Records of the John Lane Company, 1856-1933 (bulk, 1894-1930).

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...

Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

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Maurice Baring was born on April 27, 1874, as the eighth child and fifth son of Edward Charles Baring, first Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. Born in the West End of London, Baring attended Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1898, he joined the diplomatic service. In 1904, he became a journalist and reported on the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria for the Morning Post. Later, he was a correspondent in Russia and Istanbul (Constantinople). During World War ...

Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, 1857-1948

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American novelist and non-fiction writer. From the description of Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton collection, 1907-1945. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 44590095 California author. From the description of TLS, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866384 Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was an American novelist, short-story writer, biographer, and literary critic. From the description of Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton collection of ...

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914

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English critic and poet. From the description of Letter signed : Putney, to John Payne, 1909 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661256 From the description of Autograph letter signed : The Pines, to Lewis Melville, 1908 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661246 Theodore Watts-Dunton was an English poet, novelist, and literary critic. From the description of Theodore Watts-Dunton collection of papers, 1872-1912. (New York Public Library). ...

Sharp, Evelyn, 1869-1955

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Epithet: afterwards Nevinson author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0000fd ...

Roberts, Harry, 1871-1946

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Shiel, M. P. (Matthew Phipps), 1865-1947

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Matthew Phipps Shiel began life in the West Indies of Irish parentage and later studied languages and medicine in London, before the appearance of his first book Prince Zaleski, in 1895. He subsequently wrote over thirty novels including such classic works as The Lord of the Sea, The Yellow Danger, How the Old Woman Got Home, and his science fiction masterpiece, The Purple Cloud. From the description of Children of the wind, ca. 1922. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldC...

Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred, 1853-1922

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English journalist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to J. Lane, 1902 Oct. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270585734 ...

Syrett, Netta.

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Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937

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Edward Garnett was an English writer, critic and literary editor. He was married to Constance Garnett. -- B. W. Huebsch was an American publisher. From the description of [Letters to Huebsch] / Edward Garnett. [between 1926 and 1938] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231350092 Author. From the description of Letters, 1935. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36945314 From the description of Letters, 1895-1957. (Indiana University). WorldCat reco...

Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John), 1872-1942

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Woods, Margaret L. (Margaret Louisa), 1856-

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Epithet: née Bradley; novelist and poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000439.0x0002fd ...

Fea, Allan, 1860-1956

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Epithet: of Add Ch 70797 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x000190 Epithet: historian and antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000322 ...

Caine, William, 1873-1925

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Osborn, Edward Bolland, 1867-

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Edward Bolland Osborn was born in 1867, He was an author and literary editor of the Morning Post . He travelled extensively and had visited most European countries. James Nicol Dunn was born in Kincardineshire in 1856. Although trained in law, Dunn devoted his life to journalism and became editor for several publications including Black and White, Morning Post, Manchester Courier, among others. He died in 1919. Excerpted from introductory remarks in this boun...

Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942

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Williamson compiled a four-volume catalog of J. Pierpont Morgan's collection of miniatures that was published 1906-1908. A fifth volume was to have been issued but never appeared due to Morgan's death. At the request of the collector's son, J.P. Morgan (1867-1943), Williamson prepared a typescript of his notes and papers in October 1932 and sent it to Morgan. A second supplementary volume, comprising a re-typed version of that portion of the text to have accompanied the hand-colored plates inten...

Phillips, Stephen, 1868-1915

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Stephen Phillips was an English poet, playwright, editor, and actor. From the description of Stephen Phillips collection of papers, [1895]-1916. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122313901 From the guide to the Stephen Phillips collection of papers, 1895]-1916, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) ...

Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924

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Pichot, Pierre Amédée.

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Byles, C. E. b. 1873.

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Beardsley, Aubrey, 1872-1898

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Illustrator and art editor of The Yellow Book. From the description of Collection, 1893-1959, (bulk 1893-98 and 1943-59). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617113 Aubrey Beardsley was an innovative and influential English illustrator and author who helped inspire the Art Nouveau movement. He displayed remarkable talent for drawing and music as a child; later, while working as a clerk, he sold a short story,...

Ellis, S. M. (Stewart Marsh)

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Epithet: biographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000305 ...

