William Morris Colles papers, 1888-1928.

Caine, Hall, 1853-1931

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Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine, usually known as Hall Caine, was a British novelist, dramatist, short story writer, poet, and critic. Caine's popularity during his lifetime was unprecedented; he was the most highly paid novelist of his day. The Eternal City is the first novel to have sold over a million copies worldwide. He is the author of more than a dozen plays and adapted several of his novels for stage. Most of Caine's novels were adapted into silent black and white films. Caine was born 14...

Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952

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Explorer and geographer. From the description of Note of Sven Anders Hedin, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453701 Epithet: Swedish traveller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001f6 Swedish explorer, who is noted for his expeditions to central Asia. From the description of Letter, 1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122480429 ...

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...

Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah), ?-1916

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Epithet: Miss; novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0002ad ...

Lyall, Edna, 1857-1903

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Ada Ellen Bayly was a British novelist who wrote under the pen name Edna Lyall. From the description of Ada Ellen Bayly letters, 1892-1893. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 36658844 ...

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...

Watson, E. H. Lacon (Edmund Henry Lacon), 1865-1948

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War correspondent for Reuters News Service, London, England. From the description of Papers, 1895-1945, (bulk 1910-1919). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36050656 ...

Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918

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Photograph taken by the journalist William H. Rideing who occasionally visited Holmes at his house in Beverly Farms. From the description of Oliver Wendell Holmes at Beverly Farms [graphic]. [ca. 1885] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 124051582 Writer, editor of Youth's companion. From the description of Letters, 1886 October 5 and November 9. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 54994659 From the description of Letters, 1898 May 16, n.d....

Pollock, Walter Herries, 1850-1926

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Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969

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Leonard Woolf, husband of Virginia Woolf, was a unique thinker and theorist in his own right--sophisticated, principled, and humane. His legacy is inextricably tied with the Bloomsbury Set, one of the most influential literary groups of the 20th century, and with Hogarth Press, which he co-founded with his wife. From the description of Leonard Woolf letter to Wigram, 1935 June 10. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 52221264 Leonard Sidney Woolf (1...

Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948

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Harrison Smith Morris was born in Philadelphia on October 4, 1856, the son of George Washington and Catharine (Harris) Morris. He had two younger sisters, Matilda Harris Morris and Jane Walters Morris, who never married. At the age of sixteen he went to work for the Reading Coal & Iron Company to help support his parents, who were in ill health. In 1893 he became the managing director of the Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, a position which he held until 1905. Morris also ...

Pain, Barry, 1864-1928

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Besant, Walter, 1836-1901

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English novelist. From the description of Note : to Wilson, 1891 March 6. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936605 From the description of Autograph clipped from a letter : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270621664 British author. From the description of The luck of the "Susan Bell" / by Walter Besant. [ca. 1868-1901] (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29305316 Walter Besant (1836-1901) was an English aut...

Blatchford, Robert, 1851-1943

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Robert Blatchford was an English author known primarily as an outspoken Socialist. Born in Maidstone, Kent, to two touring actors, he was apprenticed with a brushmaker, but ran away after six years, enlisting in the army soon thereafter. After leaving the army, he worked as a clerk before becoming a journalist, but lost his job after converting to Socialism. He co-founded The Clarion, which became a popular Socialist newspaper, and his collection of articles, Merrie England, sold very well. He w...

Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927

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Epithet: art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00029d English literary and art critic; keeper, Dept. of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; friend and editor of Robert Louis Stevenson. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth N. Fairchild [manuscript], 1896-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996389 Sir Sidney Colvin was an art professor, critic, ...

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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British novelist, playwright, and short story writer, most well-known for his autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage". From the description of Letter, signed : St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France), to James R. Parish, Brockton, Mass. 16 June 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 62718967 William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British author. From the description of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1919-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652236 ...

