Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items 1828-1872

Godwin, William, 1756-1836

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William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and the first modern proponent of anarchism. In the conservative reaction to British radicalism, Godwin was attacked, in part because of his marriage to the feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft in 1797 and his candid biography of her after her death from childbirth. Their daughter, later known as Mary Shelley, would go on to writ...

Parkes, Joseph, 1796-1865

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Epithet: of Add MS 38985 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0002a2 Epithet: radical politician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001193.0x0002a6 Joseph Parkes, British politician and solicitor. Parkes played a critical role in the political reform movements and electoral changes of the mid-ninethee...

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...

Hunter, Mary, of Belfast

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Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873

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Lytton was an English statesman and writer. From the description of Lithograph of Lord Lytton, circa 1800s-1870s. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367947106 Edward Bulwer Lytton, first Baron Lytton, writer and politician. From the description of Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items, 1828-1872 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 718729173 From the guide to the Edward Bulwer Lytton manuscript material : 26 items, 1828-1872, (The New...

Maude, Thomas, Reverend

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Finch-Hatton, Edward H

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Hayward, A. (Abraham), 1801-1884

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Abraham Hayward, English Victorian-era essayist and translator. From the description of Abraham Hayward manuscript material : 12 items, 1834?-1871 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 321079387 Abraham Hayward, English essayist and translator. His many friendships in the literary and political spheres of Victorian-era London resulted in his accumulation of correspondence from some of the most influential figures of the time. From the description of Abra...

Benzon, Ernst Leopold, Mrs.

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Major, J. R. (John Richardson), 1797-1876

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