Thackery, Francis St. John, 1832-1919

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Trask, Katrina, 1853-1922

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Arkwright, William, 1857-1925

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Crackanthorpe, Hubert, 1870-1896

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Black, Alice Elizabeth Knox, 1850-

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Buchan, John, 1875-1940

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John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. From the description of Letter from John Buchan to Joseph Harrington O'Brien, 1890-1941, 1921, Nov. 8. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228769757 English author and statesman, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps; 1st baron Tweedsmuir. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Elsfield Manor, Oxford, an...

Willett, B. W.

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Way, Thomas R. (Thomas Robert), 1861-1913

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Epithet: of county Northamptonshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000979.0x000292 ...

Watson, William, 1858-1935

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William Watson was an English author remembered primarily for his epigrammatic poems. He wrote in the classical tradition, and his primary influences seem to have been Tennyson, Keats, and Matthew Arnold. His verse is contemplative, by turns philosophical and political, and generally structured rather than lyrical. He also wrote articles and criticism. He was knighted in 1917. From the description of William Watson letter and signed photo of house, 1913 Feb. 17. (Pennsylvania State U...

Shelley, Edward.

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Sparroy, Wilfrid

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Niven, Frederick, 1878-1944

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Frederick Niven was born in Valparaiso, Chile, but left for Scotland at the age of five. Ill-health forced him to move to the drier climate of the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia to live with missionary friends of his mother. After travelling between Scotland and Canada, Niven finally settled in British Columbia. From the description of Frederick Niven fonds. 1919-1938. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606461696 ...

Mew, Egan.

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Seccombe, Thomas, 1866-1923

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Epithet: critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000707.0x000261 ...

Skilbeck, William Wray, 1864-1919

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Cobb, Thomas, 1854-1932

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Pinkerton, Thomas A

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Roberts, Margaret Windeatt.

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Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960

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Eden Phillpotts was an English novelist, playwright, poet, and author of short stories. From the description of Eden Phillpotts collection of papers, 1892-1939. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517263 From the guide to the Eden Phillpotts collection of papers, 1892-1939, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) English novelist, playwright and poet. From the guide to the Ed...

Lane, John, 1854-1925

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Howard, Keble, 1875-1928

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Coleridge, Ernest Hartley, 1846-1920

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Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974

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Blunden was an English poet and scholar. From the description of Edmund Blunden papers, 1921-1952 (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612727624 Edmund Blunden, English poet and university teacher. His highly acclaimed biography of Shelley was published in 1946. From the description of Edmund Blunden manuscript material : 8 items, ca. 1945-1955 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76945001 From the guide to the Edmund Blunden manuscript ma...

Saki, 1870-1916

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Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946

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Steuart, A. Francis

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Ross, Robert Baldwin, 1869-1918

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Literary executor of Oscar Wilde. From the description of Typewritten letter signed with initials : London, to Christopher Millard, 1907 Feb. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657709 From the description of Typewritten letters signed (3) : London, to Charles Glidden Osborne, 1906 Sept. 26-1907 Jan. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270657713 Robert Baldwin Ross was a British author. From the description of Letters to Norman, and to C. French, 1910-1...

Clarke, Roland

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Baring-Gould, S. 1834-1924

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Collins, Laurence Churton.

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Harland, Henry, 1861-1905

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Henry Harland, American novelist, was born in New York City and educated at the City College of New York and Harvard Divinity School. For his early novels he used the name Sidney Luska, pretending to be a Russian Jewish immigrant. In 1889 he moved to Paris, then in 1890 to London, where he remained. He was the original editor of The yellow book, 1894-1897, and wrote lightly humorous novels and short stories under his own name. From the description of H. Harland letters, 1880s-1890s. ...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Stirling, A. M. W. (Anna Maria Wilhelmina), 1865-1965

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Stacpoole, H. de Vere (Henry de Vere), 1863-1951

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Lees, John

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Swettenham, Frank Athelstane, Sir, 1850-1946

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Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham was born in England in 1850. Swettenham went to Singapore and served as a colonial administrator, eventually assuming the posts of high commissioner for the Malay States and governor of the Straits Settlement. He died in London in 1946. From the description of Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham papers, 1873-1940 (inclusive), [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122543233 Frank Athelstane Swettenham was born in Belper, England ...

Howse, Lucie D.

