MILLAR BEQUEST. Vols. XC, XCI. Autograph collection, 1689-1937 - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude, 1847-1922

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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in England on October 11, 1847 to Thomas James and Christiana (Weller) Thompson. Alice and her sister Elizabeth received their education from their father and were brought up primarily in the English countryside and Italy. Alice was encouraged to write poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to whom she was introduced by family friend Aubrey de Vere. Alice became a poet, and Elizabeth became a painter. In 1868, Alice was received into the Catholic Church a...

Stanley, Henry Morton, 1841-1904

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Henry Morton Stanley, in full Sir Henry Morton Stanley, also known as John Rowlands, also known by his Congolese byname Bula Matari, or Breaker of Rocks. Stanley was born on January 28, 1841, Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales. He died on May 10, 1904, London, England. He was a British American explorer of central Africa, who became famous for his rescue of the Scottish missionary and explorer David Livingstone and for his discoveries in and development of the Congo region. He was knighted in 1899....

George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820

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George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. George's long life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdoms, much of the rest of Europe, and places farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War, becoming the dominant European power in North America and India. However, many of Britain's American colonies were soon lost in the American War of Independence. Furt...

Balfe, M. W. (Michael William), 1808-1870

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Irish composer and singer. British composer. Michael William Balfe (15 May 1808 – 20 October 1870) was an Irish composer, best remembered for his operas, especially The Bohemian Girl. (Wikipedia contributors, "Michael William Balfe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael\_William\_Balfe&oldid=1100078344 (accessed September 9, 2022). M. W. (Michael William) Balfe was an Irish composer, singer, and conductor. Balfe began his musical career as a ...

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

Patti, Adelina, 1843-1919

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Adelina Patti was one of the most highly regarded opera singers of the 19th century. From the description of Adelina Patti letters, 1889-1891. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269476576 Spanish-born soprano trained in New York City; by 1861 Adelina Patti was the leading operatic prima donna. In 1886 she married tenor Ernest Nicolini, who had sung opposite her in La traviata at her castle in Wales. He died in 1898. From the description of ALS, Yst...

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Taylor, Tom, 1817-1880

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Tom Taylor (19 October 1817 – 12 July 1880) was an English dramatist, critic, biographer, public servant, and editor of Punch magazine. Taylor had a brief academic career, holding the professorship of English literature and language at University College, London in the 1840s, after which he practised law and became a civil servant. At the same time he became a journalist, most prominently as a contributor to, and eventually editor of Punch. In addition to these vocations, Taylor began a theat...

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodson was born in England at Daresbury, Cheshire, to Charles Dodgson, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Frances Jane Lutwidge on January 27, 1832. In 1851, Dodgson matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1855 was appointed to a mathematical lectureship in that college, of which he remained a member for the rest of his life. A lifelong interest in writing, combined with a predisposition for story telling, word play, and games, led to a unique liter...

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867

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English physicist and chemist. From the guide to the Michael Faraday letter, 1867 May 1, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) English chemist and physicist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Royal Institution, to Benjamin Dockray, 1856 Jan. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607104668 Chemist, physicist. From the description of Michael Faraday letter, 1836. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 77010683 Engli...

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...

Clifford, Lucy, d. 1929

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Lucy Clifford was born Lucy Lane in London, the daughter of John Lane of Barbados. She married the mathematician and philosopher William Kingdon Clifford in 1875. After his death in 1879, she earned a prominent place in English literary life as a novelist, and later as a dramatist. Her best-known story, Mrs Keith's Crime (1885), centres on euthanasia.[2] It was followed by several other volumes, such as Aunt Anne (1892). She also wrote The Last Touches and Other Stories (1892) and Mere Storie...

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837

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William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV. He served in the Royal Navy in his youth, spending time in North America and the Caribbean, and was later nicknamed the "Sailor King". In 1789, he was created Duke of Clarence and St Andrews. In 1827, he was appointed as Britain's first Lord High Admiral since 1709. As his two older brothers died without leaving legitimate issue, ...

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

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English composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Malvern, 12 April [n.y.], to [Plunket?] Greene. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566154 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, 15 August 1904, to [Samuel Aitken], 1904 Aug. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270566140 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Plas Gwyn, Christmas Day 1902, to Mrs. [Louise Alvar] Harding, 1902 Dec. 25. (Unknown). Wo...

