MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:- A. Letter from Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, Italian statesman, to Nassau William Senior, economist, forwarding a publication of the Sardinian government on charitable institutions; 4 Jan. 1842. French. For a... 1100-1936

Royal Observatory, Greenwich

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The Royal Observatory dates its foundation from two warrants issued under the name of Charles II. On 4 March 1675 John Flamsteed was appointed 'royal observator' to the King, and on the following 22 June another warrant authorised the construction of 'a small observatory within our royal park at Greenwich'. The first warrant stated that Flamsteed was 'to apply himself...so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places'. The second warrant gave the purpose of the constructi...

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...

Maximilian I, Emperor

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Places: Bavaria Title: Elector of Bavaria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000387.0x0002c1 Accession date: 1493 Places: Germany Title: Emperor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000043 ...

National Library of Scotland (Edinburgh : active 1100-1936)

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Bossutensis, chaplain to the nuns of Flines

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Epithet: chaplain to the nuns of Flines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000302.0x000318 ...

Abbey of Flines (near Douai : active 1100-1936)

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Norman, Harry

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Epithet: of Richmond, county Surrey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000361 ...

Loney, Henry Nicholas, merchant, of Batavia

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Epithet: merchant, of Batavia British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000316 ...

Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame, Unspecified, author

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0001b0 Epithet: of Add MS 38653 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000273 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000300 Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graha...

Aston, Francis, Secretary of the Royal Society

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Epithet: Secretary of the Royal Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x00038b ...

Wright, W. D. (William David), 1906-

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Epithet: of Laxton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000234 William Wright Jr. was Gillis Long's cousin. Gillis Long (1923-1985) was representative for the 8th U.S. Congressional District of Louisiana in 1963-1965 and 1973-1985. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Louisiana in 1964 and 1971. From the description of William Wright Jr. oral history interview, 1987. (Louisiana State University...

Bryce, James

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Epithet: Viscount Bryce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x000163 Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000795.0x0002fd Epithet: of Add MS 46228 Title: Viscount Bryce British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000079...

Maxwell, Mary Elizabeth (Braddon)

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Epithet: née Braddon novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x000217 ...

Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753

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Hans Sloane was born in England in 1660. He studied chemistry at Apothecaries' Hall, and botany at the Chelsea Physic Garden. He went on to apprentice in medicine under Sydenham, and took over the practice when Sydenham became too ill to work. Dr. Sloane traveled to Jamaica as the physician of the second Duke of Albemarle in 1688. While in Jamaica, he collected and brought home to England more than 800 species of plants. He published two books on his experience and discoveries in Jamaica. After ...

Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton, poet

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Cruikshank, George, artist and caricaturist

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Epithet: artist and caricaturist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0003ab ...

Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914

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Joseph Chamberlain was born in 1836; he was educated at University College School, and at the age of sixteen moved from London to Birmingham to join his uncle's screw manufacturing business, Nettlefold and Chamberlain; he became a member of the Birmingham Education Society, the National Education League, and was chairman of the Birmingham School Board [1868-1873]; he was a member of Birmingham Town Council [1872-1880], being Councillor for St Paul's Ward and Mayor [1873-1876]; he was MP for West...

Dryhurst, Alfred Robert, Assistant Secretary British Museum, Fabian

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Epithet: Assistant Secretary British Museum, Fabian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x0001d3 ...

Pertz, Florence, Miss; grand-daughter of J J G Wilkinson

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Epithet: Miss; grand-daughter of J J G Wilkinson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x000380 ...

Blandford, Walter Fielding Holloway, horn player and writer

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Epithet: horn player and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000699.0x0003c4 ...

Paton, Alan Park, -1905, Librarian of Greenock Library

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Epithet: Librarian of Greenock Library British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x000055 ...

Waller, Richard, Secretary to the Royal Society

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Epithet: Secretary to the Royal Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000751.0x0001b6 ...

Bassett, Arthur Tilney

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Epithet: OBE British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000983.0x000109 Manager of the real estate department of Detroit Trust Company. From the description of Management and sale of repossessed real estate, November 8, 1935. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421159 ...

Balle, Robert, FRS

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0003a1 ...

Franciscans of Stroncone (Umbria : active 1100-1936)

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Gregory I, approximately 0540-0604, Pope, the Great

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Epithet: the Great Title: Pope British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x0002d2 ...