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Epstein, Jacob, 1880-1959

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Jacob Epstein was born on 10 November 1880 in New York. While working in a bronze foundry, he studied sculptural modelling at evening classes. In 1902, he went to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. He moved to London in 1905, where he settled permanently, becoming a British subject in 1911. Among his major works is a figure of Christ in bronze, made during the First World War, which was bought by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Epstein was knighted in 1954 and died in Lon...

Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931

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Arnold Bennett was a British novelist, dramatist, short-story writer, literary critic, journalist, and editor. From the description of Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955 bulk (1894-1953). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615455 From the guide to the Arnold Bennett collection of papers, 1881-1955, 1894-1953, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Arnold Bennett, English no...

Willcocks, M. P. (Mary Patricia), 1869-

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Maxwell, Donald, 1877-

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Paterson, Alfred.

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Fish, A. H.

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Dyson, C.C.

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Brinton, Selwyn, 1859-1940

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Browning, Oscar, 1837-1923

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Oscar Browning (1837-1923), historian, was born in London on 17 January 1837. He attended Eton from 1850, and entered King's College, Cambridge, in 1856, where he became a fellow in 1859. He was assistant master at Eton, 1860-1875, before returning to King's, where he was appointed a lecturer in history in 1880. He became a university lecturer in 1883, and was principal of the Cambridge University day training college for teachers, which he was chiefly responsible for founding, 1891-1909. He lef...

Hardy, O. H.

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Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959

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Writer, poet and artist whose work focused on royalty and religion. Brother of poet A.E. Housman. From the description of Letters, 1890-1957. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122517799 British author. From the description of Laurence Housman papers, 1936-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979842 Laurence Housman (1865-1959), writer, brother of A.E. Housman. From the guide to the Laurence Housman: Letters to Noel Teulon-...

Ffoulkes, Constance Jocelyn.

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Sparrow, Walter Shaw, 1862-1940

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Chapman, Frederick, d. 1918.

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Stewart, Charlotte

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E. V. B. 1825-1916.

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Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925

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George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) was a British politician and conservative. He held a number of important government offices at home and in the colonies, including Viceroy of India (1899-1905) and Foreign Secretary (1919-1924). From the guide to the George Curzon Letter, Undated, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) First Marquis Curzon of Kedleston. From the description of Letters, 1895-1925. (...

Spender, John A. (John Alfred), 1862-1942

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Editor of the Westminster Gazette, London. From the description of Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1917. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 646342072 Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F116 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000197 ...

Brangwyn, Frank, 1867-1956

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British designer, painter, and printmaker. From the description of Designs, letters, and essay, ca. 1910-1937. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78132545 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1921 Feb. 24 or July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875796 ...

Reynolds, Stephen, 1881-1919

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Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916

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English physicist; author of works on electricity and magnetism, and on lives of scientists. Thompson had hoped to get enough subscriptions to print this work however it didn't materialize. There is a printed order form tipped in, saying the edition would be limited to 225 copies and printed by Ernest Enthoven at the Essex House Press. From the description of Albrecht Dürer's Geometry : manuscript translation of the 1538 edition of Underweysung der Mussung, ca. 1900. (Unknown). Worl...

Newmarch, Rosa, 1857-1940

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Low, Sidney, Sir, 1857-1932

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Epithet: author and journalist Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00005d ...

Legge, Arthur E. J. (Arthur Edward John), 1863-1934

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Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, 1855-1927

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Exponent of racial theories and supporter of Richard Wagner. British-born yet opted for Germany nationality. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Chamberlain to unidentified correspondent, Vienna, 1892 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384590 English writer on music. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Vienna, 23 October 1906, to an unidentified dealer, 1906 Oct. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564274 ...

Hartshorne, Albert, 1839-1910

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Nepean, Evelyn Maud Reid.

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Langdale, Stella.

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Statham, H. Heathcote (Henry Heathcote), 1839-1924

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Richards, Grant, 1872-1948

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English publisher and author; full name: Franklin Thomas Grant Richards. From the description of Grant Richards papers, 1897-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 319637744 British author and publisher. From the description of Grant Richards collection of A.E. Housman material, 1898-1947 (bulk 1910-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980264 Epithet: publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/...

Chesterton, G.K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936

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English literary critic and author. From the description of Epitaph, [not after 1936]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31402388 Author and journalist. From the description of Poem of G. K. Chesterton, 1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455163 Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English poet, journalist, author, and critic. His literary criticism included works about Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, and George Berna...

