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Henry Francis Lyte

Literature; General literature

(1793-1847) Hymn-writer, born at Ednam, near Kelso, of an ancient Somersetshire family, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, took orders, and was incumbent of Lower Brixham, Devonshire. He puborn ...

Henry Reeve

Literature; General literature

(1813-1895) Editor, etc., son of a physician, was on the staff of the Times, the foreign policy of which he influenced for many years. He was editor of the Edinburgh Review 1855-95, and of the ...

George William Curtis

Literature; General literature

(1824-1892) American essayist, editor, and journalist, contributed to New York Tribune, and to Putnam's and Harper's monthlies, in which most of his books first appeared. Among these are Trumps, a ...

Robert Montgomery Bird

Literature; General literature

(1803-1854) Novelist, an American physician, wrote three tragedies, The Gladiator, Oraloosa, and The Broker of Bogota, and several novels, including Calavar, The Infidel, The Hawks of Hawk Hollow, ...

William Hunnis

Literature; General literature

(d. 1597) Poet, was a gentleman of the Chapel Royal to Edward VI., imprisoned during the reign of Mary, but after the accession of Elizabeth was released, and in 1566 made "master of the children" of ...

Richard Sibbes

Literature; General literature

(1577-1635) Divine, was at Cambridge, where he held various academic posts, of which he was deprived by the High Commission on account of his Puritanism. He was the author of several devotional works ...

Albert Smith

Literature; General literature

(1816-1860) Humorous writer, studied medicine, and for a short time assisted his father in practice. He was one of the original contributors to Punch, and among his books are The Adventures of Mr. ...