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O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966

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Frank O'Connor was born Michael Francis O'Donovan on September 17, 1903 in Cork city to Mary "Minnie" O'Donovan (née O'Connor) and Michael O'Donovan. Active on the Republican side in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War, O'Connor was interned in Gormanston. After this experience, he turned against republicanism and political violence generally. Following his release from Gormanston, O'Connor worked as a librarian in Sligo, Cork, and Dublin until 1938. Beginning in the mid-1920s, O'C...

Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937

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Born Edith Newbold Jones on January 24, 1862, in New York City, Edith Wharton was from birth a part of the wealthy New York society she depicted so vividly in her fiction. Through her father, George Frederic Jones, and her mother, Lucretia Stevens Rhinelander Jones, she could claim descent from three families whose names were synonymous with wealth and position: the Stevenses, Rhinelanders, and Schermerhorns. Educated at home with tutors and exposed at an early age to the classics in her fath...

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 ...

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961

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Born in 1899, Ernest Hemingway was the second of six children born to Grace Hall and Clarence Edmonds Hemingway. Ernest developed a love of literature and music from his mother, a trained opera singer and music teacher after her marriage, and gained a keen interest in outdoor sports--hunting, fishing, woodscraft--from his father, a doctor and avid naturalist. Divided between the family's home in Oak Park, Illinois, and their summer cottage on Lake Waldoon in Michigan, Ernest's chil...

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...

Rogers, Will, 1879-1935

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The youngest of eight children, William Penn Adair Rogers was born on November 4, 1879 at Rogers Ranch in Oologah, Indian Territory (what is now Oklahoma). His parents, Clement Vann Rogers and Mary Schrimsher, were partly of Cherokee descent. While growing up on the family ranch, Will worked with cattle and learned to ride and lasso from a young age. He grew so talented with a rope, in fact, that he was placed in the Guiness Book of World Records for throwing three lassos at once. One went ar...

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author and poet. His best-known works include the novels and short story collections The Jungle Book (1894), Just So Stories (1902), Puck of Pook's Hill (1906), and Kim (1901), as well as a number of poems such as "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If-" (1910). Kipling was born in Bombay, India, into an artistic family: his father was a sculptor, pottery designer, and professor of architectural sculpture and tw...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts– April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts), American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.Epithet: American essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x000365 ...

Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl, 1694-1773

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Born into the English aristocracy, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield had the family connections and wealth to live, in the words of the Dictionary of National Biography, as "politician, wit, and letter-writer." Upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, his family connections enabled him to leave his life of travel and leisure to take up at the age of 20 what was the beginning of a fluctuating political career. Chesterfield was influential in government circles but the role of o...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892

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John Greenleaf Whittier was a wildly popular New England poet. A deeply committed and active abolitionist, he wrote many of his poems with a political agenda, although distinguished by an open-minded tolerance so often lacking in his fellow abolitionists. Although his works are somewhat marred by overtly political and overly sentimental works, the core of his output stands as fine, lyrical American verse. From the description of John Greenleaf Whittier letters, 1858 and 1876. (Pennsy...

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 :...

Victoria, Empress, consort of Frederick III, German Emperor, 1840-1901

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Victoria was born on November 21, 1840 in London, England, and was the first child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She became engaged to Prince Frederick, who would eventually rule as Frederick III, the German Emperor, King of Prussia. The pair married in 1858; Victoria had eight children. She died August 5, 1901 at Schloss Friedrichshof in Krobnerg, Germany....

Benazet, Henry, 1897-

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Scriven, George P. (George Percival), 1854-

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Army officer and resident of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1846-1926. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159105 George Percival Scriven (b. Feb. 21, 1854, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. March 7, 1940), Brigadier General and chief signal officer of the Army, graduated from West Point in 1878. He served in the Philippines, Cuba, and China. After retiring from the Army early in 1917, he was designated military attaché in the American Embassy, Rome, Italy,...

Bac, Ferdinand, 1859-1952

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Allen, H. Warner (Herbert Warner), 1881-

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Epithet: journalist and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00015e ...

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681

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Dramatist and poet. From the description of Pedro Calderón de la Barca poems, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452463 Pedro Calderón de la Barca, playwright. Roy Campbell, translator. From the description of Life is a dream: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378584 Epithet: Spanish dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

Boswell, James, 1740-1795

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James Boswell (1740-1795) was the author of one of the most influential biographies in the English language, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. He also wrote two successful travel books: An Account of Corsica, and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. He worked intermittently as a lawyer, and in 1782 succeeded his father as Laird of Auchinleck in Scotland. From the description of James Boswell letters, 1762-1795. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612839330 Boswell wa...

Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920

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Mary Augusta Ward was an English writer, and wife of critic Humphry Ward. She began writing literary criticism, and soon progressed to writing novels. Although not stylistically distinguished, her novels were popular because they explored interesting questions of the day. Her earnest approach was admired, and her literary attempts to bring human drama to political, sociological, or religious issues continue to provide an interesting perspective on Victorian society. From the descript...

Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855

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Der Ling, Princess

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Boschot, Adolphe, 1871-1955

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Editor with the daily journal L'Echo de Paris. From the description of Letters : to G. Servières, 1910-1934. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936715 ...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998

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Walter D. Edmonds was a popular writer of regional and historical fiction primarily set in the Mohawk Valley region of Upstate New York. From the description of Walter D. Edmonds correspondence with Harold Ober Associates, 1924-1974 (bulk 1931-1968). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 82334287 American author of children's and adult fiction. From the description of The matchlock gun : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). W...

Mangourit, M.-A.-B. (Michel-Ange-Bernard), 1752-1829

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Epithet: late French Consul at Charleston, S Carolina British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001128.0x000091 ...

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x0002c9 English writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Office of All the Year Round, 26 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., to Frederick Lehmann, 1863 Nov. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125432 English novelist and publisher. From the description of ALS : Broadstairs, Kent, to Mr. Cullenford, 18...

Machiavelli, Niccoló, 1469-1527

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Rodulpho was capitain at Livorno, which the Republic of Florence had purchased in 1421. From the description of Letter : to Francesco Rodulpho : 1500 Apr. 1. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612797384 ...

Aubry, Octave, 1881-1946

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Adams, James Truslow, 1878-1949

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Mormon missionary. From the description of Diary, 1900-1902. [photocopy]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122604696 James Truslow Adams was successful businessman who became a celebrated historian, writing chiefly about the history of early New England. In 1912, having worked for twelve years as a businessman in a New York brokerage house, Adams moved to Bridgehampton, L.I., and began writing. His first books--"Memorials of Old Bridgehampton" (1916) a...

Huc, Évariste Régis, 1813-1860

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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...

Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975

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Moses Pond (1787-1873): lawyer; Connecticut State representative (1837-1855); and selectman of Wolcott, Connecticut. From the guide to the Samuel Chamberlain postcard and photograph collection documenting Yale University, circa 1940, (Manuscripts and Archives) Samuel and Narcissa Chamberlain were noted authorities in the field of gastronomy. In 1974 they donated their collection of over 800 cookbooks from France, Italy, Great Britain, and the United States to the Arthur and ...

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...

Ullman, Joseph Frederick, 1857-

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Day, Clarence, 1874-1935

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Author and illustrator Clarence Day, best known for his book Life With Father, was born in New York City on November 18, 1874. He graduated from Yale College in 1896, then worked in his father's brokerage house and served briefly in the U. S. Navy. In 1898 he was stricken with rheumatoid arthritis. He traveled for some years in search of a cure, then settled in New York, where he became active in the alumni affairs of Yale College and launched his writing career. Day's essays, book reviews, shor...

Benchley, Belle Jennings, 1882-

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France, Anatole, 1844-1924

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607535293 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607557572 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, [1917 Dec. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Kent, John, horse trainer

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Harte, Bret, 1836-1902

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Author and journalist. From the description of Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647940411 Harte served as editor of the Overland Monthly, 1868-1870. From the description of ALS, 1869 April 17 : San Francisco, to Mrs. Emily Gould, Rome. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16700642 From the description of ALS, 1868 July 5 : San Francisco, to [Emily Gould]. (Copley Press, J S Copl...

Barbey d'Aurevilly, J. (Jules), 1808-1889

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Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer. He is probably best known for his Les Diaboliques, a collection of stories, each of which relates a tale of a woman who commits acts of violence, crime, or revenge. From the description of J. Barbey d'Aurevilly manuscript material : 1 item, ca. mid-to-late 19th century (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 75396793 Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French novelist and short story writer. He is...

Sedgwick, Henry Dwight, 1861-1957

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Sedgwick was an American essayist, biographer, and historian. From the description of Letters to Mabel Hooper La Farge, 1920-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122575007 From the guide to the Letters to Mabel Hooper La Farge, 1920-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Clemenceau, Georges, 1841-1929

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Médecin, Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) entra dans la carrière politique au lendemain de la journée révolutionnaire du 4 septembre 1870 et devint maire de Montmartre. Député radical en 1871, il siégea ensuite à l’extrême gauche de l’Assemblée (1876), où, après s’être opposé à la politique de Mac-Mahon, il contribua à provoquer la chute de plusieurs ministères (Gambetta, 1882 ; Jules Ferry, 1885). Après avoir soutenu la candidature de Boulanger au ministère de la Guerre, il dénonça ses prétention...

Blasco Ibáñez, Vicente, 1867-1928

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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez was a Spanish realist novelist writing in Spanish, a screenwriter and occasional film director. He is best known in the English-speaking world for his World War I novel LOS CUATRO JINETES APOCALIPSIS. It was filmed in 1921 as THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE. From the description of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez collection, 1922-1923. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 319537300 Author. From the description of Vicente Blasco ...

Marmontel, Jean-François, 1723-1799

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Couvicourt, to M. Verdelet, 1793 Jan. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606127 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Voltaire, 1766 Oct. 27 or 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606925 ...

Belmont, August, 1813-1890

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American banker and financier, U.S. minister to the Netherlands, and a leading Democratic political leader. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he vigorously supported the Union and helped raise the first German regiment sent from New York City. Daniel Edgar Sickles was a U.S. Representative from the State of New York (1857-1861 and 1893-1895). From the description of August Belmont letter, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 711208279 Banker and diplomat. ...

Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885

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Editor and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to an unidentified recipient, 1855 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131705 T.S. Arthur was the author of a few novels and a great many moral tales. He was also the editor of several temperance magazines, including the Home gazette. He is best known for his Ten nights in a barroom and what I saw there (1854) which was dramatized as a successful play. From the description o...

Boufflers, Stanislas-Jean de, 1738-1815

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Sowerby, Arthur de Carle, 1885-1954

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Arthur deC. Sowerby (1885-1954), naturalist, explorer, artist, and editor was born in Tai-yuan Fu, Shansi province, China, where his father served as a Baptist missionary. After a brief stay at Bristol University, England, Sowerby returned to China and began collecting specimens for the Natural History Museum in Tai-yuan Fu. In 1906, he was appointed to the staff of the Anglo-Chinese College at Tientsin as lecturer and curator of the Natural History Museum. He was a member of an expedition to th...

Anderson, James Douglas, 1868-1948

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Journalist, lawyer, and writer, of Madison, Tennessee. From the description of James Douglas Anderson papers, 1854-1951, bulk 1888-1948. (Tennessee State Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 35132571 Farmer. James Blythe Anderson was educated at Kentucky State College and the University of Virginia. He lived at "Glengarry," his ancestral home in Fayette County, three miles north of Lexington on Newtown Pike, from 1881 until his death in 1945....

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...

Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863

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Amy Crowe (1831-1865) was a family friend who lived with Thackeray as his adopted daughter and later married Thackerays̓ cousin Edward Talbot Thackeray. From the description of [Letter] to Amy Crowe, 27 September [1854], 36 Onslow Sqr. Brompton. [1854] (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 35091085 Thackeray was an English novelist and satirist. J. Pearson and Co. and George William Childs were booksellers in London. Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchi...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Colette, 1873-1954

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Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. From the description of [Letter, postmarked 1935 mai 27, to Madame Madeleine Lindauer] / Colette. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100720 French novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : La Croix, to Marguerite Moreno, 1928 Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646192071 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Marguerite Moreno, [postm...

Desbordes-Valmore, Marceline, 1786-1859

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Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

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Franco-British writer. From the description of Letters : to Miss Penn, 1917 Nov. 24 and 1929 Mar. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601939 English historian, essayist, poet and novelist born La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France July 27, 1870; died Guildford, England July 16, 1953. Belloc wrote biographies of Robespierre (1901) Marie Antoinette (1909) and numerous works on English political history. From 1920-19...

Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950

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Publisher and governor of and U.S. senator from Kansas. From the description of Henry Justin Allen papers, 1896-1942 (bulk 1919-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130958 Epithet: American journalist, formerly Senator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x00037e Biographical Note 1868, Sept. 11 ...

Belloc, Alexis 1840-?

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Boyd, James, 1888-1944

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James Boyd (1888-1944) was an American author and journalist. From the description of James Boyd papers, 1906-1952 ; 1964-1969. WorldCat record id: 26319687 American novelist. From the description of Letter : Southern Pines, N. C., to [John Stuart] Groves, 1933 Nov. 21. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648372 American novelist Boyd graduated from Princeton in 1910 and served in World W...

Benson, E.F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940

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English novelist. From the description of A few people : corrected and revised manuscript, 1938-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552981 English author E.F. Benson was part of a distinguished Victorian family; his father became Archbishop of Canterbury, and two brothers were also writers. He worked as an archaeologist in Greece and Egypt before devoting his time to writing. A prolific and diverse writer, he published novels, short stories, plays, and non-fiction, notab...

Brisse, Léon, baron, 1813-1876

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Scott, Robert Lee, Jr., 1908-2006

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Maurois, André, 1885-1967

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James Whitall is a Haverford graduate, class of 1910. From the description of TLS, [19]38 May 20 : Neuilly-sur-Seine [France] to "Cher Monsieur" [James Whitall]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46667962 André Maurois was a prolific French author who wrote in a variety of forms and genres. Born as Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, he was educated in Rouen, but delayed his boyhood dream of becoming an author to work for the family textile business. He fought in W...

Bruun, Laurids, 1864-1935

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Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981

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American author, journalist, and world traveller. From the description of Letters, 1961-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553309 Newscaster, foreign correspondent, and explorer. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1890]-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155531746 Thomas was a radio and television broadcaster, author, and world traveler. From the description of The Lowell Jackson Thomas papers. 1916-2010. (University of Utah). WorldC...

Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908

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French dramatist. From the description of Autograph note signed : [n.p.], to M. Denis, "Mercredi 9". (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507876 From the description of Document signed, dated : Paris, 8 June 1885, 1885 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873886 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873408 ...

Lugné-Poe, 1869-1940.

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Galliéni, Joseph Simon, 1849-1916

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De Trafford, Humphrey F. (Humphrey Francis), Sir, 1862-1929

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Kitchin, C. H. B. (Clifford Henry Benn), 1895-1967

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Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin (1895-1967) was a British author. He was best known for his detective novels, although he wrote in other genres as well. His works include "A Short Walk in Williams Park," "The Book of Life," and "The Secret River." From the guide to the Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin Letter (MS 115), 24 Oct. 1927, (University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries. Special Collections Dept.) Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : ...

Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Clark, Francine, -1960

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Villon, François, 1431-1463

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Castellane, Boni, marquis de, 1867-1932

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Benson, Stella, 1892-1933

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Benson was a British author and wife of James O'Gorman Anderson of the Chinese Customs Service. From the description of Papers, 1923-1933 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122557496 Poet. From the description of Stella Benson papers, 1925-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123769012 Born, Shropshire, 1892; suffered poor health and as a child travelled to Switzerland and the West Indies; worked briefly with the suffragette movement,...

Dorgelès, Roland, 1886-1973

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Roland Dorgelès, French author. From the description of Un Parisien chez les sauvages, ca. 1924-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702163277 From the description of Un Parisien chez les sauvages, ca. 1924-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82727990 Roland Dorgelès (1886-1973), French author and memoirist. From the description of Lettre ouverte à un milliardaire, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82221874 From the description of Sous le...

Beugnot, Jacques-Claude, comte, 1761-1835

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Title: Comte 1810 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001346.0x000314 ...

Litvinne, Félia 1860-1936

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Epithet: soprano British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x0002e3 Russian soprano. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to M. [Joséphin?] Péladan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668219 ...

Boulenger, Jacques, 1879-1944

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Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968

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American novelist, short story writer and playwright. From the description of Letters, 1912-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122415400 American fiction writer and playwright. From the description of Typed letter signed : Stepney Depot, Conn., to Edward Wagenknecht, 1944 Oct. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868073 Author. From the description of Edna Ferber letter, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450230 Author of popu...

Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922

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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, was a British writer, historian and statesman. Born in Belfast, he was educated at Glasgow University and later Oxford, he practiced law briefly, but returned to Oxford as a professor of civil law. He served in Parliament for many years, and held several government positions, including Ambassador to the United States. A renowned historian, he was also a productive writer of travel books, law tracts, and political theory. Universally admired and liked, an obituary...

Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897

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Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth century French novelist and dramatist. From the description of Alphonse Daudet letter to mon cher monsieur Colhynon, ca. 1872 and 1950. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804528 Daudet was a French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and a leading figure in the nineteenth-century school of French Naturalism. Adolphe Belot was a prolific French author and dramatist. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé is a comic dra...

Daily Racing Form, Inc.

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Hérisson, comte d' (Maurice d'Irisson), 1839-1898

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Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915

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Fannie Farmer was born on 23 March 1857 in Boston, Massachusetts. She was expected to go to college, but suffered a paralytic stroke at the age of 16 while attending Medford High School. For the next several years she was unable to walk and remained in her parents' care at home. During this time Farmer took up cooking, eventually developing a reputation for the quality of the meals her mother's boarding house served. At the age of 30 she enrolled in the Boston Cooking School. In 1891, she ...

Alcoforado, Mariana, 1640-1723

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Béraud, Henri, 1885-1958

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Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998

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English novelist and screenwriter; d. 1998; with Charles Rodda wrote under pseudonym Eliot Reed. From the description of Eric Ambler collection, 1940-1998. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70976500 ...

Peyré, Joseph, 1892-1968

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Andrieu, Pierre, 1893-

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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...

Desessarts, Nicolas Toussaint Lemoyne, 1744-1810

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Cronyn, George W. (George William), 1888-

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Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000080 Aldous Huxley was a British novelist, short-story writer, playwright, screenwriter, literary and social critic, and poet. From the description of Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 1915-1973 bulk (1915-1963). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517267 From the guide to the Aldous Huxley collection of papers, 19...

United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Bourgeois, [1891] Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845062 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [Victorien Sardou], 1887 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845048 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified woman, [1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845059 From the description of Autograph letter si...

Conseil interprofessionnel du vin de Bordeaux

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Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

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Charlotte Brontë (b. April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England–d. March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire, England), English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell....

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

La Mothe Le Vayer, François ˜deœ 1583-1672

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Auscher, E. S. (Ernest Simon), 1857-

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Henry, O., 1862-1910

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O. Henry was born as William Sydney Porter on September 11, 1862 in Greensboro, NC. He worked as a pharmacist in Greensboro and moved to Texas for his health in 1882 where he became a ranch hand. Porter relocated to Austin, TX and worked as a pharmacists, served as draftsman at the Texas General Land Office, a teller at First National Bank of Austin, and started a humorous weekly magazine, The Rolling Stone. He also wrote for the Houston Post. In 1898 Porter was found guilty of embezzlement from...

Tallemant Des Réaux, 1619-1690.

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Batiffol, Louis, 1865-1946

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Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951

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Marshal and chief of state of France. From the description of Philippe Pétain papers, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866964 French General of the First World War. From the description of Letter, 1918. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41418433 French minister of war, diplomat, and army officer. From the description of Address of Philippe Pétain, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450037 ...

Bailly, Auguste, 1878-1967

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Primi Fassola di San Maiolo, Giovan Battista Feliciano, conte, 1648-1713

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Crewe, Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, Marquis of, 1858-1945

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Blémont, Émile, 1839-1927

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Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933

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English author who contributed 21 chapters to The Cambridge History of English Literature. From the description of Letters, 1894-1932. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122641900 ...

