MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS.Paper and vellum; ff. 166. British Library arrangement.A.Letter of George Eliot to Frederick Lehmann; 19 April [1866]. Extracts from this letter are printed in G. S. Haight, The George Eliot Letters (1954-1955), iv, ... 1353-1999

Heyerdahl, Thor, 1914-2002

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Thor Heyerdahl (6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. The expedition was designed to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between societies. ...

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

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...

Mary

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Epithet: Sister; of St Teresa's Hospital, Corston, near Bath British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x000046 Epithet: of Egypt; of Sloane MS 2569 Title: Saint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001301.0x00004c Epithet: of Paris British Library Archives and Manuscripts...

Conolly, John, physician

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Epithet: physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002e3 ...

Borrow, George, writer

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0002e8 ...

Cooper, Anthony Ashley, Lord Ashley, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury

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Epithet: Lord Ashley, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x000370 Title: 7th Earl of Shaftesbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000282 ...

Carter, Huntly, writer

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00002b ...

Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962

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English museum director, art historian and collector. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge to Hugh W. Davies, 1911 Jan. 05. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899880 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hammersmith, to Mackenzie Bell, 1896 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270899382 From the description of Autograph letter signed (retained copy) : Cambridge, to Lord Henry Bentinck, 1909 Feb. 17. (Unknown). ...

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909

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British poet. From the description of The descent into hell [manuscript poem], 1873 Jan. 9. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41416044 From the description of Autograph quotation, [ca. 1890?]. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315968127 Swinburne (1837-1909) was an English lyric poet, dramatist, and critic of the Victorian era. He was famous for the innovative versification of his poetry and infamous for his violent attacks on Victorian morality. ...

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...

Salvagnoli, Vincenzo

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Cressett, James, diplomatist

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Epithet: diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002cd ...

Panizzi, Anthony, Sir, KCB, Principal Librarian British Museum

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Epithet: KCB, Principal Librarian British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002e2 ...

Jameson, Isabella Anne, née Jones daughter of Lieutenant Sir Gen H G Jones

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Epithet: née Jones daughter of Lieutenant Sir Gen H G Jones British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002d9 ...

Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945

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David Lloyd George (b. January 17, 1863, Manchester, England–d. March 26, 1945, Wales) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party. As Chancellor of the Exchequer (1908–1915), Lloyd George was a key figure in the introduction of many reforms which laid the foundations of the modern welfare state. His most important role came as the highly energetic Prime Minister of the Wartime Coalition Government (1916–22), during and immediately after the First World War. He was a major player at the Paris P...

Dawson, Warren Royal

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Epithet: FSA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002ed ...

Edwards, Mary Stella

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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002df ...

Linton, Eliza Lynn, née Lynn novelist

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Epithet: née Lynn novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x000358 ...

Sotheby, Samuel Leigh, auctioneer

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Epithet: auctioneer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000302 ...

Deane, Clifford, alias Keane

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Epithet: alias Keane British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x000314 ...

Cross Mary Ann 1819-1880

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Epithet: novelist, pseudonym George Eliot British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00037e ...

Parker, Louis Napoleon, author and composer

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Epithet: author and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002fb ...

Black, Charles, Consul at Cadiz

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Epithet: Consul at Cadiz British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001439.0x0003c5 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002fe ...

Upcott, William, of Add MS 15918

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Epithet: of Add MS 15918 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000152 Epithet: of Add MS 21113 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000506.0x000153 Epithet: antiquary and autograph collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/v...

Hemingway, George, 33rd Regt

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Epithet: 33rd Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002cb ...

Currie, Donald, Sir, GCMG

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Epithet: GCMG British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002c3 ...

Friars, Austin

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Evans, John Emrys, Auditor-General of Transvaal

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Epithet: Auditor-General of Transvaal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002eb ...

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Sharp, Clifford Dyce, Editor 'New Statesman'

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Epithet: Editor 'New Statesman' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x0003a7 ...

Pitcairn, Robert, Commendator of Dunfermline, Scottish Sec of State

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Epithet: Commendator of Dunfermline, Scottish Sec of State British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x0000e1 Epithet: antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002ff ...

Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens, OM, FRS, historian

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Epithet: OM, FRS, historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002e7 ...

Blake, Martha Jane, formerly Kirk née Webber settler in S Africa

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Epithet: formerly Kirk née Webber settler in S Africa British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002c5 ...

Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958

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English poet, literary critic, and magazine editor. From the description of Rivers, 1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31042218 Jack Squire was an English poet. He also edited "The London Mercury: a Monthly Review of Literature & the Arts". From the description of Jack Squire collection. [1933]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800204 Squire was born in Plymouth, England on Apr. 2, 1884; educated at St. John'...

Hills, Anna

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Epithet: née Grove wife of E H Grove-Hills British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002c4 ...

Lehmann, Frederick

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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Pallavicino, Horatio, Sir, alias Palavicino

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Epithet: alias Palavicino British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002dd ...

Hughes, Richard Vincent, of Rosebery Av London

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Epithet: of Rosebery Av London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002f1 ...

Whitworth, Charles Walters.

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Epithet: afterwards Earl Whitworth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x000274 Epithet: Ambassador to Russia Title: Baron Whitworth British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001152.0x00025b Epithet: afterwards Baron and Earl Whitworth, Minister at Warsaw and (1788-1800) at St. Peter...

Stace, Henry Coope, Colonel

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002de ...

Kirk, N W, granddaughter of Mrs M J Blake

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Epithet: granddaughter of Mrs M J Blake British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002ca ...

King, Anthony

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Jones, Harry David, Sir, Lieutenant-General GCB, Governor RMC Sandhurst

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Epithet: Lieutenant-General GCB, Governor RMC Sandhurst British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000354 ...

Morony, Helen Rosa, née Kirk grandaughter of Mrs M J Blake

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Epithet: née Kirk grandaughter of Mrs M J Blake British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002c6 ...

Glasier, John Bruce, socialist

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Epithet: socialist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002f5 ...

John Casimir, Count Palatine of the Rhine

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Places: Rhine Title: Count Palatine of the Rhine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000025 ...

TITTERTON, WILLIAM R.

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Epithet: author and journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002fc ...

Chiesa, C A, of Milan

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Epithet: of Milan British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002e5 ...

Haynes, Edmund Sidney Pollock

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Epithet: lawyer and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002e8 ...

Shallard, Sidney Dillon, of the Fabian Society

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Epithet: of the Fabian Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002f6 ...

Stainforth, —

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Miles, Edith

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Epithet: of Seymour St London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002e6 ...

Jones, Charlotte

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Epithet: née Hornsby wife of Lieutenant-General Sir G G Jones British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002d6 Epithet: of Add MS 39779 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000043 ...

Mills, A Spencer, Lieutenant-Colonel MBE

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel MBE British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002ef ...

Magny, Jules, of 'La Revue Socialiste'

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Epithet: of 'La Revue Socialiste' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x000321 ...

Dibnah, K, Mrs of Hallyn Withernsea

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Epithet: Mrs of Hallyn Withernsea British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002cc ...

Ryves, Elizabeth, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000300 ...

J.-M.

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Epithet: of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x0000fe ...

Vernon, James, the younger; Comby, missioner of Excise

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Epithet: the younger; Comby, missioner of Excise British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000628.0x0000c0 Epithet: of Add MS 15895 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000370 Epithet: Bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

Lawrence, Arthur Johnstone, Sir, General KCB

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Epithet: General KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000163 ...

Henderson, Carline, née Evans daughter of P V Emrys-Evans

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Epithet: née Evans daughter of P V Emrys-Evans British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0002ec ...

Stephen, Leslie, 1832-1904

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English critic and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters signed (24) : London, etc., to W.E. Henley, 1876-1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580328 From the description of English thought in the eighteenth century : autograph manuscript, [187-]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580765 Stephen was a British critic, man of letters and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. From the description of Photograph album of Le...

Spencer, Charles

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Title: 3rd Earl of Sunderland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0000e4 Epithet: MP; 2nd son of Charles Spencer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001392.0x000208 Epithet: Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, and (1806) Master of the Mint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/810...