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Richard Lovelace

Literature; General literature

(1618-1658) Poet, born at Woolwich, son of Sir William Lovelace, was educated at Oxford, where he is described by Anthony Wood as "the most amiable and beautiful person that eye ever beheld." He was ...

Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Literature; General literature

(1834-1894) Artist and writer on æsthetics, son of a solicitor, was born near Oldham. Originally intended for the Church, he decided for art and literature. After working as an artist in the ...

Henry More

Literature; General literature

(1614-1687) Philosopher, born at Grantham, and educated at Cambridge, took orders, but declined all preferment, including two deaneries and a bishopric; and also various appointments in his ...

John Strype

Literature; General literature

(1643-1737) Ecclesiastical historian, born at Hackney, and educated at St. Paul's School and Cambridge, took orders and, among other livings, held the Rectory of Low Leyton, Essex, for upwards of 60 ...

Robert Henry

Literature; General literature

(1718-1790) Historian, born at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming one of the ministers of Edinburgh. He wrote the History of Great Britain on a New Plan (1771-93), ...

William Sherlock

Literature; General literature

(1641?-1707) Divine and controversialist, born at Southwark, educated at Eton and Cambridge, took orders, and became in 1684 Master of the Temple, and in 1691 Dean of St. Paul's. He exercised a ...

Sir William Howard Russell

Literature; General literature

(1821-1907) War correspondent, born in Co. Dublin, was called to the Bar in 1850. Having joined the staff of the Times, he was sent as war correspondent to the Crimea, his letters from which caused a ...