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John Day

Literature; General literature

(born 1574) Dramatist, son of a Norfolk yeoman, was at Cambridge, 1592-3. It is only since 1881 that his works have been identified. He collaborated with Dekker and others in plays, and was the ...

Thomas Usk

Literature; General literature

(d. 1388) Poet, born in London, was secretary to John of Northampton, the Wyclifite Lord Mayor of London, whom he betrayed to save himself, in which, however, he failed, being executed in 1388. ...

Lady Georgiana Fullerton (Leveson-Gower)

Literature; General literature

(1812-1885) Novelist, daughter of the 1st Earl Granville, and sister of the eminent statesman. She wrote a number of novels, some of which had considerable success. They include Ellen Middleton ...

Charles George Douglas Roberts

Literature; General literature

(1860) Canadian poet and naturalist. In verse, Orion (1880), In Divers Tones (1887), Songs of the Common Day (1893), New York Nocturnes (1898), Book of the Rose (1903); prose, The Raid from ...

(circa 1694-1744) Satirist, educated at Westminster School and Oxford, took orders and was latterly Vicar of Hastings. His poems are The Art of Politics (1729), in imitation of Horace, and The Man of ...

Alexander Hume

Literature; General literature

(1560-1609) Poet, son of Patrick, 5th Lord Polwarth, educated at St. Andrews, and on the Continent, was originally destined for the law, but devoted himself to the service of the Church, and was ...

Richard Grafton

Literature; General literature

(d. 1572) Printer and chronicler, printed various editions of the Bible and Prayer-book; also the Proclamation of the Accession of Lady Jane Grey, for which he was cast into prison, where he compiled ...