Autograph letter signed : Rydal Mount [near Ambleside], to an unidentified woman, 1836 Apr. 24.

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...

Forster, John, 1812-1876

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John Forster was born and raised in Newcastle by Unitarian parents, and educated at Cambridge and London's Inner Temple. He became an important literary critic and editor, and wrote numerous books of his own, notably several biographies. Forster's greatest contribution may have been as literary adviser and advocate for some of the key authors of his day, including Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, and Carlyle. His support, advice, and promotion of authors and writing helped define Victorian taste. Fo...

Prescott, Marjorie Wiggin, 1893-1980

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Marjorie Wiggin was the daughter of Albert Henry Wiggin, who retired in 1933 as executive head of the Chase National Bank and was himself a book collector. He is the subject of her 1949 biography, New England son. She married Sherburne Prescott, and by 1929 they were settled at their estate, Hickory Hill, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Hickory Hill remained their home for the next fifty years and housed Prescott's library. Prescott also collected fine furniture. At her death, both collections were s...

Wiggin, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1868-

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Koch, Frederick R. (Frederick Robinson)

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Frederick Robinson Koch is a collector of rare materials and a graduate of Harvard College, A.B. 1955. From the description of Frederick R. Koch collection of photographs of stage and screen actors and entertainers, ca. 1920-1979. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663985221 From the guide to the Frederick R. Koch collection of photographs of stage and screen actors and entertainers, ca. 1920-1979., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Librar...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...