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William Harrison Ainsworth

Literature; General literature

(1805-1882) Novelist, son of a solicitor, was born in Manchester. He was destined for the legal profession, which, however, had no attraction for him; and going to London to complete his studies made ...

Henry Fawcett

Literature; General literature

(1833-1884) Statesman and economist, born at Salisbury, and educated at Cambridge, where he became Fellow of Trinity Hall. In 1858 he was blinded by a shooting accident, in spite of which he ...

Sir George Webbe Dasent

Literature; General literature

(1817-1896) Scandinavian scholar, born in the island of St. Vincent, of which his father was Attorney-general, educated at Westminster School, King's College, London, and Oxford, he entered the ...

Christina Georgina Rossetti

Literature; General literature

(1830-1894) Poetess, sister of Dante Gabriel R. (q.v.), was born in London, where she lived all her life. She began to write poetry in early girlhood, some of her earliest verse appearing in 1850 in ...

John Toland

Literature; General literature

(1670?-1722) Deistical writer, born in Ireland of Roman Catholic parentage, completed his education at Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Leyden. Very early in life he had become a Protestant, and at Leyden he ...

Robert Chambers

Literature; General literature

(1802-1871) Historical and scientific writer, was born at Peebles. Early dependent on his own exertions, he started business as a bookseller in Edinburgh at the age of 16, devoting all his spare time ...

Richard Price

Literature; General literature

(1723-1791) Writer on morals, politics, and economics, son of a dissenting minister, was born at Tynton in Wales, educated at a dissenting coll. in London, and was then for some years chaplain to a ...