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Jeremy Collier

Literature; General literature

(1650-1726) Church historian and controversialist, born at Stow, Cambridgeshire, educated at Ipswich and Cambridge, entered the Church, and became Rector of Ampton, Suffolk, lecturer of Gray's Inn, ...

Frederick Marryat

Literature; General literature

(1792-1848) Novelist, son of a West India merchant, was born in London. In 1806 he entered the navy as a midshipman under Lord Cochrane (afterwards Earl of Dundonald), and saw much service in the ...

Henry Fynes Clinton

Literature; General literature

(1781-1852) Chronologist, born at Gamston, Notts, educated at Southwell, Westminster, and Oxford, where he devoted himself chiefly to the study of Greek. Brought into Parliament by the Duke of ...

Sir Lewis Morris

Literature; General literature

(1833-1907) Poet, born at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, and educated at Sherborne and Oxford, was called to the Bar, and practised as a conveyancer until 1880, after which he devoted himself to the ...

Sir Samuel Ferguson

Literature; General literature

(1810-1886) Poet and antiquary, born at Belfast, the son of parents of Scottish extraction, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, from which he received in 1865 the honorary degree of LL.D. He ...

Richard Hengist Henry Horne

Literature; General literature

(1803-1884) (born Richard Henry Horne) Eccentric poet, was born in London, and educated at Sandhurst for the East India Company Service, but failed to get a nomination. After a youth of adventure, ...

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore

Literature; General literature

(1823-1896) Poet, son of Peter George Patmore, also an author, born at Woodford, Essex, was in the printed book department of the British Museum. He puborn Tamerton Church Tower (1853), and between ...