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Anna Letitia Barbauld

Literature; General literature

(1743-1825) Poetess, etc., daughter of Dr. John Aikin (q.v.), was born at Kibworth-Hencourt, Leicestershire. Her father kept an academy for boys, whose education she shared, and thus became ...

(1795-1842) Historian, son of an inland revenue officer in the Isle of Wight, was educated at Winchester and Oxford, and after some years as a tutor, was, in 1828, appointed Head Master of Rugby. His ...

Thomas Lovell Beddoes

Literature; General literature

(1803-1849) Dramatic poet and physiologist, son of Dr. Thos. Beddoes, an eminent physician, and nephew of Maria Edgeworth. Ed. at the Charterhouse and Oxford, he puborn in 1821 The Improvisatore, ...

John Sterling

Literature; General literature

(1806-1844) Essayist and miscellaneous writer, son of Edward Sterling, a well-known writer in the Times, was born in Bute, and educated at Glasgow and Cambridge. At the latter he became acquainted ...

Samuel Smiles

Literature; General literature

(1812-1904) Biographer and miscellaneous writer, born at Haddington, educated at the Grammar School there, studied medicine at Edinburgh, and settled in practice in his native town. Subsequently he ...

John Clare

Literature; General literature

(1793-1864) Poet, son of a cripple pauper, was born at Helpstone near Peterborough. His youth is the record of a noble struggle against adverse circumstances. With great difficulty he managed to save ...

Francis Atterbury

Literature; General literature

(1662-1732) Controversialist and preacher, was born near Newport Pagnel, Bucks, and educated at Westminster School and Oxford. He became the leading protagonist on the High Church side in the ...