MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 140. British Library arrangement. A. Letters of Jules Verne and Raoul Dufy; 1897, 1916. French. Paul C. Richards Autographs, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A., Cat. 46, items 75, 148. Purchased from Paul C. Richard... 1706-1964

Nightingale, Florence, 1820-1910

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Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), nursing pioneer and reformer, is regarded as the founder of modern nursing. Born in Florence, Italy, she dedicated her life to the care of the sick and war wounded. In 1844, she began to visit hospitals; in 1850, she spent some time with the nursing Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul in Alexandria and a year later studied at the institute for Protestant deaconesses in Kaiserswerth, Germany. In 1854, she organized a unit of 38 nurses for service in the Crimean War. I...

Van Dieren, Bernard, 1887-1936

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English composer and writer of Dutch birth. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], 19 December 1931, to [M.D.] Calvocoressi, 1931 Dec. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565840 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000333 ...

Daguerre, Louis, 1787-1851

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Photographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000183 ...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811

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Henry Dundas, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), statesman, was the father of Robert Saunders Dundas, the second Viscount Melville (1771-1851), also a statesman. Henry Dundas was educated at Edinburgh High School and University, before becoming solicitor-general for Scotland in 1766. He was M.P. for Midlothian 1774-1790, except for a few months in 1782, when he sat for Newtown, Isle of Wight. He was lord advocate 1775-1783, lord rector of Glasgow University 1781-1783, privy councillor, and...

Robson, William Alexander, Professor of Public Administration London School of Economics

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English, Alfred

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Hands, Alfred Watson

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Epithet: Reverend writer on coins and Hebrew vocabulary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0000a4 ...

Byron, Frederick Ernest Charles, 10th Baron Byron, Reverend

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Gould, B M

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Charles I, of England

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Lucas, Duncan

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Enderby, Amy, aunt of Major-General C G Gordon

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Montagu, Alexander George Francis Drogo, 10th Duke of Manchester

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Gordon, Charles George

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Epithet: Major-General CB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000146 Epithet: Major-General; of Add MS 39325 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000ed Epithet: Major-General; 'Chinese Gordon' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000ea ...

Fairfax, Ferdinando, 2nd Baron Fairfax

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Mieg, Johann Friedrich, German reformed theologian

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White, Emily

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Epithet: Mrs formerly France maid to Lady Verney British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000188 ...

Danyell, Arthur Johnson, Captain 31st Regiment

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Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1900-1932. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580518 From the description of Papers, 1925-1933. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580524 John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist. Educated as a barrister at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he instead decided to travel, attending to his family's shipping business abroad, and then began writing. His first book, From the Four Winds, was a collec...

Hancock Nunn, Eileen, Mrs of Hellingly Sussex

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Beattie, William

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Epithet: of the National Library of Scotland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000298.0x00027f Epithet: physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00019f ...

Arago, Dominique Francois Jean

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Epithet: astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0000cf ...

Balfour, Arthur James

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Arthur James Balfour was born on 25 July 1848 at Whittingehame, East Lothian. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He began his political career in 1874 when he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Hertford, and between 1878 and 1880, acted as private secretary to his uncle, the Marquis of Salisbury, who was then secretary of state for foreign affairs. In 1885, Balfour was elected Member of Parliament for the eastern division of Manchester, a ...

LeBoeuf, Randall, lawyer, of New York

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Montagu, Edward

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Epithet: General; afterwards Earl of Sandwich British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x00039a Title: 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x0003a3 Title: 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person :...

Richards, Edith Gough, Miss

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Goodman, Arnold Abraham, Baron Goodman, Master University College Oxford

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Ducarel, Andrew Coltee, LLD, FSA

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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

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Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well documented, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into a...

Wellesley, Richard Wellesley, Marquess, 1760-1842

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Governor-General. Governor of Madras, 1797; Governor-General of India, May 18, 1798-July 30 1805. From the description of Correspondence with Lord Melville, 1797-1802 (bulk 1798-99). (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423136 From the description of Papers, 1797-1841. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122427185 Governor-General of India. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4), letter signed (1) and letter (1) : Killin...

Richards, Arthur Gough, Lieutenant

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Hoover, Charles S L, of Ohio USA

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McLeod, Margaret S. G., -1979

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Epithet: née Hands daughter of the Reverend A W Hands British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0000a6 ...

Calvocoressi, M. D. (Michel D.), 1877-1944

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Sharp, Catherine, niece of Granville Sharp

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Forster, Johann Georg Adam, FRS

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells (b. September 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England-d. August 13, 1946, London, England), best remembered for imaginative novels such as The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, prototypes for modern science fiction, was a prolific writer and one of the most versatile in the history of English letters. He produced an average of nearly three books a year for more than fifty years, in addition to hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. His works ranged from f...

Gordon, Henry William, Sir, KCB, brother of Major-General C G Gordon

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Blyth, David, Captain

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Forster, Johann Reinhold

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Anne

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Title: Emperor of Russia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x0001ce Epithet: of Add MS 28783 Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001029.0x0001d2 Epithet: of Add MS 37787 Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descrip...

Myers, Winifred A.

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Epithet: dealer in manuscripts, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0001a1 ...

Robson, Dorothy, sister of Prof W A Robson

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Holiday, Henry, RA

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Scott, Evelyne D, author

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Godolphin, Sidney

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Epithet: Deputy-Governor of Guernsey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000702.0x000023 Title: 1st Earl of Godolphin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00033d ...

Bartlett, William Henry, topographical draughtsman

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West, James

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This volume is adapted from the work originally published by John Robertson (1712-1776): Elements of Navigation…Composed for the use of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, the Royal Academy at Portsmouth, and the Gentlemen of the Navy (London: Printed for J. Nourse, 1754). From the guide to the James West, Elements of Navigation, West, James, Elements of Navigation, 1785, (William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan) Epithet:...

Dufy, Raoul, artist

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Alberti, Domenico, composer

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Huber, Albert

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Epithet: Mrs of Ontario Canada British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000184 ...

Cage, John, 1912-1992

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John Cage was born in Los Angeles in 1912. He studied composition with Richard Buhlig, Henry Cowell, Adolph Weiss, and Arnold Schoenberg. In 1938 he began working as an accompanist for dance and a teacher at the Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle, Washington. It was here that he first met the dancer Merce Cunningham, with whom he would have a lifelong working relationship. Together they were responsible for a number of radical innovations in musical and choreographic compositions, such as the...

Carswell, Robert

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Epithet: physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00019e ...