Holst, Gustav

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Gustav Holst (1874-1934), composer and music teacher, was born in Cheltenham, and educated at the local grammar school and at the Royal College of Music. He taught at St Pauls Girls School, and composed many pieces, most notably The Planets. His daughter Imogen was educated at St Pauls and the Royal College of Music, and was among other appointments Director of Music at Dartington Hall, Devon. She wrote on a number of musical themes, but most significantly her father and Benjamin Britten, she be...

Image, Selwyn, artist

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001bc ...

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Pinero, Arthur Wing

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x00025d ...

Burton, Frederic William, Sir, Director National Gallery

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Epithet: Director National Gallery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00026f Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x000328 ...

Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

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Benson was born Apr. 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father, Edward White Benson (1899), The schoolmaster (1902), Land of hope and glory, and Peace and other poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, s...

Phelps, Samuel

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000375 Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0001f2 ...

Richmond, William Blake, Sir, KCB, RA

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Epithet: KCB, RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000352.0x000175 ...

Goetze, Sigismund Christian Hubert, painter

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000200 ...

Reade, Charles, author, d1884

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Epithet: novelist and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x000281 Epithet: author, d1884 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0002a0 ...

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

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English composer, teacher, writer, and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Norfolk,] 1 February 1921, to H[arry] H[arkness] Flagler, 1921 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677908 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dorking, [n.d.], to Dr. Myers, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270677911 From the description of Letter in the third person, dated : [London], 19 February [1926], to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1926 Fe...

Austin, Sarah, translator

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0000df Epithet: translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000332 ...

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...

Walker, Ernest

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Epithet: of Balliol College Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x00018e Epithet: composer and writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00009c ...

German, Edward, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x000166 Epithet: formerly Jones composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000036 ...

Collins, William Wilkie, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x0001c9 ...

Meredith, William Maxse

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Epithet: son of George Meredith, publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0000b3 ...

Jameson, Anna Brownall, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0003bb ...

Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Lucas, Edward Verrall

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Epithet: of Methuen and Co, author and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x000158 Epithet: author; CH British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000705.0x00007f ...

Lawrence, Thomas

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Epithet: PRA (1820) British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000205 Epithet: portrait painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x000204 Epithet: Physician-General British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000133.0x0001f2 Epithet: of Ringwood, cou...

Strauss, Richard Georg, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x00037e ...

Gilbert, W.S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911

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English poet and librettist. From the description of Autograph quotation signed, dated : [London], 14 December 1909, 1909 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577865 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 10 March 1888, to [Michael Gunn?], 1888 Mar. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873354 Green was an English actor and comedian. Gilbert was an English playwright and humorist best known for his collaboration with Sir Arthur Sull...

Townsend, F. H. (Frederick Henry), 1868-1920

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Epithet: art editor of 'Punch' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000261 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, physician and manager of Chase S. Osborn's campaign as Republican candidate for governor. From the description of Frederick Townsend papers, 1910. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 154302344 ...

Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903

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William Ernest Henley was born in Gloucester, and sufferred from a painful condition in his joints; his left leg was amputated when he was eighteen, and the right leg was saved only through experimental treatments of carbolic acid. He was accepted to Oxford, but couldn't afford to attend, and he tried to earn a living as an author, writing poetry and drama with some success. As a poet, he is remembered for his experiments with blank verse; he also wrote countless magazine articles and essays. Hi...

Pryce, Richard

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000231 ...

Clausen, George, painter, Knight 1927

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Epithet: painter, Knight 1927 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001bb ...

Millar, Eric George, 1887-1966

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Epithet: DLitt, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000075 ...

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0003ac ...

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 ...

Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852

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Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. Moore was a friend and acquaintance of many of the English Romantics, including Lord Byron. He met Mary Shelley in the late 1820s, while researching his biography of Byron. From the description of Thomas Moore manuscript material : 220 items, 1811-1846 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76835859 Thomas Moore, Irish poet and composer. From the guide to the Thomas Moore manuscript material : 254 items, 1811-1846, (...

Hannay, James O.

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Epithet: alias 'George Birmingham', rector of Aughaval and Westport, novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0003a2 ...

Abbey, Edwin Austin

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0000f8 ...

Black, William

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0003cd Epithet: Town Clerk of Stranraer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000002 Epithet: RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000001 William Black was a Regent (Profess...

