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Alcuin

Literature; General literature

(735-804) Also known as Ealhwine. Theologian and general writer, was born and educated at York. He wrote in prose and verse, his subjects embracing educational, theological, and historical matters. ...

Christopher Smart

Literature; General literature

(1722-1771) Poet, son of the steward to Lord Vane, was born at Shipbourne, Kent, and by the bounty of the Duchess of Cleveland sent to Cambridge. Here his ill-balanced mind showed itself in wild ...

James David Forbes

Literature; General literature

(1809-1868) Natural Philosopher, son of Sir William Forbes, of Pitsligo, was born and educated at Edinburgh. He studied law, and was called to the Bar, but devoted himself to science, in which he ...

John Earle

Literature; General literature

(1601-1665) Divine and miscellaneous writer, born at York, and educated at Oxford, where he was a Fellow of Merton. He took orders, was tutor to Charles II., a member of the Assembly of Divines at ...

Joseph Ritson

Literature; General literature

(1752-1803) Antiquary and critic, born at Stockton-on-Tees, settled in London as a conveyancer, at the same time devoting himself to the study of ancient English poetry. By his diligence as a ...

William Dodd

Literature; General literature

(1729-1777) Divine and forger, educated at Cambridge, became a popular preacher in London, and a Royal Chaplain, but, acquiring expensive habits, got involved in hopeless difficulties, from which he ...

Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa (Richards) Craigie

Literature; General literature

(1867-1906) Daughter of John Morgan, R. born in Boston, Massachusetts. Most of her education was received in London and Paris, and from childhood she was a great reader and observer. At 19 she ...