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John Gauden

Literature; General literature

(1605-1662) Theologian, born at Mayfield in Essex, and educated at Cambridge. His claim to remembrance rests on his being the reputed author of Eikon Basiliké (the Royal Image), a book purporting to ...

Alexander Anderson

Literature; General literature

(1845-1909) Poet, son of a quarrier at Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, became a surfaceman on the railway. Spending all his leisure in self-culture, he mastered German, French, and Spanish sufficiently to ...

Thomas Tickell

Literature; General literature

(1686-1740) Poet, born at Bridekirk Vicarage, Cumberland, and educated at Oxford became the friend of Joseph Addison (q.v.), contributed to the Spectator and Guardian, and accompanied him when he ...

Robert Southwell

Literature; General literature

(1561?-1595) Poet, born at Horsham St. Faith's, Norfolk, of good Roman Catholic family, and educated at Douay, Paris, and Rome, he became a Jesuit, and showed such learning and ability as to be ...

John Mitchell

Literature; General literature

(1815-1875) Journalist and political writer, son of a Presbyterian minister, was born in Ulster. For some time he practised as a solicitor, but becoming acquainted with Thomas Davis (q.v.), he ...

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan) Norton

Literature; General literature

(1808-1877) Grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley S. (q.v.), married in 1827 the Hon. G.C. Norton, a union which turned out most unhappy, and ended in a separation. Her first book, The Sorrows of ...

Leslie

Literature; General literature

(1527-1596) Also known as John Lesley. Historian, studied at Aberdeen and Paris, at the former of which he became, in 1562, Professor of Canon Law. He was a Privy Councillor 1565, and Bishop of Ross ...