Partridge, Bernard, 1861-

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British artist Bernard Partridge studied architecture and stained-glass design, and spent some time as an actor in his youth. He joined Punch as a staff cartoonist in the 1890s, and was a mainstay with the magazine for some fifty years, becoming chief cartoonist in 1901. His drawings are notable for their theatrical nature and conservative politics, and Partridge is considered among the best Punch illustrators. From the description of Bernard Partridge letter and Christmas cards, 189...

Ross, William Charles, Sir, RA

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000263 ...

Poynter, Edward John, Sir, 1st Baronet, PRA

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Epithet: PRA Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000975.0x0000b4 ...

Skeat, Walter William, Creator of Mss Eur C602

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur C602 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000123 Epithet: of the Malay Civil Service British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0000a5 Epithet: philologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Davis, James, alias 'Owen Hall', librettist

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Epithet: alias 'Owen Hall', librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000222 ...

Reed, Edward Tennyson, caricaturist

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Epithet: caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000262 ...

Costa, Michael, 1808-1884

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Sir Michael Costa was an Italian-English conductor and composer of operas. From the guide to the Contract : London, 1844 Feb. 14, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Italian-English composer and conductor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : 55 Eccleston Square, [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1862 Apr. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125570 Michael Costa, English conductor and composer of Italian birth, became director of mus...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel, 1875-1912

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was born in London on August 15, 1875 to African and English parents. He studied composition (with Charles Villiers Stanford) and violin at the Royal Conservatory of Music. After completing his studies in 1897, he held a variety of posts as a conductor and teacher, while pursuing a career as a composer. The best known of his many works is the cantata Hiawatha's Wedding Feast . Coleridge-Taylor's growing international fame took him to the United States three times, and he ...

Lawrence, John Laird Mair, 1811-1879

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India settlement officer; 1846 commissionership, Trans-Sutlej States; 1856 KCB; 1857 GCB; 1861 Knight Companion of the Order of the Star of India; 1864-1869 Viceroy of India. Title: 1st Baronet Lawrence British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0001c8 ...

Ford, Henry Justice, illustrator

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Epithet: illustrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x00018c ...

Hook, James Clarke, RA

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x000142 ...

Hunt, William Holman

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0002ef ...

Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939

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Epithet: painter and illustrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000074 Arthur Rackham was born September 19, 1867, in London, England. He attended Lambeth School of Art and married an artist, Edyth Starkie, both contributing to his renowned success as a reputable artists/illustrator. Contributing to over seventy titles, Rackham's name appeared in partnership with authors such as Jonathan Swift, Washin...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Pennell, Joseph, artist

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00026b ...

Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

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English essayist and poet. From the description of [Letters] / Leigh Hunt. [1848-1856] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302986 From the description of Criticism on female beauty : notes, ca. 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510755 Leigh Hunt moved from Chelsea to Kensington in 1840. From the description of Leigh Hunt, letter : Kensington, England : Autograph note signed, [1840?] Nov. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record...

Brett, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 28157 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000567.0x000238 Epithet: pre-Raphaelite painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0002bf Epithet: of Add MS 38593 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Huskisson, W. (William), 1770-1830

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William Huskisson (1770-1830), British statesman, served as plenipotentiary during the 1825-26 border negotiations with the United States. From the description of Willam Huskisson papers, 1824-1826. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126655 Epithet: statesman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x00031d English statesman. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : ...

James, Henry

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00012f Epithet: Baron James of Hereford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000331 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000361 Epithet: Capta...

Cross Mary Ann 1819-1880

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Epithet: novelist, pseudonym George Eliot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00037e ...

Davies, Ben, 1858-1943

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Welsh tenor. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Sheringham, Norfolk, 2 August 1899, to Mr. [Samuel] Aitken, 1899 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565411 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565427 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Glasgow, 14 January 1904, to an unidentified friend, 1904 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Toole, John Lawrence, 1830-1906

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Irish actor and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mr. Saker, 1856 Nov. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572810 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Gaiety Theatre, Strand," to "My Dear Clayton", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572802 English actor and manager. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3), dated : [London], 1880-1883, to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1880 Mar. 18. ...

Pope, Alexander, poet

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000697.0x00015a ...

Nelson, Horatio Nelson, viscount, 1758-1805

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British naval officer. After his victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, Nelson was created Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. The following year he was made Duke of Bronté in Sicily for his role in restoring the civil government of Naples after its rescue from the French. From the description of ALS : Brixham, to Emma Hamilton, London, 1801 Feb. 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506957 Horatio Nelson, British admiral, mad...

