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John Florio

Literature; General literature

(1553?-1625) Translator, son of an Italian preacher, exiled for his Protestantism, but who appears to have lost credit owing to misconduct, born in London, was, about 1576, a private tutor of ...

(1834-1903) Novelist, born at Birmingham, where he was a chemical manufacturer. Originally a Quaker, he joined the Church of England. His first, and by far his best book, John Inglesant, appeared in ...

À Gilbert Abbott Beckett

Literature; General literature

(1811-1856) Comic writer, born in London, the son of a lawyer, and belonged to a family claiming descent from Thomas à Becket. Destined for the legal profession, he was called to the Bar. In addition ...

Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb

Literature; General literature

(1841-1905) Born at Dundee, and educated at St. Columba's College, Dublin, Charterhouse, and Cambridge, at the last of which he lectured on the classics, and was in 1869 elected Public Orator. After ...

Thomas Amory

Literature; General literature

(1691(?)-1788) Eccentric writer, was of Irish descent. In 1755 he publ. Memoirs containing the lives of several ladies of Great Britain, a History of Antiquities and Observations on the Christian ...

Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Literature; General literature

(1694-1773) Statesman and letter-writer, was the eldest son of the 3rd Earl. After being at Trinity College, Cambridge, he sat in the House of Commons until his accession to the peerage in 1726. He ...

Robert Hall

Literature; General literature

(1764-1831) Divine, born at Arnsby, Leicestershire, the son of a Baptist minister of some note, was educated at a Baptist Academy, and at the University of Aberdeen, from which he received the degree ...