Roberts, Kenneth Lewis, 1885-1957

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Novelist. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Lewis Roberts, 1919-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063732 American author specializing in the writing of richly detailed historical fiction. From the description of Papers of Kenneth Roberts, 1911-1947. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136005 American novelist, born Kennebunk, Maine, 1887. Staff correspondent for the Saturday evening post, 1919-; author of many historical novels ...

Léger, Charles, b. 1880.

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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author. From the description of Nathaniel Hawthorne manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1853-1857 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301761440 American author, writer of romances, stories, and juvenile works. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Mass.; died May, 1864, in Plymouth, N.H. Sometime resident of Concord, Mass. Graduated from Bowdoin College in 1825. Hawthorne's association with the Boston publishing firm of Ticknor and Fields began ...

Acheson, Arthur, 1864-1930

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Epithet: of Chicago British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000128 ...

Ingersoll, Ralph, 1900-1985

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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

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Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist and playwright. From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159680 From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84010646 French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to M. Cassin, 1831 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 759121359 French poet, novelist, dramatist. ...

Montpensier, Antoine Philippe d'Orléans, duc de, 1775-1807.

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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...

La Fontaine, Jean ˜deœ 1621-1695

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000242 ...

United States. Committee on Public Information

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Ancillon, Charles, 1659-1715

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Collins, Dale, 1897-1956

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Collis, John Stewart, 1900-1984

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Irish biographer. From the description of Autograph notes on his biography of George Bernard Shaw with annotations in Shaw's hand : London, 1924 or 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503473252 From the description of Shaw : typescript signed with annotations by George Bernard Shaw : London, 1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270952029 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_1000000002...

Hébert, François, 1651-1728

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Allen, Hervey, 1889-1949

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"Hervey-Allen, born Dec. 8, 1889, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S., died Dec. 28, 1949, Coconut Grove, Fla., [was] in full William Hervey Allen, Jr., [an] American poet, biographer, and novelist who had a great impact on popular literature with his historical novel Anthony Adverse." -- "Hervey Allen," Encyclopedia Britannica Online http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9005788 (Accessed 10 February 2009). From the description of Hervey Allen letter, 21 December 1936. (University of Georgia). WorldCat...

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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Robert (Von Ranke) Graves was born in London in 1895. He attended King's College School and Rokeby School, Wimbledon, Copthorne School, Sussex, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1907-14. In 1926, he received a B. Litt. From St. John's College, Oxford. He was the author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autobiographies, historical novels, essays, librettos, criticism, short stories, and children’s books. Graves also translated and edited a number of works. He died in 1985 in Deya, Majorca, Sp...

Fouché, Joseph, duc d'Otrante, 1759-1820

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French statesman. From the description of Letter signed, as Interim Minister of the Interior : Paris, to the firm Lefrançois et fils, 1809 Aug. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482312 From the description of Letter signed, as Minister of Police : Paris, to the Minister of Justice, 1807 Nov. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270482330 From the description of Part of an autograph letter , signed duc d'Otrante : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2704832...

Cuppy, Will, 1884-1949

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William Jacob ("Will") Cuppy was an American humorist and journalist, best known for his satirical books How to be a Hermit (1929), How to Tell your Friends from the Apes (1931), How to Attract the Wombat (1949), and The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950). He also wrote numerous essays, scripts, and reviews dealing with the animal kingdom, world history, crime fiction, and his personal life. Cuppy was born and grew up in Auburn, Indiana, spending his summer...

Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

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Political theorist, New York. From the description of Letter, 1779 Jan. 17. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476963318 Thomas Paine, English author and revolutionary. From the guide to the Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item, 1788, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Revolutionary pamphleteer, author of Common Sense and The Rights of Man. From the description of ALS, [1803] ...

Brousson, Jean-Jacques, 1878-

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Quennell, Peter, 1905-1993

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Margaret Anchoretta Ormsby was born in 1909 in Quesnel but spent most of her childhood in the Okanagan Valley. In 1925, she enroled at UBC earning a B.A. (1929) and M.A. (1931) in History. Ormsby began her Ph.D. at Bryn Mawr in 1931, interrupting her studies between 1934 and 1936 to work as a teaching assistant in the Department on History at UBC. After completing her Ph.D. in 1936, she taught in the United States for three years. In 1940, Ormsby became a lecturer in the History Department of Mc...

Basile, Giambattista, approximately 1575-1632

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Ortega y Gasset, José, 1883-1955

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Spanish philosopher, author and essayist. From the description of Papers of José Ortega y Gasset, circa 1905-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455905 ...

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930

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British author, best known for his stories about detective Sherlock Holmes. From the description of Letter : South Norwood, to Major Pond, 1894 May 31. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57008581 English physician, novelist and detective-story writer. From the description of Papers of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [manuscript], 1893-1985 (bulk 1893-1927). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816353 Doyle was an English mystery writer perh...

Tharaud, Jérôme, 1874-1953

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French author. From the description of Souvenirs sur Daniel Vierge (essay), n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80958677 Jérôme and Jean Tharaud were French writers and journalists, who received the Goncourt Prize in 1906; Frédéric Lefèvre was a French a journalist who published interviews with contemporary authors in a series entitled Une heure avec... From the description of Jérôme and Jean Tharaud papers, 1927-1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record...

Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829

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Paul, vicomte de Barras (1755-1829) participa comme officier à la campagne des Indes. Élu député à la Convention où il siégea avec les Montagnards, il fut envoyé en mission près l’armée d’Italie et dans le sud-est de la France, où, le 19 décembre 1793, il organisa la répression après le siège de Toulon. Il provoqua, avec Tallien et Fouché, la chute de Robespierre, le 9 thermidor. Commandant en chef de l’armée de l’Intérieur (5 octobre 1793-5 octobre 1795), il réprima l’insurrection royaliste. Di...

Catullus, Gaius Valerius

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile 27 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001093.0x00032c ...

About, Edmond, 1828-1885

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Portland, William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1857-1943

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Cousin d'Avallon, 1769-1840

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Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838

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Italian librettist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Philadelphia, 26 September 1818, to N[athaniel] F[ish] Moore, 1818 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270565372 Epithet: librettist and poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x0001f5 Virgil David was president of the Lawrenceville Lyceum in Western Pennsylvania. From the description...

Macdonald, John, 1741-1796

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Beck, James M. (James Montgomery), 1861-1936

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James Montgomery Beck, U.S. District Attorney of Philadelphia and Solicitor General of the United States, was also an amateur Shakespearian. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness and Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1911-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155868022 James Montgomery Beck was born in Philadelphia on July 9, 1861. Raised in a Moravian home, he graduated from the Moravian College and Theological Seminary in...

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Fernand Gregh, [n.d.]"Jeudi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Georges [de Lauris], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851761 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to [Robert de Montesquiou], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851766 Marcel Proust is generally regarded as one ...

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Dumas, the French novelist. Jacques François Fromental Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy, was a French composer. From the description of [Letter, undated, to] M. Halévy / A. Dumas. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 225160848 His last, unfinished, historical romance. Never published in French in book form. From the description of Le comte de Moret : manuscript, [ca. 1869]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612780552 French nov...

Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958

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Author and journalist. Adams was an important member of the staffs of McClure's and Colliers magazines during the muckraking days. He was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a long series of novels dealing with the American background and exploring issues such as dishonest journalism (The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding Administration scandals (Revelry, 1926). He also wrote the Average Jones stori...

Wodehouse, P.G. (Pelham Grenville), 1881-1975

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P. G. Wodehouse was an American and English novelist, poet, playwright, journalist, and short-story writer. From the description of Pelham Grenville Wodehouse collection of papers, 1905-1975. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465613 From the guide to the Pelham Grenville Wodehouse collection of papers, 1905-1975, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) British author. From ...

Boret, Victor, 1872-1952

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McCormick, Renée de Fontarce, 1899-

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Barrs̈, Maurice, 1862-1923.

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Edwards, A. Cecil (Arthur Cecil), 1881-

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Chastenet, Jacques, 1893-1978

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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...

Scott, Walter, 1771-1832

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Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford, Melrose, to the Marchioness of Abercorn, [1818] Mar. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 747107129 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified to Charles [Sharpe], [1817 or later?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 745119219 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to [William Slade], 1803 June [3]. (Unknown). W...

Vanderbilt, Amy

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Barron, Clarence W. (Clarence Walker), 1855-1928

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Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "Mon cher Paul", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269574025 French author and critic. From the description of Autograph note signed, 1860 mai 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269590797 Includes pen-and-ink drawing of a young woman's head. From the description of Autographed commentary and drawing, ca. 1853-1854. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat r...

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

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Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dutchingham, to his brother Alfred, [no year] Dec. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270499264 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to W.E. Henley, 1888 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270501948 From the description of Portion of autograph letter signed : to an unidentified recipient, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270511140 From the description of H. RI...

Robinson, William M. (William Morrison), 1891-1965

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Colonel, United States Army. Colonel William Morrison Robinson, Jr. was born in Augusta, Georgia, 1891. He moved to Quincy, Florida in 1950. His active military service in the United States Army Corps of Engineers included tours of duty in both world wars, in France from 1917-1919, and in the Pacific from 1943-1945. Colonel Robinson was a graduate of the Georgia School of Technology with degrees in science and civil engineering. He received an honorary degree of doctor o...

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...

Hieover, Harry, 1796-1859

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Sterling and Francince Clark Art Institute.

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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [Alphonse] Lamartine, 1840 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875523 Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French 19th century novelist best known for his multi-volume work, La comédie humaine. From the description of Honoré de Balzac letter to monsieur, 1843 December 31. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526434 Honeré de Balzac was a French nov...

Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933

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English author and statesman. From the description of Good taste : an address delivered at a place of secondary education in England : autograph manuscript, [19--?]. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 53203384 British author. From the description of Letter of Augustine Birrell, 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32960300 From the description of Letter to "Dear Seton" [manuscript], 1921. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...

Ramazzini, Bernardino, 1633-1714

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Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956

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Born in 1877, Robert Sterling Clark, along with his three brothers, was heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune. Their father, Alfred Corning Clark, was the son of Edward Corning Clark, Isaac Singer's business partner. RSC attended Yale University and graduated in 1899 with a degree in engineering. He joined the army and his service during the Boxer Rebellion earned him the commission of first lieutenant. In 1908, RSC undertook an expedition to the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in a remote area ...

