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Basil Hall

Literature; General literature

(1788-1844) Traveller, son of Sir James Hall, an eminent man of science, was in the navy, and rose to be captain. He was one of the first to visit Corea, and wrote Voyage of Discovery to Corea ...

Charles William Shirley Brooks

Literature; General literature

(1816-1874) Journalist and novelist, born in London, began life in a solicitor's office. He early, however, took to literature, and contributed to various periodicals. In 1851 he joined the staff of ...

Francis Hindes Groome

Literature; General literature

(1851-1902) Miscellaneous writer, son of a clergyman, wrote for various encyclopædias, etc. He was a student of the gipsies and their language, and puborn In Gypsy Tents (1880), Gypsy Folk Tales ...

Arthur Murphy

Literature; General literature

(1727-1805) Actor and dramatist, born in Ireland, and educated at St. Omer, went on the stage, then studied for the Bar, to which he was ultimately admitted after some demur on account of his ...

Richard Brome

Literature; General literature

(d. 1652?) Dramatist, the servant and friend of Ben Jonson, produced upwards of 20 plays, some in conjunction with Dekker and others. Among them are A Fault in Friendship, Late Lancashire Witches ...

Frederick William Faber

Literature; General literature

(1814-1863) Theologian and hymn-writer, was born at Calverley, Yorkshire, and educated at Harrow and Oxford, where he came under the influence of Newman, whom he followed into the Church of Rome. He ...

Henry King

Literature; General literature

(1592-1669) Poet, son of a Bishop of London, was educated at Westminster School and Oxford. e entered the Church, and rose in 1642 to be Bishop of Chichester. The following year he was deprived, but ...