmes was a leading figure in Boston intellectual and literary circles. Mrs. Holmes was connected to the leading families; Henry James Sr., Ralph Waldo Emerson and other transcendentalists were family friends. Known as "Wendell" in his youth, Holmes, Henry James Jr. and William James became lifelong friends. Holmes accordingly grew up in an atmospher...

Mr Parker.

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Wyatt, C F

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Gibson, John, 1790-1866

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English sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to Lady Davy, 1848 Oct. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270878525 From the description of Letter, 1859 Mar. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80572007 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Eartham, Sussex, to Lady Bunbury, 1863 [Aug.] 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269567386 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Rome], [no year] Oct. 31. (Unknown). Worl...

Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895

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Huxley was an Britist botanist especially known for his work in comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology. From the description of [Letter] 1857? May 31, Geological Survey of Great Britain [to] Sir / T. H. Huxley. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244251868 English scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ilkley, to W.A. Knight, 1886 Dec. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526779 Student, Royal School of Mines, London, Eng...

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909

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Sarah Orne Jewett was one of America's foremost regional writers. She produced novels, stories, and sketches, generally concerned with the lives and traditions of women in the rural areas of coastal New England. Her gentle, well-observed, respectful style transcends the limitations of genre and continue to make her work relevant. From the description of Sarah Orne Jewett letter to Loulie, ca. 1890. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54429003 ...

Cabot, Richard C. (Richard Clarke), 1868-1939

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Richard Clarke Cabot, 1868-1939, AB, 1889, Harvard College; MD, 1892, Harvard Medical School, was Professor of Clinical Medicine and Social Ethics at Harvard. Cabot led the teaching of Social Ethics at Harvard from 1920 to 1934. Cabot also served as one of two chiefs of staff at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1912 until his retirement in 1921. Cabot established medical social work at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1905, and also introduced autopsy teaching at the institution; Cabot's cli...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...

Mifflin, George H. (George Harrison), 1845-1921,

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George H. Mifflin, co-owner and publisher of Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1908-1921. From the description of How Bobbie came back, ca. 1915. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41392519 George H. Mifflin was a Boston-born publisher. He first became affiliated with the firm Hurd & Houghton, and also Riverside Press. He later was made partner and president of Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., and also served as president of Riverside Press. From the description of...

Luttrell

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Lord, Stanley, 1877-1962

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Captain Stanley Lord (13 September 1877 - 24 January 1962) was born in Bolton, Lancashire. After serving his apprenticeship with J. B. Walmsley & Co, Liverpool, from 1891-1896, he joined the West India & Pacific Steam Ship Company in 1897 as a third officer on the Barbadian . The company was taken over by the Leyland Line in 1899, which in turn became part of the International Mercantile Marine Company in 1902, as was the White Star Line. Lord obtained his master...

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly marr...

Coleridge, John Taylor, Sir, 1790-1876

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Sir John Taylor Coleridge, English judge. He was a prolific writer and the nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. From the description of Sir John Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 4 items, 1827-1830 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122379156 From the guide to the Sir John Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 4 items, 1827-1830, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Nephew of S.T. Coleridge...

Savage, James, 1784-1873

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James Savage received his A.B. from Harvard in 1803. From the description of [Student theme] , March 14, [1803]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77072623 ...

Forster, John, 1812-1876

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John Forster was born and raised in Newcastle by Unitarian parents, and educated at Cambridge and London's Inner Temple. He became an important literary critic and editor, and wrote numerous books of his own, notably several biographies. Forster's greatest contribution may have been as literary adviser and advocate for some of the key authors of his day, including Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, and Carlyle. His support, advice, and promotion of authors and writing helped define Victorian taste. Fo...

Hay, John

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Epithet: Rear-Admiral 1851 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000236 Epithet: Rear-Admiral; CB 1837 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000303.0x000237 Epithet: Jesuit; Rector of Pont-à-Mousson College, in Lorraine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Bryce, James

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Epithet: Viscount Bryce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x000163 Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000795.0x0002fd Epithet: of Add MS 46228 Title: Viscount Bryce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000079...

Boutet de Monvel, Louis-Maurice, 1851-1913

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French artist. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person signed : [Boston], to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778801671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778794846 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778801537 ...

Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921

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Wendell graduated from Harvard in 1877 and taught English at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Barrett Wendell, 1873-1921 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972920 From the description of Lecture notes in Comparative Literature 1, 1905-1917. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074707 Harvard English professor. From the description of Ralegh in Guiana, 1897. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 172663314 ...

Lushington, Stephen, 1782-1873

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Lushington was a member of Parliament in the House of Commons, a judge in the Court of Admiralty, and an ecclesiastical judge. From the description of Autograph, 1833. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234341724 English lawyer and abolitionist. From the description of Autograph letter in third person : [London], [1843] Jul. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590183 ...

Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of, 1800-1870

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English politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1864 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 537532472 1820-1823 attache to the British embassy, Saint Petersburg; 1824-1833 commissioner of customs; 1833-1839 minister plenipotentiary to Spain; 1840-1841 lord privy seal; 1840-1841 and 1864-1865 chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; 1846-1847 president of the Board of Trade; 1847-1852 viceroy of Ireland; 1853-1858, 1...

Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868

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Epithet: Reverend; Professor of Poetry, Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000474.0x0001fd Henry Hart Milman, historian and dean of St. Paul's Cathedral. From the guide to the Henry Hart Milman manuscript material : 3 items, ca. 1828-1839, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur E301 British Library...

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 1860-1941

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Polish pianist, composer, and statesman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674147 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Morges, 12 December 1938], to Mr. & Mrs. H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1938 Dec. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270674145 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Morges], 2 September 1928, to Alfred Cortot...

Mr Bernard.

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Murray, John, 1808-1892

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John Murray, English publisher. The son of the John Murray who published Byron, he began working at his family's firm in 1828. From the guide to the John Murray III manuscript material : 2 items, 1829-1845, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) English publisher. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1872 Dec. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612883 John M...

Jeune, Le

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Haweis, H.R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901

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Hugh Reginald Haweis (1839-1901), British clergyman, author, musician, and popular lecturer. From the description of Letter by Hugh Reginald Haweis to "My Dear Sir", ca. 1870. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122560052 ...

Lord Grey

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...