Benoît, Pierre, 1886-1962

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French novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Saint-Céré, to an unidentified man, 19-- Nov. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 609879083 ...

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000173 German author. From the description of Land of good will : typewritten article signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609625 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Bad Tölz, to Herr Fischer, his publisher, 1909 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607913 From the description...

Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970

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American novelist. From the description of One Man's Initiation, 1917, 1968-1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937079 American author, From the description of State of the nation [manuscript], 1944. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807708 American author. From the description of Screenplay by John Dos Passos [manuscript], 1934 October 15. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647830975 F...

Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron, 1779-1835

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Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979

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American location manager for Twentieth Century-Fox. From the description of Preservation photocopy of a telegram : Los Angeles, Calif., to John Steinbeck, 1949 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777685508 Epithet: of Twentieth-Century-Fox Film Corporation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0001ac Screenplay writer, author, and motion picture director. From the guide ...

Hamsun, Knut, 1859-1952

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Knut Hamsun (1859-1952) was born in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, and grew up in poverty in Hamarøy in Nordland. From early childhood he was a shoemaker’s apprentice, but was also a road worker, stonemason, junior-level teacher, and so on. He spent some years in America, travelling and working as a tram driver, and published his impressions, chiefly satirical, under the title Fra det moderne Amerikas Aandsliv (1889) [The Intellectual Life of Modern America]. The novel Sult (1890) [Hunger] and even mor...

Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920

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Carolyn Wells published under the pseudonym Rowland Wright. From the description of Autograph postcard signed from W.D. Howells to Carolyn Wells, Rahway [manuscript], 19th or 20th century. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 694525270 Author, editor, critic. From the description of Letters chiefly to Alexander? Black [manuscript] 1888-1919. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943111 William Dean Howells was an American novelist...

Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865

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Scottish critic and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Edinburgh?], to Mr. Bell, "Wednesday" [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133372 ...

Des Périers, Bonaventure, 1500?-1544?

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Coignet, Jean-Roch, 1776-1860

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Greffier et tabellion à Vanves notamment pour Lambert Clerx, seigneur de Vanves. Notaire au Châtelet, résidant à Vanves. Greffier et tabellion résidant à Vaugirard. Information extraite de la notice des Archives nationals de France (FRAN_NP_012688)...

Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946

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A portion of this correspondence is with Madeleine Boyd, wife of Ernest Boyd. From the description of Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1919-1936. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155895933 Irish critic and essayist, editor of AMERICAN SPECTATOR, 1932. From the description of Autograph letter signed to Mr. B.F. Hart, 1932 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122384138 ...

Angly, Edward

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Antoine, André, 1858-1943

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André Antoine (1858-1943) was a French theatre manager. Léon Hennique (1851-1935) was a French novelist and playwright. From the guide to the André Antoine Letters, 1887-1931, 1887-1909, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) ...

Legendre, A.-F (Aimé-François), b. 1867.

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Canler, Louis, 1797-1865

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Tacitus, Cornelius

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Crébillon, Claude-Prosper Jolyot de, 1707-1777

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Lemaître, Jules, 1853-1914

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La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de, 1613-1680

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Couchery, Jean Baptiste Claude Franc̦ois, 1768-1814.

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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...

Epinay, Louise Florence Pétronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles, marquise d', 1726-1783 .

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Adam, Paul, 1862-1920

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French novelist and essayist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to an unidentified man, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 603557968 Author. From the description of ALS, 1904 October 1. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935377 ...

Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de, 1725-1807

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Count Rochambeau was Commander of the French troops during the American Revolution. From the description of LS, 1782 May 17 : Williamsburgh, to [General Washington?]. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13880974 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 – May 10, 1807) was a French aristocrat, soldier, and a Marshal of France who participated in the American revolution. From the guide to the Rochambeau Speech in Willi...

O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896-1984

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Irish novelist. From the description of A fireman's death : corrected manuscript, ca. 1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122445420 From the description of The tyrant : corrected manuscript, ca. 1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122289306 Liam O'Flaherty was born in the Aran Islands, County Galway, Ireland on 28 August 1896. He was educated at Rockwell College, Black Rock College and University College Dublin. From 1915 to 1917 O'Flaherty served with the Irish G...

Bertaut, Jules, 1877-1959

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Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836

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Frontiersman, member of Congress from Tennessee. From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Carey & Hart, 1835 Jan. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86165809 From the description of ALS : Washington, D.C., to Carey & Hart, 1834 Dec. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122690133 American frontiersman and politician. From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Henry R. Storrs, 1834 Jan...

Delafield, E.M. 1890-1943

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E.M. Delafield was the pseudonym of Edmee Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, daughter of the novelist, Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. E.M. Delafield wrote approximately 40 books and three plays. Delafield was also a popular lecturer and she travelled throughout the U.S. and Russia. She wrote primarily about country life and women, but she also wrote a book on the Brontes, studies in criminology and radio plays. From the description of E.M. Delafield fonds. [ca. 1936-1961] (University of British C...

