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Thomas Shadwell

Literature; General literature

(1640 or 1642-1692) Dramatist and poet, belonged to a good Staffordshire family, was born in Norfolk, educated at Cambridge, and after studying law travelled, and on his return became a popular ...

(1814-1876) Historian and biographer, son of a London solicitor, was educated at Eton and Addiscombe. After serving for some time in the Bengal Artillery, he succeeded J.S. Mill as secretary to the ...

George Canning

Literature; General literature

(1770-1827) Statesman, was born in London, the son of a lawyer. He lost his father while still an infant, and was brought up by an uncle, who sent him to Eton and Oxford. n 1793 he entered Parliament ...

John Tillotson

Literature; General literature

(1630-1694) Divine, son of a Presbyterian clothier, was born near Halifax, and educated at Cambridge, where his originally Puritan views became somewhat modified. At the Savoy Conference in 1661 he ...

George Finlay

Literature; General literature

(1799-1875) Historian, of Scottish descent, was born at Faversham, Kent, where his father, an officer in the army, was inspector of government powder mills. Intended for the law, he was educated at ...

Anthony Munday

Literature; General literature

(1553-1633) Dramatist, poet, and pamphleteer, son of a draper in London, appears to have had a somewhat chequered career. He went to Rome in 1578, and puborn The Englyshe Romayne Life, in which he ...

William Camden

Literature; General literature

(1551-1623) Antiquary and historian, born in London, and educated at Christ's Hospital, St. Paul's School, and Oxford, was in 1575 appointed Second Master in Westminster School, and Head Master in ...