Vol. LXXXI. 1876-1891.Oscar Browning, CBE; historian: Correspondence with Oscar Wilde: 1887-[1888].Frank Miles, painter: Letters to Oscar Wilde: [1876]-1878.Thomas Waldo Story, American sculptor: Letter from Oscar Wilde: 1884.Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie... 1876-1891

Meynell, Wilfrid, 1852-1948

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Wilfrid Meynell was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Yorkshire on November 17, 1852. Birth registry and census records indicate that he was probably born Wilfrid Isaac Mennell, to George and Hannah (Tuke) Mennell, but documentation of his name change to "Meynell" is lacking. His family was Quaker, but at the age of eighteen Wilfrid converted to Catholicism and moved to London to pursue a career in journalism. He also wrote poetry, contributing verses to Emily Priestman's Simple Tales (1873), and he ...

Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude, 1847-1922

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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in England on October 11, 1847 to Thomas James and Christiana (Weller) Thompson. Alice and her sister Elizabeth received their education from their father and were brought up primarily in the English countryside and Italy. Alice was encouraged to write poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to whom she was introduced by family friend Aubrey de Vere. Alice became a poet, and Elizabeth became a painter. In 1868, Alice was received into the Catholic Church a...

Dodd, Mead & Company

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In 1839 Moses W. Dodd purchased an interest in a New York publishing firm established by John S. Taylor. The following year he severed his connection with Taylor and continued alone until his retirement in 1870. He was succeeded by his son, Frank H. Dodd, who, with his cousin Edward S. Mead, formed the firm Dodd & Mead. A retail department was added to the firm and in 1876 Bleecker Van Wagnen was taken as a partner. The firm was then renamed Dodd, Mead & Company. From the guide to t...

Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882

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Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. She served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 at Ford’s Theatre. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary remembered her childhood as “desolate” although she belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with high-spirited social life and a sound private education. Just...

University of Oxford

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University of Oxford From the guide to the University of Oxford Musical Exercises, 1890, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Not applicable. From the guide to the Typescript Theses, 1910-55, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Rev. Samuel Myles graduated from Harvard College in 1684. From the description of Diploma : manuscript, 1693 July 14. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612804731 ...

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell (publishers : active 1876-1891)

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Edwards, Henry Sutherland.

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x0001ce Epithet: musical critic and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x0000ab ...

Dunn, James Nicol, active 1876-1920, Editor `Manchester Courier'

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Epithet: Editor `Manchester Courier' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00002f ...

Allen, Phoebe, active 1876-1891

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Grove, George, Sir, musicologist

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Epithet: musicologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x00001b ...

Kernahan, John Coulson, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00021c ...

Faithfull, Emily, active 1837-1891, publisher and women's activist

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Epithet: publisher and women's activist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000345 ...

Attwood, Roland, active 1876-1891, friend of Oscar Wilde

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Epithet: friend of Oscar Wilde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000351 ...

Lea, Marion, active 1876-1891, actress and producer

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Epithet: actress and producer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00034f ...

Cornhill Magazine (active 1857-1891)

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Browning, Oscar, CBE, historian

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Epithet: CBE, historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x0002f8 ...

Saltus, Edgar, active 1876-1891, American writer

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Epithet: American writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00034d ...

Massett, Stephen C.

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Epithet: American singer and entertainer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00033a ...

Wallace, Eleanor Jane, active 1876-1900, music hall entertainer

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Epithet: music hall entertainer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000344 ...

Hunt, Isobel Violet, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000196 ...

Fish, Arthur, active 1876-1909, assistant to Oscar Wilde as editor of `Woman's World'

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Epithet: assistant to Oscar Wilde as editor of `Woman's World' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x0003aa ...

Westlake, Alice, active 1876-1895, wife of J Westlake QC

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Epithet: wife of J Westlake QC British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0000cd ...

Raynaud, Ernest, active 1876-1891, poet

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000352 ...

De La Ramée, Marie Louise, alias `Ouida', novelist

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Epithet: alias `Ouida', novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000153 ...

Reid, Thomas Wemyss, Sir, journalist

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00015b ...

Miles, Frank

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0003a8 ...

Pigott, E F Smyth, active 1876-1891, licenser of plays

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Epithet: licenser of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000339 ...

Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 1840-1922

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Wilfred Scawen Blunt was an English author and explorer. He was born in Sussex, and served in the diplomatic corps in Europe and South America. He retired in 1872, married Anne Isabella Noel, Lord Byron's granddaughter, and they travelled through Europe and the Middle East, and went into partnership breeding Arabian horses. He vociferously opposed British imperialism, and was imprisoned in 1888 for supporting Irish Home Rule. He kept a diary for most of his adult life, and also wrote numerous tr...

Story, Thomas Waldo, active 1876-1891, American sculptor

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Epithet: American sculptor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00033e ...

Holland Day, Fred, active 1876-1891, photographer and publisher

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Epithet: photographer and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00034c ...

Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-, 1826-1902, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat

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1849–52 and 1854–58 Lord-in-waiting to Queen Victoria; 1864 lord lieutenant, 1864 County Down; 1864-1866 under-secretary of state for India; 1866 under-secretary, War Office; 1872-1878 governor-general of Canada; 1879-1881 British ambassador to St Petersburg; 1881 British ambassador to Constantinople; 1882 Special Commissioner to Egypt; 1884-1888 Viceroy of India; 1889-1891 British ambassador to Rome; 1891-1896 British ambassador to France. Honours: 1861 KCB; 1863 KP; 1876 GCMG; 188...

Haggard, Henry Rider, Sir, KBE, novelist

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Epithet: KBE, novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000076 ...

Ross, Alexander Galt, brother of Robert Baldwin Ross

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Epithet: brother of Robert Baldwin Ross British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000361 ...

Rockstro, William Smith, composer and writer on music

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Epithet: composer and writer on music British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00034b ...

Forbes-Robertson, Ian, active 1876-1929, actor

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00024f ...

Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921

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Epithet: bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x000142 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000353 ...

MacDonnell, Hercules Henry Graves MacDonnell, active 1876-1891, founder of the University Choral Society

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Epithet: founder of the University Choral Society British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00033d ...

Bramley, Henry Ramsden, 1833-1917

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Epithet: Reverend Senior Dean of Arts Magdalen College Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x00014b Epithet: Rector of St Paul's Exeter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00029c ...

E. V. B. (Eleanor Vere Boyle), 1825-1916

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Epithet: née Gordon widow of Hon R C Boyle British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000758.0x00018f Boyle was an illustrator of poetry and children's books as E.V.B., 1853-1908. From the description of Letter, Maidenhead, to [Roderick] Mackenzie, ca. 1845-1916. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35051418 ...

Russell, Matthew S.

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Epithet: Reverend editor 'The Irish Monthly' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x00014c ...

Boehm, Louisa Frances, active 1876-1891, wife of Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1st Baronet

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Epithet: wife of Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00033f ...

Ingpen, Roger Eric, writer

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00010d ...

Volkmar, Charles, active 1876-1891, American artist

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Epithet: American artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00033b ...

Merrill, Stuart, American poet

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Epithet: American poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000323 ...

Nutt, Alfred, active 1876-1929

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Courtney, William Leonard, active 1876-1919, journalist

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0002b9 ...

Lock, George E, active 1876-1891, Director of Ward Lock & Co Ltd

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Epithet: Director of Ward Lock & Co Ltd British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0002fb ...

Hutchinson, Thomas, active 1876-1891, friend of Oscar Wilde

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Epithet: friend of Oscar Wilde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000348 ...

Corkran, Alice, active 1876-1891, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000696.0x0002ec ...

Wedgwood, Frances Julia

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Epithet: novelist and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000343 ...

Merivale, Mrs H C, active 1876-1891, writer of plays

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000697.0x0003b0 ...

Barton, Rose, active 1876-1891, watercolour painter

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Epithet: watercolour painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000347 ...

Simcox, E. J. (Edith Jemima)

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Epithet: anthropologist and political activist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000342 ...

Singleton, Mary Montgomerie, Lady, active 1876-1922, née Lamb afterwards Currie al 'Violet Fane'

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Epithet: née Lamb afterwards Currie al 'Violet Fane' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x0003b2 ...

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...

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

Monaco, active 1876-1891

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Knowles, James Thomas, Sir, KCVO, Editor of the 'Nineteenth Century'

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Epithet: KCVO, Editor of the 'Nineteenth Century' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000210.0x000048 ...

Hardy, Iza Duffus

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x00034a ...

Millais, Mary Hunt, active 1876-1891, 1st Baronet, daughter of Sir J E Millais

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Epithet: daughter of Sir J E Millais Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0000a8 ...

Hunt, Margaret, active 1876-1891, novelist, wife of Alfred William Hunt

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Epithet: novelist, wife of Alfred William Hunt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000338 ...

Montefiore, Leonard, active 1876-1891, author and philanthropist

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Epithet: author and philanthropist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000337 ...

Coquelin, Benoit Constant, l'ainé, French dramatist

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Epithet: l'ainé, French dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00039e ...

Fitch, C, active 1876-1899, writer of plays

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000697.0x000326 ...

Morse, —, active 1876-1891, Colonel aide to Lucas D'Oyly Carte

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Epithet: Colonel aide to Lucas D'Oyly Carte British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000360 ...

Langtry, Emilie Charlotte, afterwards De Bathe; called 'Lily Langtry'; wife of (1) E Langtry (2) Sir H G De Bathe, 5th Baronet

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Epithet: afterwards De Bathe; called 'Lily Langtry'; wife of (1) E Langtry (2) Sir H G De Bathe, 5th Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001298.0x000085 Epithet: afterwards De Bathe al `Lillie Langtry', actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x0002d1 ...

Monckton, Maria Louisa, Lady, active 1876-1891, actress

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Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000349 ...

Pilcher, F, active 1876-1891, of Beer Lane London

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Epithet: of Beer Lane London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000340 ...