Letters to William Sotheby, 1813-1833.

Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872

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Mary Somerville (born Mary Fairfax) was born to William George and Margaret Fairfax on December 26, 1780 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Mary became interested in mathematics while a teenager. She married Samuel Greig in 1804. Greig was a naval officer and died after 3 years of marriage. Mary then married William Somerville in 1812, who was an inspector of hospitals. Mary Somerville's first major work was a translation of the mathematician Laplace's book Mécanique Céleste. In the t...

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances depicting colonist and Indigenous characters from the 17th to the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown, New York, which was founded by his father William Cooper on property that he owned. Cooper became a member of the Episcopal Church shortly befo...

Berry, Mary, 1763-1852

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Epithet: Miss British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000131 Mary Berry was an English non-fiction writer born in Kirkbridge, North Yorkshire. She is best known for her letters and journals, namely Social Life in England and France from the French Revolution, published in 1831, and Journals and Correspondence, published after her death in 1865. Berry became notable through her association with clo...

Von Humboldt, Alexander, 1769-1859

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Born in Berlin, Germany, and educated at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen, Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most prominent European figures of his age. His fame largely derived from his scientific expedition in Latin America between 1799 and 1804, which resulted in numerous discoveries, particularly related to physical geography and meteorology. Notably, he spent 1803 in New Spain (present day Mexico) conducting a census of the territory. Source: Alexander von ...

Hallam, Henry, 1777-1859

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Thomas Butt was a university friend of Henry Hallam and vicar of Trentham Church near Stoke in Trent from 1805-1841. He was the great-grandfather of Mrs. F.W. Robinson. From the description of Letter, 1834 Sep 11 [manuscript]: to Thomas Butt. 1834. (The University of Queensland Library). WorldCat record id: 62545093 Henry Hallam, English historian. From the guide to the Henry Hallam manuscript material : 6 items, ca. 1834-1848, (The New York Public Library. Carl ...

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843

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English poet, literary scholar, historian and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified man, 1836 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603582965 English poet and man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to Moxon, 1837 July 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662734 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Keswick, to an unidentified correspondent, 1837 Mar. 2....

Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825

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Anna Letitia Barbauld, née Aikin, English poet and essayist. Her first book of poems, published before her marriage, was a critical and popular success, but she came to be better known for her works on the teaching of infants. She was among the circle of radical intellectuals gathered around her publisher, Joseph Johnson, which also included the likes of Joanna Baillie, George Dyer, Maria Edgeworth, William Godwin, and Henry Crabb Robinson. From the description of Anna Letitia Barba...

Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858

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English collector and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, to Mr. Kerrich and an unidentified recipient, 1818 Sept. 16 and 1846 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872383 English physician and botanist. From the description of Papers, 1800-1820. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527757 English botanist and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, 1841 Aug....

Grosvenor, Thomas, 1764-1851.

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Sotheby, William, 1757-1833

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William Sotheby, English poet and translator. From the guide to the William Sotheby manuscript material : 1 item, 1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) William Sotheby (1757-1833) was an English author. His works include: A song of triumph on the peace (1814), Five tragedies (1814), Farewell to Italy, and occasional poems (1818), and Poems (1825). From the description of Letters to William Sotheby, 1813-183...

Howley, William, 1766-1848

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Bishop of London. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Tatham, to an unidentified recipient, "Saturday," [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859703 Archbishop of Canterbury. From the description of Autograph letter signed as Bishop of London : London, to an unidentified correspondent, 1818 Mar. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269521837 ...

Bartley, Sarah, 1783-1850

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Sarah Bartley (formerly Smith), English actress. Her career included roles in plays by Mrs. Inchbald, Thomas Holcroft and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and upon a visit to Dublin in 1808, she performed a musical piece composed for her by Thomas Moore. For a time following the retirement of foremost actress Sara Siddons, Bartley was considered the reigning tragedy queen of the London stage. From the description of Sarah Bartley manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1817 (New York Public Librar...

Wilson, John, 1785-1854

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Scottish poet and critic, "Christopher North." From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to an unidentified correspondent, 1842 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270587437 "Christopher North". Scottish author. From the description of Autograph note signed with initials : [n.p.], to his wife, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588898 John Wilson (1785-1854) was a Scottish author, the "Christopher North" of Blackwood's Magaz...

Davy, Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829

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English physician and natural philosopher. From the description of Papers, 1817-1829. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35007362 Epithet: natural philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00030a English chemist. From the description of Letter, 1810 May 22, to John MacMurray. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644626 From the description of Autograph lette...

