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Samuel Daniel

Literature; General literature

(1562-1619) Poet, son of a music master, was born near Taunton, and educated at Oxford, but did not graduate. He attached himself to the Court as a kind of voluntary laureate, and in the reign of ...

Sir William Francis Patrick Napier

Literature; General literature

(1785-1860) was one of the sons of Col. the Hon. George N. and Lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of the 2nd Duke of Richmond, and the object of a romantic attachment on the part of George III. One of his ...

John Stuart Blackie

Literature; General literature

(1809-1895) Scholar and man of letters, born in Glasgow, and educated at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, after which he travelled and studied in Germany and Italy. Returning to Scotland ...

Sir Thomas Urquhart

Literature; General literature

(1611-1660) Eccentric writer and translator, was educated at King's College, Aberdeen, after leaving which he travelled in France, Spain, and Italy. He was bitterly opposed to the Covenanters, and ...

James Mill

Literature; General literature

(1773-1836) Philosopher and historian, son of a shoemaker, was born at Montrose, and showing signs of superior ability, was sent to the University of Edinburgh with a view to the ministry. He was ...

Mandell Creighton

Literature; General literature

(1843-1901) Churchman and historian, born at Carlisle, and educated at Durham Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford, he took orders, and was presented to the living of Embleton, Northumberland, ...

Horace Smith

Literature; General literature

(1779-1849), James Smith (1775-1839) Humorists, son of a London lawyer who was solicitor to the Board of Ordnance. James succeeded his father; Horace became a successful stockbroker. Both brothers ...