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William Hone

Literature; General literature

(1780-1842) Miscellaneous writer, born at Bath, in his youth became a convinced and active democrat. His zeal in the propagation of his views, political and philanthropic, was so absorbing as to lead ...

Sir George Cornewall Lewis

Literature; General literature

(1806-1863) Scholar and statesman, son of Sir Thomas F.Lewis, a Radnorshire baronet, was educated at Eton and Oxford. e studied law, was called to the Bar in 1831, and entered Parliament in 1847, ...

Douglas William Jerrold

Literature; General literature

(1803-1857) Dramatist and miscellaneous writer, son of an actor, himself appeared as a child upon the stage. From his 10th to his 12th year he was at sea. He then became apprentice to a printer, ...

Thomas Spencer Baynes

Literature; General literature

(1823-1887) Philosopher, son of a Baptist minister, born at Wellington, Somerset, intended to study for Baptist ministry, and was at a theological seminary at Bath with that view, but being strongly ...

Boece

Literature; General literature

(1465?-1536) Or Hector Boethius. Historian, probably born at Dundee, and educated there and at Paris, where he was a regent or professor, 1492 to 1498. While there he made the acquaintance of ...

Elizabeth Cleghorn (Stevenson) Gaskell

Literature; General literature

(1810-1865) Novelist, daughter of William Stevenson, a Unitarian minister, and for some time Keeper of the Treasury Records. She married William Gaskell, a Unitarian minister, at Manchester, and in ...

Holinshed

Literature; General literature

(1580?) Also known as Raphael Hollingshead or Ralph Hollingshead. Belonged to a Cheshire family, and is said by Anthony Wood to have been at one of the University, and to have been a priest. He came ...