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Thomas Creech

Literature; General literature

(1659-1700) Translator, born near Sherborne, educated at Oxford, became Head Master of Sherborne School. He translated Lucretius in verse (1682), for which he received a Fellowship at Oxford, also ...

Rev. Stopford Augustus Brooke

Literature; General literature

(1832) Writer on English literature and theology, etc. Theology of the English Poets (1874), Primer of English Literature (1876), Riquet of the Tuft (1880), (drama), Unity of God and Man (1886), ...

Edward Eggleston

Literature; General literature

(1837-1902) Novelist, born at Vevay, Indiana, was a Methodist minister. He wrote a number of tales, some of which, specially the "Hoosier" series, attracted much attention, among which are The ...

Stephen Collins Foster

Literature; General literature

(1826-1864) Song-writer, was born in Pittsburgh. He wrote over 100 songs, many of which had extraordinary popularity, among which may be mentioned The Old Folks at Home, Nelly Bly, Old Dog Tray, Camp ...

Philip Bourke Marston

Literature; General literature

(1850-1887) Poet, was born in London, and lost his sight at the age of 3. His poems, Song-tide, All in All, and Wind Voices bear, in their sadness, the impress of this affliction, and of a long ...

Francis Fawkes

Literature; General literature

(1721-1777) Poet and translator, born near Doncaster, and educated at Cambridge, after which he took orders. He translated Anacreon, Sappho, and other classics, modernised parts of the poems of Gavin ...

Sir Thomas Dick Lauder

Literature; General literature

(1784-1848) Novelist and miscellaneous writer, son of a Scottish baronet, wrote two novels, Lochandhu (1825), and The Wolf of Badenoch (1827), but is best known for his Account of the Great Floods in ...