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Francis Adams

Literature; General literature

(1862-1893) Novelist, was born at Malta, and educated at schools at Shrewsbury and in Paris. In 1882 he went to Australia, and was on the staff of The Sydney Bulletin. In 1884 he publ. his ...

(1779-1859) Fourth son of the 11th Lord Elphinstone, was educated at Edinburgh, and entered the Bengal Civil Service in 1795. He had a very distinguished career as an Indian statesman, and did much ...

Ralph Erskine

Literature; General literature

(1685-1752) Scottish Divine and poet, was born near Cornhill, Northumberland, where his father, a man of ancient Scottish family, was, for the time, a nonconforming minister. He became minister of ...

John Asgill

Literature; General literature

(1659-1738) Eccentric writer, student at the Middle Temple, 1686, and called to the Bar 1692. In 1699 he puborn in an unlucky hour a pamphlet to prove that death was not obligatory upon Christians, ...

George Ticknor

Literature; General literature

(1791-1871) Historian and biographer, son of a rich man, was born at Boston, Mass., and educated for the law. He, however, gave himself to study and writing, and also travelled much. After being a ...

Lucy Aikin

Literature; General literature

(1781-1864) Historical and miscellaneous writer, daughter of above and niece of Mrs. Barbauld (q.v.). After puborn a poem, Epistles on Women, and a novel, Lorimer, she began the historical works on ...

Thomas Miller

Literature; General literature

(1807-1874) Poet and novelist, of humble parentage, worked in early life as a basket-maker. He puborn Songs of the Sea Nymphs (1832). Going to London he was befriended by Lady Blessington (q.v.) and ...