Alastair, 1887-1969

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Drillien, Bérengère

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Marshall, Beatrice

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Greenwood, G. G. (Granville George), Sir, 1850-1928

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Epithet: of Add MS 38297 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x00025a Epithet: of Stowe Ch 646 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x00025b Epithet: MP; Knight 1916 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000982.0x00025c ...

Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)

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Alfred Richard Allinson (b. 1872,) a noted classical scholar and translator. Allinson did his undergraduate study at Lincoln College and served as Senior Assistant Classical Master of Somersetshire College, Bath in 1884, and in 1885 and 1886, assistant master at Kelly College (Tavistock). He worked with Charles Carrington (Paul Harry Ferdinando, 1867-1921), an English publisher and bookseller who ran a bookshop in Paris and, from 1907 to 1912, following his expulsion from France for publishing a...

New, E. H. 1871-1931.

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Watson, Robinson, brother of Sir John William Watson

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Epithet: brother of Sir John William Watson British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000107 ...

Dasent, Arthur Irwin, 1859-1939

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Lyons, A. Neil (Albert Neil), 1880-1940

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Trevor, Roy, 1869-1922

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Grey, Pamela, 1871-1928

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Lowe, Charles, 1848-1931

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Coxon, Muriel Hine.

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Keun, Odette, b. 1890.

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Broadley, Alexander Myrick, 1847-1916

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Lee, Vernon, 1856-1935

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Vernon Lee was the pseudonym for Violet Paget (1856-1935), a British writer of supernatural fiction, poetry and essays who lived in Italy 1889-1935. From the description of Vernon Lee manuscript fragment [manuscript], [1885-1900?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648014870 Vernon Lee was the pen name of Violet Paget, an enigmatic English author with special interest in history and aesthetics. An English citizen, she was born and spent much of her life outside o...

Jenkins, Herbert George, 1876-1923

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Hake, Thomas St. E. (Thomas St. Edmund)

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Upton, A. Mowbray.

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Carlyle, Alexander, 1843-....

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Alexander Carlyle was a nephew of Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881). From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, 1880. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155882836 ...

Scott, Temple, 1864-1939

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Author and editor. From the description of Gabriel Wells, the philosopher, ca. 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367833 ...

Tabb, John B. (John Banister), 1845-1909

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John Banister Tabb From the guide to the John Banister Tabb Letter, 1901, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) American priest and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mr. Small, 1899 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270575110 From the description of Autograph letters signed, some with initials (11) and postal cards (3) : Ellicott City, Md., to Laurens Maynard, 1900 Jun. 19-1906 Jan. 14...

Stebbing, Edward Percy, 1870-1960

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Levetus, A. S. (Amelia Sarah)

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Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957

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Wyndham Lewis was an artist, novelist, and critic, who was born in Canada but lived for many years in England. He was a leader of the Vorticist movement. From the guide to the Wyndham Lewis collection, 1877-1975, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) English author and painter. From the description of Letters, 1921-1934. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233126882 Author and artist Wyndham Lewis was b...

Dewar, Douglas, 1875-1957

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Sarmento, George.

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Pollock, Walter Herries, 1850-1926

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Petre, F. Loraine (Francis Loraine), 1852-1925

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Bagot, Richard Wolfe

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Epithet: Abbot of Shap British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x00003d ...

John Lane Company.

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British publishing house, active 1887 to 1936. From the description of Records of the John Lane Company, 1856-1933 (bulk, 1894-1930). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122589865 The future publisher of The Yellow Book and other works that typify Nineties literary decadence was born into a Devon farming family on March 14, 1854. In his mid teens John Lane migrated to London and soon found employmen...

Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947

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Richard Le Gallienne, British journalist and author, was a prolific writer during the late 19th and early 20th century. His early mentor was Oliver Wendell Holmes. Le Gallienne wrote My ladies' sonnets (1887), and the romantic novel, The quest of the golden girl (1896). He published The romantic nineties (1926), while working as a journalist in New York. In 1927 Le Gallienne emigrated to France where he lived out the remainder of his life. From the description of Manuscript-Letters, ...

Spare, Austin Osman, 1886-1956

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Austin Osman Spare was a British artist and illustrator, and a member of Aleister Crowley's secret society, the Argentum Astrum. From the description of Austin Osman Spare drawings and letters, 1902-1946. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 41162347 ...

