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John Howie

Literature; General literature

(1735-1793) Biographer, a Renfrewshire farmer, who claimed descent from an Albigensian refugee, wrote Lives of the martyrs of Scotland from Patrick Hamilton, the first, to James Renwick, the last, ...

Anne Ross (Cundell) Cousin

Literature; General literature

(1824-1906) Poetess, only daughter of D.R. Cundell, M.D., Leith, married 1847 Rev. Wm. Cousin, minister of the Free Church of Scotland, latterly at Melrose. Some of her hymns, especially "The Sands ...

James Harris

Literature; General literature

(1709-1780) Grammarian, was a wealthy country gentleman and member of Parliament, who held office in the Admiralty and the Treasury. He was the author of a singular and learned work entitled Hermes, ...

Richard Farmer

Literature; General literature

(1735-1797) Shakespearian scholar, born at Leicester, and educated at Cambridge, where he ultimately became Master of Emanuel College. He wrote an Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare (1767), in ...

Christopher Anstey

Literature; General literature

(1724-1805) Poet, son of Dr. Anstey, a wealthy clergyman, rector of Brinkley, Cambridgeshire, was educated at Eton and Cambridge. He puborn in 1766 a satirical poem of considerable sparkle, The New ...

Mark Lemon

Literature; General literature

(1809-1870) Journalist and humorist, born in London, wrote many theatrical pieces, and a few novels, of which the best is Falkner Lyle, others being Leyton Hall, and Loved at Last. He also wrote ...

Charles Cotton

Literature; General literature

(1630-1687) Poet and translator, succeeded to an embarrassed estate, which his happy-go-lucky methods did not improve, wrote burlesques on Virgil and Lucian, and made an excellent translation of ...