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Edmund Spenser

Literature; General literature

(1552?-1599) Poet, was born in East Smithfield, London, the son of John Spenser, described as gentleman and journeyman in the art of cloth-making, who had come to London from Lancashire. In 1561 the ...

William Godwin

Literature; General literature

(1756-1836) Philosopher and novelist, born at Wisbeach, and educated at a school in Norwich, to which city his father, a Presbyterian minister, had removed, and subsequently at a Presbyterian ...

Sir Walter Raleigh

Literature; General literature

(1552?-1618) Explorer, statesman, admiral, historian, and poet, son of Walter Raleigh, of Fardel, Devonshire, was born at Hayes Barton in that county. In 1568 he was sent to Oxford, where he greatly ...

Robert Louis Stevenson

Literature; General literature

(1850-1894) Novelist and essayist, was born at Edinburgh, the son of Thomas Stevenson, a distinguished civil engineer. His health was extremely delicate. He was destined for the engineering ...

John Locke

Literature; General literature

(1632-1704) Philosopher, son of a landsteward, was born at Wrington, near Bristol, and educated at Westminster School and Oxford. n 1660 he became lecturer on Greek, in 1662 on Rhetoric, and in 1664 ...

Charles Robert Darwin

Literature; General literature

(1809-1882) Naturalist, son of a physician, and grandson of Dr. Erasmus D. (q.v.), and of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous potter, was born and was at school at Shrewsbury. In 1825 he went to Edinburgh to ...