Lilly, William Samuel, 1840-1919

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Money-Coutts, Francis Burdett, 1852-1923

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Hutton, Edward, 1875-1969

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Epithet: Judge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001084.0x0001c5 Epithet: brother of Matthew, Archbishop of York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x000111 Epithet: of Add MS 4310 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001127.0x000114 ...

Sackville-West, V. 1892-1962.

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Young, Florence Ethel Mills, 1875-1945

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Locke, William John, 1863-1930

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Hemel Hempstead Mar. 22 1918, to Miss Gaylord, 1918 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668246 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Hemel Hempstead Feb. 2 1915, to Harry H[arkness] Flagler, 1915 Feb. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668242 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Villa Simone, Rue de Cercle Nautique, Cannes, to an unknown correspondent,...

Barnard, Francis Pierrepont, 1854-1931

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Kernahan, Coulson, 1858-1943

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[John] Coulson Kernahan was born in Ilfracombe on August 1st 1858, third of the 8 children (3 sons and 5 daughters) of Rev Dr James and Comfort Kernahan, who were both born in Ireland. Coulson's father was a congregational minister in the West Country, Gloucester and St Albans and also wrote on religious and geological subjects. Coulson was educated at St Albans School and privately by his father. Little is known of Coulson's early career but he worked for the publishers...

Kettlewell, John

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Epithet: Reverend British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000576.0x0002a8 ...

Turnor, Christopher Hatton, 1873-1940

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Cunninghame Graham, R. B. (Robert Bontine), 1852-1936

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Scottish travel author and politician. Liberal MP for North West Lanarkshire, first president of the Scottish Labour Party and, later, the Scottish National Party. From the description of Letters, 1924-1936. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 242980619 Traveler, writer, historian. From the description of R. B. Cunninghame-Graham papers, 1907-1930. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68795867 From the description of Papers, 1907-19...

Crichton-Browne, James, 1840-1938

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Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932

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Kenneth Grahame worked for the Bank of England and wrote articles and stories for journals, mostly about children. Collections of stories appeared in The golden age, published in 1895, and in Dream days, published in 1898. His best known work was The wind in the willows, published in 1908. Grahame became a recluse after the suicide of his son, Alastair, in 1920. From the description of Kenneth Grahame letters, 1918-1920. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: ...

Wingfield-Stratford, Esmé, 1882-1971

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Coxon, Stanley William.

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Hill, Constance, 1844?-1929

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Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926

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Shorter worked as an editor with a number of British papers and journals, such as the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, before founding and editing three early twentieth century journals: SKETCH, SPHERE, and the TATLER. Shorter also wrote critically about Victorian literature and published bibliographies about prominent British writers. From the description of Letter-Manuscript, 1920. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122348081 British writer. The letters are written...

Robinson, Charles, 1870-1937

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McFadden, Gertrude Violet.

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Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938

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Lascelles Abercrombie M.A. was born in 1881, and was the sixth son of William Abercrombie of Cheshire. He was educated at Malvern College, and at the Victoria University, Manchester; his education was chiefly scientific. He soon became well-known as a poet and a man of letters; from 1919-22 he was Lecturer in Poetry at the University of Liverpool, leaving there to become the Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds, where he stayed until 1929 when he left to take up a Professor...

Butterworth, Frank M

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Richards, E. F.

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Russell, T. Baron

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Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Baron, 1837-1916

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Peel, Ethel Adelaide Georgiana.

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Sheringham, George, 1884-1937

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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...

Garnett, Richard, 1835-1906

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Epithet: LLD, Keeper of Printed Books British Museum British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000835.0x00015c English librarian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : British Museum, to F.J. Dreer, 1892 Jan. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269566963 Librarian of the British Museum. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.A. Knight, 1889 Oct. 11. (Unk...

Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

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Benson was born Apr. 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father, Edward White Benson (1899), The schoolmaster (1902), Land of hope and glory, and Peace and other poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, s...

Shepherd, J. A. (Jean A.)

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Steele, Marshall.

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Parker, Louis Napoléon 1852-1944

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Louis Napoleon Parker, British musician and playwright. From the guide to the Louis Napoleon Parker manuscript material : 1 item, 1893, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Louis Napoleon Parker (1852-1944) was a popular and successful mainstream English playwright, producer of historical pageants, and musician, as well as a prolific translator of drama in French and Italian. A contemporary of George Bernard Sh...

