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James George Frazer

Literature; General literature

(1854) Writer on comparative religion, etc. Totemism (1887), The Golden Bough (1890), Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship (1905), Adonis, Attis, Osiris, Studies in the History of Oriental ...

Henry Chettle

Literature; General literature

(1565-1607?) Dramatist. Very little is known of him. He edited R. Greene's Groat's-worth of Wit (1592), is believed to have written 13 and collaborated in 35 plays. He also wrote two satires, Kind ...

John Abraham Heraud

Literature; General literature

(1799-1887) Poet, born in London, of Huguenot descent, he contributed to various periodicals, and puborn two poems, which attracted some attention, The Descent into Hell (1830), and The Judgment of ...

William Samuel Lilly

Literature; General literature

(1840) Philosopher, etc. Ancient Religion and Modern Thought (1884), Chapters in European History (1886), A Century of Revolution (1889), The Great Enigma (1893), Four English Humorists of the ...

Nathaniel Beverly Tucker

Literature; General literature

(1784-1851) Born in Virginia, became a Professor, of Law in William and Mary College He wrote a novel, The Partisan Leader (1836), a prophecy of the future disunion which led to the Civil War. It was ...

David Ross Locke

Literature; General literature

(1833-1888) (Petroleum V. Nasby) Humorist, born in New York State. His political satires really influenced opinion during the war. He was a printer and then a journalist, and his writings include ...

O'Standish Grady

Literature; General literature

(1846) Writer on Irish history and literature. History of Ireland, Heroic Period, volumes i. and ii., History of Ireland, Critical and Philosophical, vol. i., The Flight of the Eagle, The Bog of ...