Millais, John Everett

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Epithet: RA Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001e2 ...

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells (b. September 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England-d. August 13, 1946, London, England), best remembered for imaginative novels such as The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, prototypes for modern science fiction, was a prolific writer and one of the most versatile in the history of English letters. He produced an average of nearly three books a year for more than fifty years, in addition to hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. His works ranged from f...

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...

Locker, Frederick, afterwards Locker Lampson poet

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Epithet: afterwards Locker Lampson poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0003d3 ...

Goss, John

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Epithet: baritone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00009a Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000183 ...

R., E.

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Outram, James, Sir, 1803-1863

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Lt.-General. Commanded two Divisions of the Bengal Army in the Mutiny, and accompanied the relief column to Lucknow. On the second relief, in November, Outram retired to the Alambagh and held it until the final capture of Lucknow in March, 1858. From the description of Letters, 1849-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122524234 1819 cadet, ensign in 4th native infantry, transferred to 1st grenadier native infantry, then 12th regiment; 1820 acting-adjutant; 1824...

Ward, Leslie, Sir, caricaturist

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Epithet: caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000383 ...

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...

Plimsollides, pseudonym

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Epithet: pseudonym British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0000d4 ...

Wallace, Alfred Russel, naturalist

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Epithet: naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000379 Epithet: OM, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x000120 ...

Watts, George Frederick, 1817-1904

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British painter and sculptor. From the description of Letters, ca. 1859-1903. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82976979 English painter and sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Little Holland House [London], to professor Knight, 1895 July 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270660957 From the description of Autograph postcard signed : [n.p.], addressed to Professor Knight, 1902 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27...

Wellesley, Arthur

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Title: 1st Duke of Wellington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000136 Epithet: Colonel; Commissioner for the affairs of Mysore, etc., afterwards Duke of Wellington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x000191 Arthur Wellesley (1796-1852), military leader famous for his victory over Napoleon at the battl...

Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman

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Epithet: critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x000306 ...

Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden, Baron Baden-Powell

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Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born in London in February 1857. He is most famous for being the founder of the Boy Scouts movement. He died in Kenya in January 1941 From the guide to the Robert Baden Powell collection, 1936, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) 1876-1910 army officer; 1876 lieutenant, 13th hussars; 1878-1880 sick leave; 1880 return to India; 1882-1886 adjutant; 1883 captain; 1887 aide-de-camp to Sir Henry Smyth, co...

Sichel, Edith, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x00017d ...

Leech, John, 1817-1864

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Epithet: humorous artist and illustrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000265 English illustrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Horace Mayhew, "Monday". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747712741 British illustrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ennis, to [C. Cave?], 1860 Oct. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Allen, Hugh Percy, 1869-1946

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Epithet: Knight; organist and administrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000243 English organist, conductor, and musical administrator. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London, 16 October 1928, to Mme [Louise] Alvar, 1928, 16 October. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270680519 ...

Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924

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Reverend Baring-Gould was an English hymn writer, popular novelist, and author on folk-lore. From the guide to the Sabine Baring-Gould Manuscript, Undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) English author of theological works and novels. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. Oscar Beringer, 1892 May 19. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936526 English divine and author. From the descript...

Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947

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Richard Le Gallienne, British journalist and author, was a prolific writer during the late 19th and early 20th century. His early mentor was Oliver Wendell Holmes. Le Gallienne wrote My ladies' sonnets (1887), and the romantic novel, The quest of the golden girl (1896). He published The romantic nineties (1926), while working as a journalist in New York. In 1927 Le Gallienne emigrated to France where he lived out the remainder of his life. From the description of Manuscript-Letters, ...

Mérimée, Prosper, French author

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Epithet: French author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002fd ...

Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855

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British poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1846 Oct. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469692967 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Catherine Dickens, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 469622382 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Catherine Dickens, 1843 Dec. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657034 Samuel Rogers was born near London to a wealt...

Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

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Franco-British writer. From the description of Letters : to Miss Penn, 1917 Nov. 24 and 1929 Mar. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601939 English historian, essayist, poet and novelist born La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France July 27, 1870; died Guildford, England July 16, 1953. Belloc wrote biographies of Robespierre (1901) Marie Antoinette (1909) and numerous works on English political history. From 1920-19...

Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849-1914

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British landscape and portrait painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Founded and directed school of art at Bushey, 1883-1904. Assumed title and prefix "von" when raised to noble rank by the Emperor of Germany in 1899. Edith Ashford came from the United States to study with him in England, and then remained there as a landscape painter. John Herkomer lived for approximately 30 years in the United States and returned to Bushey to live with his brother. From the description of Hubert vo...

Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

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Epithet: Field-Marshal Title: 1st Earl Roberts British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x000267 Epithet: Field Marshal Title: 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001440.0x000334 ...

Sims, Charles

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001ff ...

James, Montague Rhodes

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Epithet: OM, Provost of Eton College British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0001b8 Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was born on 1 August, the son of Rev. H. James, rector of Livermere, Suffolk. He was educated at Temple Grove School and then at Eton, coming up to King's in 1882 as an Eton Scholar. He studied Classics under Sir Charles Walston, and through this connection became assistant directo...

Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911

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Sir Joseph D. Hooker (1817-1911), botanist, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, England. From the description of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker collection, 1828-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477374 English botanist and traveler. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London] Mar. 25 1878, to an unidentified recipient at the Daily Telegraph, 1878 Mar. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270666429 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was...

Brooks, Shirley, 1816-1874

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Shirley Brooks was editor of Punch from 1870 to 1874 From the guide to the Diaries of Shirley Brooks, 1867-1872, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) English humorist and editor. From the description of Diaries (2) : autograph manuscripts signed : London and other places in Great Britain, 1865 and 1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875191 Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874) was an English playwright, newspaper columnist, and editor of Punch maga...

Sutro, Alfred, 1863-1933

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x000101 Epithet: playwright and translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000163 ...

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, Sir, RA

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00019d ...

Keene, Charles, 1823-1891

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Charles S. Keene, British illustrator best known for his work in Punch magazine. From the description of Charles Keene manuscript material : 6 items, 1884-1885 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 502712632 Epithet: illustrator and etcher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000260 Artist. Humorous artist for Punch from 1851-1890, and also made drawing...

Carlyle, Thomas

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F127 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000388 Epithet: historian, d1881 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000205 ...

George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760

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King of England from 1727-1760. From the description of Writ, 1748 February 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122629412 George Augustus was born in Hanover, Germany on November 10, 1683, the only son of the elector of Hanover. In 1705 he married Princess Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and they had nine children. During his reign as King of England, George II granted the charter to James Edward Oglethorpe, allowing for the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733. George ...

Grieg, Edvard

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Edvard Grieg was a Norwegian composer, and Edward MacDowell was an American composer. From the description of Letter : Kopenhagen, to Edward MacDowell, New York, 1901 Apr. 8. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122364004 From the guide to the Letter : Kopenhagen, to Edward MacDowell, New York, 1901 Apr. 8, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.) Grieg was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Johannes Wolf was a musical historian and specialist in the ...

May, Phil, 1864-1903

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English humorous draftsman. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], to Joseph Bennett, 1902 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582065 Epithet: illustrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0001cb Phil May (1864-1903), English illustrator and caricaturist, served on the staff of both Punch and Graphic. From the description of Phil May sket...

Frith, William Powell, RA; of Add MS 45907

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Epithet: RA; of Add MS 39577 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x0001e0 Epithet: RA; of Add MS 45907 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000301.0x0001e1 Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0000d...

Graves, Charles L. (Charles Larcom), 1856-1944

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Epithet: Assistant Editor of 'The Spectator' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00003e Charles Larcom Graves (1856-1944) was an Oxford graduate, author, and political satirist, especially as a member of the editorial staff of The Spectator and Punch . For fuller details of his career see Who Was Who, vol.4, 1941-1950. From the guide to the They all hate Joe, by Charles Larcom Graves, ca. 1900,...

Thomé, Francis, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000224 ...

Lyttelton, George William, 4th Baron Lyttelton

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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...

Ames, John Carlowitz

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000386 ...

Parry, John Orlando, actor musician and composer

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Epithet: actor musician and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000264 ...

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

Butler, Samuel

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Epithet: Author of 'Hudibras.' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x000154 Epithet: satirist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x00015d Epithet: author of 'Erewhon' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002a4 ...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

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Archer, William H.

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Epithet: Deputy Register of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Barbados British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x0000f9 Epithet: of Kelmscott Press British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00031a Epithet: of Add MS 20723 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...

Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth (Braddon)

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Epithet: née Braddon novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x000217 ...

Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871

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British geologist. From the description of Papers, 1857 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35230784 English geologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Folkestone, to an unnamed correspondent, 1870 Sept. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612797 Geologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to an unidentified recipient, 1847 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872039 Ro...

Maclise, Daniel

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Epithet: alias 'Alfred Croquis', RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x00013c ...

Granville-Barker, Harley G.

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Epithet: actor theatrical critic and manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x0002a9 ...

Verhaeren, Émile, poet

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000097 ...

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...

Tylor, Edward B. (Edward Burnett), 1832-1917

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English anthropologist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : to Prof. Knight, 1890 Oct. 15-[18]92 Oct. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573733 Sir Edward Burnett Tylor 1832-1917, was an anthropologist, and Keeper of the University Museum, Oxford. From the description of Letter [manuscript] : Linden, Wellington, Somerset, to R. Morton Middleton. 1882. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 223093531 Epithet: Keeper ...

Sullivan, Arthur

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Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) was an English composer well-known for his collaborations with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan sheet music, 1868-1993., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University.) Sullivan was an English composer. Gilbert was a English dramatist. From the guide to the Arthur Sullivan correspondence with W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert, 1854-1900., (Houghton Libra...

Cruikshank, George, artist and caricaturist

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Epithet: artist and caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0003ab ...

Maxwell, William Babington

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x0001b4 ...

Davies, Walford, 1869-1941

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Master of the King's Music (1934–41). Epithet: composer, organist and broadcaster Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00027a ...

Heraud, John Abraham, author and critic

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Epithet: author and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000372 ...

Frith, M F, Miss

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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x00018b ...

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

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Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet. From the description of Arthur Symons collection. [1906-1929]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800282 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001cd Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the developmen...

Johnson, Samuel Y.

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Epithet: LLD, lexicographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000069 Epithet: Reverend; DD, of Stratford, in Connecticut; afterwards President of King's College, New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000356.0x000250 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur D546 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pers...

Meredith, George, 1828-1909

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George Meredith (1828-1909), the novelist and poet. For a full account and assessment of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography From the guide to the Miscellaneous letters, manuscripts, and press-cuttings relating to George Meredith, ca.1890-1914, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00013f George Meredith w...

Robinson, Leonard

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000045 Epithet: Chamberlain of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001302.0x000269 ...

Vigny, Alfred Victor de, Comte

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Epithet: Comte British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0000de ...

William III, 1650-1702, King of Great Britain and Ireland

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Accession date: 1694 Places: England Title: King of Great Britain and Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0002a9 ...

Wolseley, Garnet Joseph, Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley

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Epithet: Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x000148 Epithet: Field-Marshal Viscount Wolseley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000079 ...

Stevenson, Robert Louis

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Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the most popular and prolific British writers of the late 19th century, the author of verse, novels, travel books, short stories, plays, and essays, including such titles as The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Treasure Island . There is considerable secondary literature on Stevenson, including book-length biographical studies, chronologies, and bibliographies. Summary information is available in the standard print and online biographical resources. ...

Jacobs, William Wymark

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0002fd ...

Lamb, Mary Ann

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Epithet: sister of Charles Lamb, writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x000181 ...

James, Henry

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Froude, James Anthony, historian, d1894

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001477.0x00039f Epithet: historian, d1894 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0000e7 ...

Barnes, James Stevenson, Sir, Colonel KCB

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Epithet: Colonel KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000046 ...

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, painter

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000151 ...

Peel, Robert

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Title: 3rd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0001f3 Epithet: Prime Minister Title: 2nd Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00016a Epithet: Right Hon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/v...

Fildes, Samuel Luke, Sir, KCVO, RA

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Epithet: KCVO, RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000837.0x000121 ...

Housman, A.E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936

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A.E. Housman was a classical scholar, professor of Latin at Cambridge University, and poet. From the description of Letter to "Dear Sirs," 1922. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122288834 English poet and classical scholar. At Trinity College, Cambridge, 1911-1936. From the description of [Letter] 1931 Apr. 15, Trinity College, Cambridge, England [to Helen] Peck / A. E. Housman. (Smith College). WorldCat record id...

Cholmondeley, Mary, novelist

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x00025d ...

Thornycroft, William Hamo, Sir, sculptor

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Epithet: sculptor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001ba ...

