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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,...

Gatley, Alfred, sculptor

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Virgoe, William R.

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May, D.

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0002f7 Epithet: Master, RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x0002f8 ...

Collinson, Richard

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Epithet: Admiral KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x00037d ...

Scoresby, William, Captain afterwards Rev, FRS

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Petermann, August Heinrich, geographer

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Shaw, Henry Norton, active 1857-1860, MRCS; Secretary, Royal Geographical Society

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Ross, John, Sir, active 1841-1850, Captain; RN

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Blake, Charles Carter

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Epithet: anthropologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x000141 ...

Huggins, William John, 1781-1845

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Epithet: painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000866.0x000387 ...

King, Richard, 1955-....

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Epithet: Arctic traveller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x0000c3 Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000695.0x0000c5 Epithet: Admiral Title: Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000684.0x0002e4 Landscape painter and lithographer. From the description of Letter : London, to R.H. Grundy, 1864 April 30. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28268667 ...

McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier, Sir, active 1849-1892, Captain; RN

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Wheeler, Robert J., active 1833-1865, Chief Clerk, Royal Geographical Society

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Smith, Charles Roach, 1807-1890

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Bollaert, William, 1807-1876

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English traveller, chemist, geographer, ethnologist and antiquarian, William Bollaert wrote many accounts and reports about his discoveries and experiences in South America and Texas between 1827 and 1854. From the description of Letter : London, to Sir R.I. Murchison, 1860 Oct. 3. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34329268 From the description of Letter : London, to My dear Sir, 1847 Mar. 29. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34328793 Epithet: FRGS ...

Dodgson, G. (George), 1811-1880

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Mccormick, Robert

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Epithet: naval surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000220.0x000105 Robert McCormick was born on 22 July 1800 at Runham, Norfolk, the son of a naval surgeon. He studied medicine at Guy's and St Thomas's hospitals in London, becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1822. He entered the Royal Navy the following year as an assistant surgeon in the flagship HMS Queen Charlotte, serving ...

Wright, Thomas

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000210 Epithet: MD, of Heydon, county Essex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00020b Epithet: FSA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0000b0 Epithet: LRCS, Ireland ...

Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics

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Epithet: FRS; Keeper of the Records of the Admiralty British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x000311 Epithet: Secretary to the Admiralty British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x00031a Epithet: Keeper of Records of the Admiralty British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

Smyth, William Henry, Admiral scientific writer

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Orpen, John Herbert

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Kellett, Henry

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Epithet: Vice. Admiral KCB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0003b9 Epithet: Captain; CB British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0002a9 Epithet: Captain; RN, ViceAdm. 1868 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x0002ab H...

Washington, John, active 1801-1859, Rear-Admiral Hydrographer of the Navy

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Manning, Frederick, of Leamington

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Epithet: of Leamington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x000152 ...

Hunt, James

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x00023d Epithet: ethnologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001031.0x00023c Epithet: secretary of the Labour Party Sligo British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x0000d5 Epithet:...

Cracroft, Sophia, 1816-1892

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Epithet: niece of Sir J Franklin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001f2 Sophia Cracroft accompanied her aunt, Lady Jane Franklin, on a trip to Sitka in 1870 on the vessel Newbern, to search for her husband Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. From the description of Journal kept during trip to Alaska by Sophia Cracroft, 1870 May 12 to June 14. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 420...

Pakington, John Somerset, Sir, 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Hampton

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Title: 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Hampton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000183 ...

Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862

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Epithet: dramatist; of Add MS 42712 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x000138 Anglo-Irish dramatist and actor. From the description of James Sheridan Knowles letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 181587980 Irish actor and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : Aberfoyle, Loch Ard Lodge, and Torq...

Topham, Frank William Warwick, artist

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Prince Arthur Road, Hampstead, to Henry M. Ormerod, 1878 Jul. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572832 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Prince Arthur Road, Hampstead, to E.W. Marshall, 1878 Jul. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270572836 Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000266.0x00008e ...

Beke, Charles T. (Charles Tilstone), 1800-1874

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Epithet: Abyssinian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0003c2 ...