Campan, Mme (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette), 1752-1822

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Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, born Henriette Genet, was a French educator, the companion of Marie Antoinette. She survived the Terror, and went on to become superintendent of an academy founded by Napoleon at Écouen for the education of the daughters and sisters of members of the Legion of Honor. From the guide to the Madame Campan manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1825, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Jeanne-Louise-...

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

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American novelist and short-story writer. From the description of Letters, 1926-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122494991 Willa Cather was an American novelist and short story writer. From the guide to the Willa Cather literary manuscripts, 1926-1940, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) American novelist, journalist, and editor. From the description of Collection, 1908-1963. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research...

Daudet, Léon, 1867-1942

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Rosebery, Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, Earl of, 1882-1974

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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

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Teacher at the government college at Kumato. From the description of Letters, 1893-1894. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122442926 American author noted for his writings on Japan. From the description of Letter, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367407866 Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), Victorian romantic writer, was born Patrick Lafcadio Hearn of Irish-Greek parentage. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1869 from Europe and in...

Holland, Henry Edward Fox, Baron, 1802-1859

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Henry Edward Fox, the fourth Baron Holland, was secretary to the British embassy at Turin, 1832-1835. From the description of Papers, 1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41150374 Secretary to the British Embassy at Turin, 1832-1835. From the description of Anecdotes, 1833. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41150034 ...

Alencar, José Martiniano de, 1829-1877

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the foremost philosophers of the Enlightenment period. From the description of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Papers [manuscript]. [174-]-1844. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 225564187 Swiss philosopher, writer, music theorist and composer. From the description of Collection of autograph letters : France, England, Switzerland, to various recipients, 1756-1789. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 714645189 From the description of Autogr...

Viel-Castel, Horace, comte de, 1802-1864

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Bolitho, Hector, 1897-1974

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British writer. From the description of Jinnah, creator of Pakistan / by Hector Bolitho, 1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122476239 From the description of The case of the Senior Begum : typescript [1953-1954]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122600802 From the description of Notes & newspaper clippings, Pakistan : papers, 1938-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86134278 From the description of Jinnah, creator of Pakistan : typescript / by Hector B...

Bertie, Francis, Sir, 1844-1919

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1863 entered the Foreign Office; 1874-1880 private secretary to the honourable Robert Bourke (later Lord Connemara), parliamentary under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; 1878 attached to the special embassy of lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury to the congress of Berlin; 1881 secretary to the Duke of Fife on his mission to invest the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter; 1882-1885 acting senior clerk, the Eastern department; 1894-1903 assistant under-secretary of state f...

Barine, Arvède, 1840-1908

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Cushing, Tom 1897-1942

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Béroalde de Verville, b. 1556.

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Antwerp & Lamplighter.

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Siegfried, André, 1875-1959

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Siegfried was a French geographer and political writer. In 1944 he was elected to the Académie française. From the description of [Letter] 1940 Aug. 10, Paris, 8 rue de Courty (7°) [to Henry A. Yeomans] / André Siegfried. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 433574109 ...

Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981

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Colonel, U.S. Army during World War II. From the description of The Robert S. Allen papers, 1944-1945. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 22353583 Biography Ruth Finney was born 6 March 1898, in Chicago, Illinois, to John W. and Mary Morrison Finney. She grew up in Downieville and Sacramento, California and attended San Jose Normal School where she received a teaching certificate in 1918. After substitute ...

Ade, George, 1866-1944

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Hoosier journalist, humorist, and playwright best known for his Chicago Record column, "Stories of the streets and of the town," which was illustrated by John T. McCutcheon; for his syndicated "Fables in slang;" and for his Broadway plays including The college widow and The county chairman. From the description of George Ade papers, 1871-1970. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 41996200 George Ade was born in Kentland, Indiana. He graduated from Purdue University in 188...

Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1900-1932. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580518 From the description of Papers, 1925-1933. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580524 John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist. Educated as a barrister at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he instead decided to travel, attending to his family's shipping business abroad, and then began writing. His first book, From the Four Winds, was a collec...

Voss, Franklin B. (Franklin Brooke), 1880-1953

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Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780

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Marie Anne de Vichy Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697-1780), was married at 21 to her kinsman, Jean Baptiste de la Lande, marquis du Deffand. The marriage resulted in a separation as early as 1722. However, her intelligence, cynicism, and wit gained her such friends as Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fontenelle and Madame de Staal-Delaunay, the president Henault, and D'Alembert. The principal friendships of her later years were with the duchesse de Choiseul and with Horace Walpole. She died on Septembe...

Bruce, Sanders Dewees, 1825-1902

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Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002a1 French writer. From the description of Travel notes, ca. 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148606 Gustave Flaubert, a 19th century French novelist, known primarily for his first novel Madame Bovary, published in 1857 and for his collected letters. From the description of Doria: manuscript, [ca. 1851]. (Temple...

Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954

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Editor and author. From the description of Frederick Lewis Allen papers, 1890-1954 (bulk 1933-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979963 Frederick Lewis Allen was vice-president of Harper & Bros., publishers, and editor of Harper's magazine. From the description of Letters, 1926-1953, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155877934 Biographical Note ...