Dickens, Catherine Thomson, 1816-1879

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née Hogarth Epithet: wife of Charles Dickens, novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000015 ...

Fechter, Charles Albert, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0003a1 ...

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...

Seaman, Owen, 1861-1936

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Sir Owen Seamen was born in London and had a reputation as a poet and humorist, especially noted for his parodies of other poets. He was briefly a professor of literature at Durham. He joined the staff of Punch in 1897, became sub-editor in 1902, and editor-in-chief in 1906. He published several collections of his poems and essays, including Interludes of an editor, 1929. From the description of Owen Seaman letters and clipping of photograph, 1909-1934. (Pennsylvania State University...

Furniss, Harry, artist

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000359 ...

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

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George Augustus Frederick was born August 12, 1762, the eldest son of George III of England and Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on September 8, 1762. George Augustus became a knight of the Garter on December 28, 1765, and was presented to the public in October, 1768. In August 1783, George Augustus came of age and assumed his seat in the House of Lords on November 11. He aligned himself with the Whig party which soon fell from fa...

Lamb, Charles

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Epithet: Sheriff's messenger British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x00024a Epithet: essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000363 Epithet: of Add MS 39672 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001191.0x000249 ...

Rodin, François Auguste René, French sculptor

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Epithet: French sculptor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0003a0 ...

Somervell, Arthur, 1863-1937

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0003dc ...

Strang, William

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Epithet: painter, RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001fe Epithet: Reverend; of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000444.0x00015e Title: 1st Baron Strang British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621....

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, formerly Beerbohm; actor

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Epithet: actor-manager British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0002b7 Epithet: formerly Beerbohm; actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000353.0x000075 ...

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, author and cartoonist

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Epithet: author and cartoonist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x0002fd ...

Carl August, Duke of Jülich, Cleves and Berg

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Places: Jülich, Cleves and Berg Title: Duke of Jülich, Cleves and Berg British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x000362 ...

Trollope, Anthony

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0000ad Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000348 ...

Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

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English novelist. From the description of [Letter and photographs] / Thomas Hardy. [between 1891 and 1920?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231686025 English poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, [1912 Apr. 23?], Max Gate, Dorchester [Dorsetshire, England], to [Edward] Clodd, [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364250 Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English author. From the description of Tribute to Thoma...

Seymour, Charles, 6th Duke of Somerset

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Title: 6th Duke of Somerset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000348 ...

Leighton, Frederic

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Epithet: Baron Leighton, PRA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x000154 ...

Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, Earl of, 1831-1891

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Lucile was first published in 1860. From the description of Lucile : manuscript, [not before 1860] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612820220 Lytton, the son of novelist and dramatist Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873), was a British statesman and poet who published as Owen Meredith. From the description of Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton letter to Dear Madam, 1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 70254731 From the descr...

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882

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English painter and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mrs. Gilchrist, [ca. 1863 Mar. 12]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 713659894 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to William Allingham, [1859 Dec.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 708246618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Alexander Gilchrist, [1861 Sept. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Clifford, Ethel, -1959, afterwards Dilke, poet

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m 1905 Sir Fisher Wentworth Dilke, 4th Baronet Epithet: afterwards Dilke, poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000197 ...

Lang, Andrew, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0002f4 ...

Hood, Basil, Captain dramatist

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Epithet: Captain dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00026c ...

Hunt, Isobel Violet, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000196 ...

Brown, Ford Madox

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Epithet: of Add MS 39168 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0002b9 Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000317 ...

Glyn, Elinor

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Epithet: née Sutherland novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00014d Elinor Glyn was born Elinor Sutherland on October 17th 1864. Her mother, also called Elinor, came from an Anglo-French family who had settled in Canada. Her father, Douglas Sutherland, was distantly related to the Scottish Lords Duffus. After the early death of her father, Elinor was raised in Jersey at the home of her...

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

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Charlotte Brontë (b. April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England–d. March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire, England), English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell....

Geikie, Archibald, Sir, KCB, geologist

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Epithet: KCB, geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00000c ...

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909

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British poet. From the description of The descent into hell [manuscript poem], 1873 Jan. 9. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416044 From the description of Autograph quotation, [ca. 1890?]. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315968127 Swinburne (1837-1909) was an English lyric poet, dramatist, and critic of the Victorian era. He was famous for the innovative versification of his poetry and infamous for his violent attacks on Victorian morality. ...

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