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Ranulf Higden

Literature; General literature

(d. 1364) Also spelled as Ralph Higden. Chronicler, is believed to have been born in the West of England, took the monastic vow (Benedictine), at Chester in 1299, and seems to have travelled over the ...

George Lyttelton, 1st Lord Lyttelton

Literature; General literature

(1709-1773) Poet, son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, of Hagley, Worcestershire, educated at Eton and Oxford, was the patron of many literary men, including Thomson and Mallet, and was himself a somewhat ...

Henry Crabb Robinson

Literature; General literature

(1775-1867) Diarist, born at Bury St. Edmunds, was articled to an attorney in Colchester. Between 1800 and 1805 he studied at various places in Germany, and became acquainted with nearly all the ...

William Rathbone Greg

Literature; General literature

(1809-1881) Essayist, born in Manchester, and educated at Bristol and Edinburgh, was for some years engaged in his father's business as a millowner at Bury. Becoming deeply interested in political ...

Mrs. Eliza Lynn Linton

Literature; General literature

(1822-1898) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, daughter of a clergyman, settled in London in 1845, and next year produced her first novel, Azeth, the Egyptian; Amymone (1848), and Realities (1851), ...

William Ernest Henley

Literature; General literature

(1849-1903) Poet and critic, born at Gloucester, made the acquaintance of Robert Louis Stevenson (q.v.), and collaborated with him in several dramas, including Deacon Brodie, and Robert Macaire. He ...

Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle

Literature; General literature

(1624?-1674) Daughter of Sir Thomas Lucas, and a maid of honour to Queen Henrietta. Maria, married in 1645 the 1st Duke of Newcastle (then Marquis), whom she regarded in adversity and prosperity with ...