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Robert Fabyan

Literature; General literature

(d. 1513) Chronicler, was born in London, of which he became an Alderman and Sheriff. He kept a diary of notable events, which he expanded into a chronicle, which he entitled, The Concordance of ...

(1749-1806) Statesman and historian, son of Henry Fox, 1st Lord Holland, was one of the greatest orators who have ever sat in the House of Commons. His only serious literary work was a fragment of a ...

Herman Melville

Literature; General literature

(1819-1891) Novelist, born in New York, and took to the sea, which led to strange adventures, including an imprisonment of some months in the hands of cannibals in the Marquesas Islands. His first ...

Mortimer Collins

Literature; General literature

(1827-1876) Novelist, son of a solicitor at Plymouth, was for a time a teacher of mathematics in Guernsey. Settling in Berkshire he adopted a literary life, and was a prolific author, writing largely ...

Thomas Crofton Croker

Literature; General literature

(1798-1854) Irish Antiquary, born at Cork, for some years held a position in the Admiralty. He devoted himself largely to the collection of ancient Irish poetry and folk-lore. Among his publications ...

Mark Napier

Literature; General literature

(1798-1879) Historian, son of a lawyer in Edinburgh, was called to the Bar, practised as an advocate, and was made Sheriff of Dumfries and Galloway. He puborn Memoirs of the Napiers, of Montrose, and ...

Queen Elizabeth

Literature; General literature

(1533-1603) Was one of the scholar-women of her time, being versed in Latin, Greek, French, and Italian. Her translation of Boethius shows her exceptional art and skill. In the classics Roger Ascham ...