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Thomas Taylor

Literature; General literature

(1758-1835) Translator, born in London and educated at St. Paul's School, devoted himself to the study of the classics and of mathematics. After being a bank clerk he was appointed Assistant ...

(1671-1757) Actor and dramatist, born in London, son of a Danish sculptor, and educated at Grantham School. Soon after his return to London he took to the stage. Beginning with tragedy, in which he ...

Gervase Markham

Literature; General literature

(1568?-1637) Translator and miscellaneous writer, served as a soldier in the Low Countries and Ireland. Retiring into civil life about 1593 he displayed extraordinary industry as a translator, ...

James Fergusson

Literature; General literature

(1808-1886) Writer on architecture, born at Ayr, was engaged in commercial pursuits in India, where he became interested in the architecture of the country, and puborn his first work, Picturesque ...

Sir Richard Fanshawe

Literature; General literature

(1608-1666) Diplomatist, translator, and poet, born at Ware Park, Herts, and educated at Cambridge, travelled on the Continent, and when the Civil War broke out sided with the King and was sent to ...

George Lillo

Literature; General literature

(1693-1739) Dramatist, of Dutch descent, was born in London, succeeded his father in business as a jeweller, in which he had good speed, and devoted his leisure to the composition of plays in the ...

Anna Eliza Bray

Literature; General literature

(1790-1883) Novelist, daughter of Mr. J. Kempe, was married first to C.A. Stothard, son of the famous R.A., and himself an artist, and secondly to the Rev. E.A. Bray. She wrote about a dozen novels, ...