Rafn, Carl Christian, Danish archaeologist

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Pentland, Joseph Barclay, 1797-1873

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Epithet: of Add MS 37938 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x000245 Epithet: of Add MS 42581 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x000247 Epithet: of Add MS 38986 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000149.0x000246 ...

Findlay, Alexander G.

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Epithet: geographer and hydrographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0000f2 ...

Conjuit, John, Lieutenant; RN

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Abrahall, Chandos Hoskyns

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Dodgson, Jane, wife of George Haydock Dodgson

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Epithet: wife of George Haydock Dodgson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000440.0x000386 ...

Quain, Richard, 1816-1898

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English physician. From the description of Letter, 1888, Jan. 26 : [London], to Dr. Roger. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35282915 Epithet: physician Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x0002ac ...

Cull, Richard, active 1837-1893, Hon Sec The Ethnological Society

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Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir, antiquary

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Manby, George William, active 1808-1861, FRS

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Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington

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Watts-Dunton, Walter Theodore, formerly Watts critic novelist and poet

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James, David

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Epithet: Perpetual Curate of Kirkdale, county Lancashire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000214.0x0002c2 Epithet: teacher of Gateshead British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x00008c ...

Schomburgk, Robert Hermann, Sir, traveller

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Sherborn ¦, Charles Davies, DSc

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Franklin, Jane, née Griffin; wife of Sir John Franklin

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Epithet: née Griffin; wife of Sir John Franklin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000215.0x0001ed Epithet: wife of Sir J Franklin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0001cf ...

Kelley, J. D. Jerrold (James Douglas Jerrold), 1847-1922

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Epithet: of Add MS 42712 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x000067 American naval officer and author. Dubbed "pioneer in radio, expert on navies" by his biographer. From the description of J.D.J. Kelley letter, 1891 September 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 82196852 ...

Holl, Francis Montague, painter

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Austin, Horatio Thomas, Sir, active 1850-1873, Vice-Admiral KCB

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Steuart, James, of Kirktoun, Commissioner of Estates for Bute

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Epithet: of Kirkfield and Coltness, Provost of Edinburgh British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x000200 Epithet: of Lewisham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000362.0x0001e7 Epithet: of Kirktoun, Commissioner of Estates for Bute British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalog...

Snow, William Parker, 1817-1895

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Epithet: Arctic explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x00025e Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001304.0x00025f William Parker Snow was born on 27 November 1817 at Poole. He was educated at the Royal Naval School in Greenwich and was apprenticed in a merchant vessel at the age of thirteen....

Richardson, John

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Epithet: Lieutenant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x0002ea Epithet: Rector of Winterbourne Stickland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x000301 Epithet: of Add MS 4317 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001129.0x0002fa Epithet: of ...

Shillinglaw, John J. (John Joseph), 1830-1905

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John J. Shillinglaw was author of the following works: A narrative of Arctic discovery, from the earliest period to the present time : with the details of the measures adopted by Her Majesty's government for the relief of the expedition under Sir John Franklin. London : W. Shoberl, 1850; The Australian shipmaster's guide : A handbook of mercantile and maritime information, relating to merchant ships and seamen in Victoria; and Historical records of Port Phillip: The first annals of the colony of...

Peto, S. Morton (Samuel Morton), Sir, 1809-1889

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Epithet: of Somerleyton Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x00035b ...

Hodgkin, Thomas

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Epithet: historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x00015f Epithet: physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x00004b Epithet: Commissary of Musters at Port Royal British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000...

Blackie, Walter Graham, active 1865-1897, publisher

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Harington, Thomas Douglas

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Epithet: Canadian civil servant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000206 Epithet: Canadian freemason British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000081 ...

Pauli, Reinhold, 1823-1882

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Chaillu, Paul Belloni du, traveller

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Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby, MP

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Bensted, W. H., of Maidstone

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Epithet: of Maidstone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001243.0x00022f ...

Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862

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Entered the navy in 1812 and accompanied W. E. Parry in four expeditions in Arctic regions. In 1831 Ross discovered the magnetic pole. Commanded Antarctic expedition, 1839-1842. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225765387 Epithet: Captain; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000161.0x0001ed Epithet: Captain; RN Knight 1843 Br...