Turrell, Charles Alfred

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Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947

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Welsh novelist and essayist, a forerunner of 20th century Gothic science fiction. From the description of Eleusinia / by a former member of H. C. S. 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598531 From the guide to the Eleusinia, 1881, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Machen was a Welsh writer of tales, mystical, romantic, and macabre. From the description of Introduction to Lady Benson's Memoirs : manuscript, 1926. (Peking University Library). WorldCat...

Whale, Winifred Stephens

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Herbert, Agnes

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Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944

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Canadian poet, humorist, essayist, teacher and historian, Leacock was born at Wanmore, England, December 30, 1869; died at Toronto March 28, 1944. Among his many books are College Days (1923). From the description of Bell collection of Leacock papers 1913-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225405530 Canadian writer and economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Montreal, to Mr. Glass, 1919 May 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 593956216 ...

Ramsden, Hermoine Charlotte, 1867- .

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Herbert, Alice

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Epithet: née Baker wife of J A Herbert British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x00006f ...

Holmes, Edmond, 1850-1936

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Stevenson, George, 1875-

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Bleackley, Horace, 1868-1931

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Davidson, John, 1857-1909

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English poet. From the description of Robert Louis Stevenson : autograph manuscript signed of a poem written upon his death : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881585 Scottish poet. From the description of Autograph poems published in Ballads and Songs, ca. 1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533861 John Davidson was a minor Victorian author known mainly for his poetry. He was associated with The Rhymer's Club, the "Tragic generation," ...

James B. Pinker & Son (Firm).

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Douglas, Alfred Bruce, 1870-1945

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Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas was an English writer, best known for his controversial personality and scandalous relationship with Oscar Wilde. Born into an aristocratic family, Douglas attended Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he wrote and participated in sports, but didn't take a degree. His well-chronicled relationship with Oscar Wilde provoked Douglas' father to insult Wilde, prompting a disastrous lawsuit that ended with Wilde imprisoned for two years. Douglas had a strong...

Hill, Ellen G.

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Epithet: of Hampstead British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x0002dc ...

Kennerley, Mitchell, 1878-1950

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Mitchell Kennerley served as the publisher for "Wine of the Puritans," "John Addington Symonds" and "The World of H. G. Wells." From the description of Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1909-1915. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 181337904 Mitchell Kennerley (1878-1950) was an American publisher and art dealer. He worked for various literary magazines and published several others. From 1916 to 1929 and 1937 to 1939 he was president of the Anderson G...

Melville, Lewis, 1874-1932

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Thompson, Theodora.

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Marriott, Charles, 1869-1957

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Lehmann, R. C. 1856-1929.

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Churchill, Randolph Spencer, Lady, 1854-1921

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Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

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Beerbohm married Florence Kahn (1876-1951), an American actress, on May 4, 1910. From the description of Max Beerbohm letters to Florence Kahn, 1904-1948 (bulk 1904-1909). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122418146 B. 1872 d. 1956. From the description of Max Beerbohm artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432818 Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. Turner was a British author. From...

May, James Lewis, 1873-....

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Jameson, Frederick.

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Holbach, Maude M.

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Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939

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English novelist and influential editor of literary journals; also biographer, art critic, and poet. Born Ford Madox Hueffer; changed last name to Ford in 1919. From the description of W.H. Hudson : some reminiscences / by Ford Madox Hueffer, 1920s? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 228079051 From the description of The saddest story, 1915? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 228079018 From the description of Ford Madox Ford diary, 1938...

Prout, Samuel Gillespie

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Dene, Arundel.

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Dibdin, E. Rimbault (Edward Rimbault), 1853-1941

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Professional curator. From the description of Letters received "H", 1908-1938. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79029184 ...

Seaman, Owen, 1861-1936

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Sir Owen Seamen was born in London and had a reputation as a poet and humorist, especially noted for his parodies of other poets. He was briefly a professor of literature at Durham. He joined the staff of Punch in 1897, became sub-editor in 1902, and editor-in-chief in 1906. He published several collections of his poems and essays, including Interludes of an editor, 1929. From the description of Owen Seaman letters and clipping of photograph, 1909-1934. (Pennsylvania State University...

Oppenheim, M. 1853-1927.

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