Bensusan, S.L. (Samuel Levy), 1872-1958

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Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1842-1921

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Born in Moscow 1842, died in Dmitrov, near Moscow 1921; geographer, revolutionary and anarchist thinker; born into the Russian aristocracy; became an active revolutionary in 1872; lived in exile from 1876, from 1886 in Britain; founder of Le Révolté, contributor to Freedom, and author of many influential anarchist publications; in 1917 he returned to Russia. From the description of Archives. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84283335 Russian anarchist and writer. ...

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...

Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x000264 George Manville Fenn was a prolific author of boys' adventure stories, often in serial form. Born in London, he trained as a teacher, and taught for several years before trying his hand at the printing business. He found his niche writing adventure tales, and became a master of sustaining suspense between serialized issues of his stories. ...

Mason, A.E.W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948

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English novelist and dramatist. From the description of A verified conjecture : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of the mystery story, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609636 English spy fiction and espionage writer noted for his use of narrative and characterization. From the description of The Right Thing, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461568 From the guide to the The right thing, 1899, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Dibdin, Lewis T. (Lewis Tonna), Sir, 1852-1938

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Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

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English novelist. From the description of [Letter and photographs] / Thomas Hardy. [between 1891 and 1920?] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 231686025 English poet and novelist. From the description of Letter, [1912 Apr. 23?], Max Gate, Dorchester [Dorsetshire, England], to [Edward] Clodd, [n.p.]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364250 Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was an English author. From the description of Tribute to Thoma...

Fletcher, J.S. (Joseph Smith), 1863-1935

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Pendleton, John

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Keltie, John Scott, Sir, 1840-1927

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Epithet: geographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x00013b ...

Authors' Syndicate, Ltd.

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Smith, James Walter, 1830-1917

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Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942

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Morley Roberts (1857-1942), the novelist and journalist, published a biography of William Henry Hudson (1841-1922), the naturalist and writer, in 1924. For fuller details of Robert's life and achievements see Who was who, Vol.4. From the guide to the Autograph manuscript by Morley Roberts for his book on W.H. Hudson, together with a manuscript notebook, ca. 1922-1924, (Leeds University Library) Morley Roberts was an English writer, remembered as a friend and biographer of bo...

Corbett, Julian Stafford, 1854-1922

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Wain, Louis, 1860-1939

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Stoddart, J. M. (Joseph Marshall), 1845-1921

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Buxton, Sydney, 1853-1934

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English politician, Member of Parliament from 1883-1914, under-secretary for colonies from 1892-1895, created earl in 1920. From the description of Sydney Buxton letter, [after 1880]. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936851 ...

Snaith, J.C. (John Collis), 1876-1936

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Ollivant, Alfred, 1874-1927

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À Beckett, Arthur William, 1844-1909

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Epithet: writer, pseudonym Bertie Vyse British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x00006b ...

Sharpe, Alfred, 1853-1935

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Daryl, Sidney, 1844-1914

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Mitford, Bertram, 1855-1914

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Whitney, Caspar, 1862?-1929

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Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn), 1822-1898

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Malvern, to Miss Bogram, [1896 pm: Apr. 7]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590890 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Malvern, to an unidentified correspondent, 1898 Feb. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590892 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Brougham House, Malvern, to W.A. Knight, 1896 Jan. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270864557 From the descr...

Dixon, Ella Hepworth.

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Wolf, Lucien, 1857-1930

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x000313 ...

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...

Stein, Aurel, Sir, 1862-1943.

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Sir Aurel Stein was a Hungarian-born scholar and explorer of the Orient, chiefly in the service of the British Empire. On several archaeological expeditions to Central Asia, his findings and observations coupled with the hoards of documents and art objects he appropriated significantly enhanced Western understanding of the area. From the description of Aurel Stein letters to Mr. Colles, 1911. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 51651718 ...

Sherard, Robert Harborough, 1861-1943

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Epithet: of Add MS 36182 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002ad Epithet: afterwards 4th Earl of Harborough; Prebendary of Salisbury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000878.0x0002b3 Robert Harborough Sherard was born in London on December 3, 1861, the fourth child of the Reverend Bennet Sherard Calcraft Ken...

Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927

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Jerome K. Jerome was an English novelist, biographer, playwright, essayist, and short-story writer. From the description of Jerome Klapka Jerome collection of papers,f1892-1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122579856 From the guide to the Jerome Klapka Jerome collection of papers, 1892-1926, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Jerome K. Jerome was a popular English humorist. Born...

Murray, T. Douglas

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

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Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926

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Israel Zangwill was an English novelist, playwright, essayist, and political activist. From the description of Israel Zangwill collection of papers, 1895-1918. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485923 From the guide to the Israel Zangwill collection of papers, 1895-1918, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Zangwill was an English novelist, playwright, and Zionist leader. ...

Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard), 1850-1928

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English philosopher and journalist; author of "Metaphysics of John Stuart Mill." From the description of William Leonard Courtney autograph, 1921 December 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 82199691 ...

Praed, Campbell, Mrs., 1851-1935

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Novelist. Born in Queensland in 1851. Praed married an Englishman, Arthur Campbell Praed in 1872. They returned to England and she resumed writing, producing more than forty five books mostly about Australian life. From the description of Letters [manuscript]. 1901. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222800046 Novelist, born and educated in Queensland where she remained until 1876 when she and her husband left for England. From the description of OM78-58/...

Oneill, Norman

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Anstey, F., 1856-1934

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Guthrie was an English humorous writer. Turner was an English writer. From the description of Letters to Martin John Turner, 1921-1933. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78933036 From the guide to the Letters to Martin John Turner, 1921-1933., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Epithet: writer; alias 'F Anstey' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00...

Burlingame, Edward L. (Edward Livermore), 1848-1922

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Biographical Note Anson Burlingame 1820, Nov. 14 Born, New Berlin, N.Y. 1847 Married Jane Cornelia Livermore 1852 Elected to Massachusetts senate 1855 ...

Graham, Winifred (Matilda Winifred Muriel)

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Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bromsgrove, to Isabel, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270670067 Flora Annie Steel (1847-1929) was a British novelist and short story writer. Although she received very little formal education, she was allowed free run of her parents' library and was known for her strong personality and boundless energy. She married government official Henry Steel in 1867 at the age of twenty, and they left for India ...

Maude, F.N. (Frederic Natusch), 1854-1933

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Payn, James, 1830-1898

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Payn was born on Feb. 28, 1830 in Cheltenham, Glos, England; attended Eton, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Trinity College, Cambridge (1849-54); wrote novels, including Lost Sir Massingberd (1864), A perfect treasure (1869), and By proxy (1878); became editor of Cornhill magazine (1883-1896); he died on Mar. 25, 1898 in London. From the description of Papers, 1868. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40722062 James Payn, an En...

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...

Lynch, H. F. B. (Harry Finnis Blosse), 1862-1913

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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...

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...

Osgood, James R. (James Ripley), 1836-1892

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James R. Osgood was a native of Maine who went to work for the publishing house of Ticknor and Fields. He eventually founded the subsidiary group James R. Osgood & Co. which was associated with many fine writers. The firm struggled financially, and when Osgood stepped down, was dissolved into Houghton, Mifflin. From the description of James R. Osgood letter to George L. Craik, 1879 June 2. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54667691 Publisher....

Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950

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Hugh Robert Mill was born at Thurso, Scotland, on 28 May 1861. He read chemistry and physics at Edinburgh University and specialised in marine chemistry, working on the scientific reports of the Challenger expedition under Sir John Murray. In 1887, he became lecturer in geography and physiography at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and four years later, published The realm of nature, an important textbook of scientific geography. In 1892, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Geogr...

Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947

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English author. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868154 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00019a ...