Payne, Gerald Charles Leonard, Lieutenant-Commander

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Commander British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0003bc ...

Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Mead, Richard (Military historian)

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Hill, Abraham, FRS

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000265 ...

Wright, Sarah, daughter of Roger Wright

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Epithet: daughter of Roger Wright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x0001fd ...

Fawcett, Millicent Garrett, Dame, 1847-1929

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President of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. From the description of Letters : London, to Laurence Housman, 1918 Jan. 18, 1928 Oct. 29, and undated. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25374993 Fawcett was an author and a leader in the women's suffrage movement. From the description of ALS [19--?] April 9 : Lismus, Ireland to "Dear Sir" / M.G. Fawcett. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 28013193 Epithet: ...

Mandyczewski, Eusebius, -1929, Keeper of the archives of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde

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Epithet: Keeper of the archives of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x000056 ...

Byron, George Anson,

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Epithet: Captain, RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x000337 Title: 7th Baron Byron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001109.0x000338 ...

Montagu, Anne D. B., wife of B Montagu, QC

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Epithet: wife of B Montagu, QC British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000570.0x000376 ...

The Royal Society (active 1660)

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Lász1ó de Lombos, Philip Alexius, -1937, portrait painter

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Epithet: portrait painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x0001e5 ...

De Montmorency, Ogier, Seigneur de Wastines

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Title: Seigneur de Wastines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x0001a9 ...

Hutchinson, Lucy

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Epithet: widow of Colonel J Hutchinson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002e0 ...

Fodone, V., of Froggatt

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Epithet: of Froggatt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001242.0x000186 ...

Chulalonkorn, King of Siam

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Title: King of Siam British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001393.0x000269 ...

Dodgson, Campbell, CBE, Keeper of Prints and Drawings British Museum

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Epithet: CBE, Keeper of Prints and Drawings British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000340 ...

Barlow, Helen Alice Dorothy, daughter of Sir T Barlow, lst Baronet

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Epithet: daughter of Sir T Barlow, lst Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00003d ...

Brassington, Philip U.

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Morgan, Henry Robert

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Davies, Walford, 1869-1941

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Master of the King's Music (1934–41). Epithet: composer, organist and broadcaster Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00027a ...

Amiel, Henri Frédéric, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Geneva University

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Epithet: Professor of Moral Philosophy at Geneva University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x0002b8 ...

Agostino Barbarigo, Doge of Venice

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Title: Doge of Venice British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000741.0x000210 ...

Dixon, Robert

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Epithet: of Add MS 33573 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0002ac Epithet: of Gainsborough British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0002ae Epithet: Steward of Stepney and Hackney manors British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x0002af E...

Haydn, Franz Joseph, composer

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00005b ...

Barlow, Thomas, of Egerton MS 3698

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Epithet: of Egerton MS 3698 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00005d Epithet: of Queen's Coll., Oxon; Bodley's Librarian, afterwards Bishop of Lincoln British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00005e Epithet: FRCP Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives a...

Loney, Nicholas, Vice-Consul at Iloilo, in the Philippines

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Epithet: Vice-Consul at Iloilo, in the Philippines British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000569.0x000319 ...

Gibson, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 4284 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x000335 Epithet: nightman, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x000333 Epithet: Dean of Down British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000565.0x00032e Epithet: of Sloane MS 1...

Mulock, Dinah Maria, afterwards Craik; author

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Epithet: afterwards Craik; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x000086 ...

De Croy, Jacques, Bishop of Cambrai

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Epithet: Bishop of Cambrai British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000844.0x0000fb ...

Huff, A. M., Mrs

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Epithet: Mrs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000363 ...

De Watteville, Herman Gaston, Lieutenant-Colonel; CBE

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Epithet: Lieutenant-Colonel; CBE British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000267.0x00008c ...

Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Salisetus, Antonius, Cistercian, of Nizelle Abbey

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Epithet: Cistercian, of Nizelle Abbey British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x000373 ...

Baker, Morshead, Mrs; of Haslemere

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Epithet: Mrs; of Haslemere British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001e7 ...

Robartes, Francis, Vice-President of the Royal Society

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Epithet: Vice-President of the Royal Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x000269 ...