Autograph letter signed : Edinburgh, to David Roberts, 1851 Aug. 11.
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Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986
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Gordon N. Ray, a graduate of Indiana University, was closely associated with the life and work of William Makepeace Thackeray. His four volume edition of the Letters and private papers appeared in 1945-1946 and his two volume biography in 1954-1955. From 1963 to 1985 Ray was president of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Ray was also an outstanding collector of English and French illustrated books. His collections formed the bases of two exhibitions held at the Pierpont Morgan Library that w...
Playfair, W. H. (William Henry), 1790-1857
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William Henry Playfair (1789-1857) was born in Russell Square, London, in July 1789, the son of James Playfair, a London architect. He moved to Edinburgh in 1794, and trained as an architect under William Starke of Glasgow (d. 1813). He designed part of the Edinburgh new town in 1815, and the Royal and Regent Terraces in 1820, and worked on the buildings of the city university in 1817-1824. His other work in Edinburgh included the design for the Observatory, the Advocates' Library, the Royal Ins...
Roberts, David, 1943-....
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The David Roberts Oral History Collection was created by Roberts, an Atlanta University student, in the summer of 1973. The interviews were conducted for a history seminar taught by Dr. Clarence Bacote. From the description of David Roberts Oral History Collection. 1973. (Australian National University). WorldCat record id: 51813179 ...