Cope di Valromita, James Biddle, Baron, 1852?-

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Holdich, Thomas Hungerford, Sir, 1843-1929

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Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842-1904

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Gilder, Joseph Benson, 1858-1936

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Joseph Benson Gilder (1858-1936) was an American editor, author and banker. He was a founder and co-editor of The Critic, a New York literary periodical; editor of its successor Putnam's Magazine; and editor of the New York Times Book Review. He served in the diplomatic service and from 1914 to 1928 was secretary of the Industrial Finance Corporation. From the guide to the Joseph Benson Gilder papers, ca. 1880-1919, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Gibbs, Philip, 1877-1962

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English author. From the description of Philip Gibbs letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], undated. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 451379763 Sir Philip Gibbs -- British writer and journalist -- was born in London and educated by his father at home. He displayed an early interest in journalism and publishing entering his first job at the publishing house of Cassell. Gibbs wrote his first novel, Founders of the empire (1899) while working at Cas...

Arnold, Thomas Walker, Sir, 1864-1930

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1888-1898 teacher of philosophy, Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College, Aligarh; 1898-1904 professor of Philosophy, Government College (later University) of Lahore; 1904-1909 assistant librarian, India Office; 1909-1911 educational adviser to Indian students in England; 1912 CIE; 1917-1920 adviser to the Secretary of State for India; 1921 knighted; 1921-1930 professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of Oriental Studies, University of London; 1926 fellow of the British Academy. ...

Vail, R.W.G. (Robert William Glenroie), 1890-1966

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Director of the New-York Historical Society, 1944-1960. From the description of Knickerbocker birthday : a sesqui-centennial history of the New York Historical Society 1954. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773027 ...

Freshfield, Douglas William, 1845-1934

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Epithet: FRGS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000147 Douglas William Freshfield was born on 27 April 1845 in Hampstead. Educated at Eaton and Oxford he became an accomplished mountaineer, climbing extensively in the Alps. He published Exploration of the Caucasus in 1896. In 1914 he was appointed president of the Royal Geographical Society a post he occupied until 1917. He died in 1934. ...

Senior, William, 1838-1920

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Cross, Wilbur L. (Wilbur Lucius), 1862-1948

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Epithet: of the `Yale Review' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000284 Cross was Governor of Connecticut. From the description of Proclamation of Thanksgiving day for the state of Connecticut : DS, 1936. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26525875 Wilbur Lucius Cross was born in Gurleyville, Connecticut, on April 10, 1862. He received his B.A. from Yale in 1885...

Beauchamp, William Lygon, Earl, 1872-1938

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Vivian, Herbert, 1865-1940

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Miles, Eustace, 1868-1948

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Hall, Mary, 1857-1912

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Alec-Tweedie, Mrs. (Ethel), -1940

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Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947

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The bust of Adam Lindsay Gordon was unveiled in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey 1934 May 11 by the Duke and Duchess of York. From the description of [Scrap album covering the campaign to place a memorial to Adam Lindsay Gordon in Westminster Abbey] [manuscript]. [1933-1934] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225800006 Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen was a British writer noted for his travel books and poetry compilations. From the description of Douglas Br...

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...

Blackwood, Algernon, 1869-1951

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Blackwood was an American author. From the description of Autograph, 1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79137494 English author. From the description of Typed letters signed (2) : London, to Tom Turner, 1949 Jan 3 and 1949 Mar. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270881469 English novelist and short-story writer. From the description of Letters, 1925 May 27 and 1926 Nov. 11. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas...

Graham, P. Anderson (Peter Anderson), -1925

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Parker, Joseph, 1830-1902

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English Congregationalist clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : City Temple, Holborn Viaduckt, E.C., London, to T. Giles, 1875 Nov. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270125492 ...

Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926

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Colles was born in 1855; he became a prominent literary agent in London; his published works include Literature and the pension list (1889) and Playright and copyright in all countries, showing how to protect a play or a book throughout the world (with Harold Hardy, 1906); he died in 1926. From the description of Letters, 1890-1926. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39287323 BIOGHIST REQUIRED English literary agent. Colles was the founder and manag...

Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926

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Mrs. William Allingham; English artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Shere, Guildford, to William A. Turner, [1878]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131735 Wife of the Irish poet William Allingham. From the description of Pictures exhibited by William Allingham : Godalming, 1885 Nov. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 709778144 English artist; Mrs. William Allingham. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Lo...

Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865-1916

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Frederick Thomas Jane (1865-1916) established the publication JANE'S FIGHTING SHIPS and was naval correspondent for several British newspapers. From the description of Frederick Thomas Jane scrapbooks, 1905-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863260 ...

Ambient, Mark, 1860-1937

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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...

Hewlett, Maurice, 1861-1923

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Maurice Henry Hewlett was an English novelist and poet. He was born in Surrey and entered the family law practice in 1878, later called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1890. He gave up law to concentrate on writing after the success of his first novel, The forest lovers, in 1898. This was followed by other novels and later poems and essays. From the description of Maurice Hewlett letters, 1900-1922. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 60525772 Ma...

Hyne, C. J. Cutcliffe, 1866-1944

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Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

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Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet. From the description of Arthur Symons collection. [1906-1929]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800282 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001cd Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the developmen...

Cox, Harold, 1935-

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Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960

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Ellery Sedgwick was editor of The Atlantic Monthly. From the description of Letter to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1920. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884345 ...

Gilchrist, Murray, 1868-1917

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Oxenham, John, 1852-1941

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Oxenham was an English journalist, novelist and poet. While he wrote under his own name, William Arthur Dunkerley, it was under the Oxenham name that he was most noted. He also used the name Julian Ross for journalism. One of his most known works is the hymn: In Christ there is no east or west. From the description of [Letter] [19]18 Apr. 17, Woodfield House, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W. [to] Miss Jackson / John Oxenham. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 302412274 ...

Jacks, L.P. (Lawrence Pearsall), 1860-1955

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Cripps, C. A. (Charles Alfred), Baron Parmoor, 1852-1941

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Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka, 1860-1937

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Norris, W. E. (William Edward), 1847-1925

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William Edward Norris was born in London, the son of the chief justice of Ceylon. He was educated at Eton, and accepted to the London bar, but elected not to practice law so he could concentrate on a literary career. He worked as a journalist and wrote for periodicals, publishing his first novel in 1877; his second novel was an enormous success, and he wrote steadily for the rest of his life. Considered a novelist's novelist, Norris wrote elegant, sophisticated yet accessible prose, using a vari...

Ellis, Edith, 1861-1916

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Edith Mary Oldham Ellis (born Edith Lees, 1861, Manchester, England – died 14 September 1916, Paddington, London, England), English writer and women's rights activist. She was married to the early sexologist Havelock Ellis....

Stone, Christopher, 1882-1965

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Young, Francis Brett, 1884-1954

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Frances Brett Young, novelist, short-story writer and poet, born in Halesowen. His father was a doctor and his mother also came from a medical family so it was natural that Francis trained at Birmingham University to become a physician. He started practice at Brixham, Devon, in 1907 and married the following year. His wife was a singer and he accompanied her as well as setting poems to music for her. During the First World War he saw service in Africa in the Medical Corps but was in...

Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion), 1854-1909

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Novelist. From the description of Letter and photographs [manuscript] 1894 April 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943005 From the description of Letters to James Rennell Rodd, Baron Rennell [manuscript] 1884-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647943002 Francis Marion Crawford was born in 1854 in Bagni di Lucca (Italy), to American parents: the sculptor Thomas Crawford (1813?-1857), and Louisa Cutler Ward Crawford (later Terry), Ju...

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...

Paterson, Arthur, 1862-1928

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Crawfurd, Oswald, 1834-1909

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Epithet: diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000210 ...

Graves, Alfred Perceval, 1846-1931

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Epithet: Inspector of Schools British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x00038b English author and educationist. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2), dated : Wimbledon, 28 November [1896], and 5 December 1896 and to Mr. [Joseph] Bennett, 1896 Nov. 28 and Dec. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578205 Father of Robert von Ranke Graves Epithet: author...

Osbourne, Lloyd, 1868-1947

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Step-son of Robert Louis Stevenson, whom he co-authored three books with, including the _Wrong Box_. From the description of Lloyd Osbourne letter to Stephen Chalmers [manuscript], [?] Jan 11. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 213468965 ...