Taylor, John, 1757-1832

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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Golden Square [London], to J.B. Nicholls [sic], 1826 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574766 ...

Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Hallam, Arthur Henry, 1811-1833

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Arthur Henry Hallam was educated in Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a poet and author and a close friend of Lord Tennyson. Hallam died at a very early age in Vienna in 1833. He is remembered as the subject of Tennyson's "In Memoriam." His own work "Remains in verse and prose of Arthur Henry Hallam" appeared in 1834. From the guide to the Arthur Henry Hallam Papers, 1811-1947, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) ...

Strickland, Agnes, 1796-1874

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English historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dieppe, to Mrs. Skinner, [no year] June 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872320 From the description of Autograph letter : Reydon Hall, Wangford, Suffolk, to the Countess of Newburgh, 1853 Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867399 From the description of Preface to Fisher's Juvenile Scrapbook for 1838 : autograph manuscript : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868307 ...

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English poet, critic, and philosopher. From the description of Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 36 items, 1792-1832 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122919490 From the guide to the Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript material : 37 items, 1792-1832, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: poet and philosopher British Library Archives and Manuscript...

Lamb, George, 1784-1834

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English writer and politician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to "Sir", 1830 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270859849 English dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Whitehall Yard, Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270598205 ...

Devonshire, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of, 1758-1824

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Elizabeth Christiana Cavendish [née Hervey; other married name Foster], duchess of Devonshire (1757-1824), society hostess and patron of the arts. From the description of Letters from Elizabeth Cavendish to her banker Jean-Franc̦ois Perregaux, n.d., 1790-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702203227 ...

Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844

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Thomas Campbell was a poet known for his war poems, including "Hohenlinden," "The Battle of the Baltic," and "Ye Mariners of England." He also published "The Pleasure of Hope" in 1799, "Gertrude of Wyoming" in 1809, and "Theodric" in 1824. From the description of Thomas Campbell papers, 1821-1846. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702147203 Thomas Campbell was born in Glasgow, studied law in Edinburgh (1797), and became Lord Rector of Glasgow University, 1826-1829, as well as a...

Lockhart, J.G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854

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Scottish biographer and historian. From the description of Letters, 1824-1845. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233116942 Scottish editor, novelist, and biographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified correspondent, [no year] Apr. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590765 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London?], to an unidentified correspondent, 1832 Nov. 17. (Unknown). ...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...

Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851

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Epithet: of Add MS 35118 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0000cd Baillie was a Scottish poet and dramatist. Norton (1786-1853) graduated from Harvard College in 1804, taught sacred literature as a professor, and authored numerous works on religious topics. From the description of Letters to Andrews Norton, 1827-1850. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 84429823 From the guide ...

Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752-1822

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Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769-1830

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English portrait painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to J.W. Croker, 1815 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 663622098 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], Monday noon [1829 Feb. 23]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [J.W. Croker], [1829] Feb. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664707570 From the description of Auto...

Talma, François Joseph, 1763-1826

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French actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to M. Neveu, bookseller, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270576095 ...

Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753-1827

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English painter and patron. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dunmow, to W.L. Bowles, 1808 Feb. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622246 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Coleorton, to Robert Southey, 1809 Aug. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622189 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Haverhill, to W.L. Bowles, 1803 June 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270622356 From the description of Autograph lett...

Fanshawe, Catherine Maria, 1765-1834

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Catherine Maria Fanshawe, English poet. Her most famous poem, a riddle on the letter 'H', was long attributed to Lord Byron. From the description of Catherine Maria Fanshawe manuscript material : 2 items, undated (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 217291854 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000818.0x00037f ...

Charleville, Catherine Maria Bury, Countess, 1762-1851

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Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

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Washington Irving (b. April 3, 1783, New York City-d. November 28, 1859, Sunnyside, Tarrytown, New York), American author, wrote his first popular work, A History of New York, under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. He continued to write stories and essays which made him the outstanding figure in American literature of his time and established his reputation abroad. In 1826 Irving went to Spain to work at the American embassy in Madrid, then at the American legation in London, before returni...

Drummond, William, Sir, 1770?-1828

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Sir William Drummond, Scottish classical scholar and diplomat. He was a friend of William Godwin, and his writings helped to shape the philosophical mind of Percy Bysshe Shelley. From the description of Sir William Drummond manuscript material : 1 item, 1811 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 175257032 From the guide to the Sir William Drummond manuscript material : 2 items, 1811-1816, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and Hi...

Elmsley, Peter, 1734 or 1735-1802

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