Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Sir Samuel Baker, 1874 Nov. 18.
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Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893
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Samuel White Baker was born in London and educated in England and Germany. His father, a merchant with the West India Company, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but young Samuel chose instead the life of an adventurer. He founded an immigrant colony in Ceylon, published several books on hunting, supervised the construction of a railway connecting the Danube with the Black Sea, and bought a Hungarian slave girl in Bulgaria (whom he rechristened "Florence" and eventually married). She acc...
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...
Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885
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Epithet: Major-General; of Add MS 44147 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x0000f0 British general who became a national hero for his exploits in China and his ill-fated defense of Khartuom against Sudanese rebels. From the description of Letter, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 363531820 "Chinese" Gordon. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Southampton, t...
