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O'John Keeffe

Literature; General literature

(1747-1833) Dramatist, wrote a number of farces and amusing dramatic pieces, many of which had great success. Among these are Tony Lumpkin in Town (1778), Wild Oats, and Love in a Camp. Some of his ...

Albert Pike

Literature; General literature

(1809-1891) Poet, born at Boston, Mass., was in his early days a teacher, and afterwards a successful lawyer. His now little-remembered poems were chiefly written under the inspiration of Coleridge ...

Sir John Knox Laughton

Literature; General literature

(1830) Writer on naval subjects, etc. Physical Geography in relation to the Prevailing Winds and Currents (1870), Studies in Naval History (1887), Nelson (English Men of Action) (1895), Nelson and ...

Rev. Edwin Abbott Abbott

Literature; General literature

(1838) Writer on Biblical and literary subjects. Shakespearian Grammar (1870), editor of Bacon's Essays (1876), Bacon and Essex (1877), Francis Bacon. .. his Life and Works (1885), Flatland, a ...

Goldwin Smith

Literature; General literature

(1823) Essayist and writer on politics, etc. Three English Statesmen, Lectures on the Study of History, Rational Religion and Rationalistic Objections, The Political Destiny of Canada, Guesses at the ...

M'Justin Carthy

Literature; General literature

(1830) Novelist and historian. Novels, Miss Misanthrope, Dear Lady Disdain, Maid of Athens, Red Diamonds, Mononia, etc.; historical works, History of our Own Times, Four Georges and William IV., ...

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Literature; General literature

(1633?-1685) Poet, nephew of the famous Earl of Strafford, was born in Ireland. He studied and travelled on the Continent, and enjoyed a considerable literary reputation in his own day on the ...