Bacon [née Cooke], Anne, Lady Bacon (c. 1528–1610), gentlewoman and scholar, was probably born at Gidea Hall, Essex. She was third of the nine children of Sir Anthony Cooke (1505/6–1576), one of the humanist educators who tutored Edward VI, and Anne (...
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Bacon [née Cooke], Anne, Lady Bacon (c. 1528–1610), gentlewoman and scholar
Lynne Magnusson
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Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545–1613), scholar, diplomat, and founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford
W. H. Clennell
Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545–1613), scholar, diplomat, and founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, was born on 2 March 1545 in a house on the corner of High Street and Gandy Street, Exeter, the eldest son of John Bodley (c. 1520–1591), religious radical and publisher, of ...
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Bradshaw, Henry (1831–1886), librarian and scholar
David McKitterick
Bradshaw, Henry (1831–1886), librarian and scholar, the third son and fifth child of Joseph Hoare Bradshaw and Catherine, daughter of Richard Stewart of Ballintoy, co. Antrim, was born at 2 Artillery Place, Finsbury Square, London, on 2 February 1831. His father, a partner in ...
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Casaubon, (Florence Estienne) Meric (1599–1671), scholar and divine
R. W. Serjeantson
Casaubon, (Florence Estienne) Meric (1599–1671), scholar and divine, was born on 14 August 1599 in Geneva, the tenth of the seventeen children of Isaac Casaubon (1559–1614), classical scholar and church historian, and his second wife, Florence (1568?–1636), daughter of Henri Estienne. Meric was the most scholarly of ...
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Cecil [née Cooke], Mildred, Lady Burghley (1526–1589), noblewoman and scholar
Caroline M. K. Bowden
Cecil [née Cooke], Mildred, Lady Burghley (1526–1589), noblewoman and scholar, was born in 1526, the eldest of five daughters and four sons of Sir Anthony Cooke (1505/6–1576), Edward VI's tutor, of Gidea Hall in Essex, and Anne (d. 1553), daughter of ...
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Clarke, Adam (1762–1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and scholar
Ian Sellers
Clarke, Adam (1762–1832), Wesleyan Methodist minister and scholar, was born in Moybeg, Kilcronaghan parish, co. Londonderry. His father, an Anglican, was a village schoolmaster and farmer; his mother was a Presbyterian. His childhood consisted of a series of life-threatening mishaps. He was educated locally, fell under the influence of the Methodists in 1778, and met ...
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Colebrooke, Henry Thomas (1765–1837), administrator in India and scholar
Richard F. Gombrich
Colebrooke, Henry Thomas (1765–1837), administrator in India and scholar, was born in London on 15 June 1765, youngest son of Sir George Colebrooke, second baronet (1729–1809), banker and for four years chairman of the East India Company (1769–73), and his wife, Mary, daughter of ...
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Dalgairns, John Dobrée [name in religion Bernard] (1818–1876), Roman Catholic priest and scholar
Sheridan Gilley
Dalgairns, John Dobrée [name in religion Bernard] (1818–1876), Roman Catholic priest and scholar, was born on Guernsey on 21 October 1818, the eldest of the six children (three boys and three girls) of William Dalgairns (b. c.1790), an officer in the ...
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Dodwell, Henry (1641–1711), scholar and theologian
Theodor Harmsen
Dodwell, Henry (1641–1711), scholar and theologian, was born in late October 1641 in the parish of St Warburgh, Dublin, the only surviving son of William Dodwell (d. 1650), army officer, and his wife, Elizabeth (d. c.1651), daughter of Sir Francis Slingsby...
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Gordon, George Hamilton-, fourth earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860), prime minister and scholar
Muriel E. Chamberlain
Gordon, George Hamilton-, fourth earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860), prime minister and scholar, first child of six sons and a daughter of George Gordon, Lord Haddo (1764–1791), and his wife, Charlotte (or Charles; d. 1795), the youngest daughter of William Baird of Newbyth, Haddingtonshire...
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Hooper, George (1640–1727), bishop of Bath and Wells and scholar
William Marshall
Hooper, George (1640–1727), bishop of Bath and Wells and scholar, was born on 18 November 1640 at Grimley, Worcestershire, the son of George Hooper, of a lesser landed gentry family, and his wife, Joan, daughter of Edmund Giles of White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire...
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Ingram, John Kells (1823–1907), scholar and economist
[Anon.]
revised by R. D. Collison Black
Ingram, John Kells (1823–1907), scholar and economist, born at the rectory of Temple Carne, near Pettigo, Donegal, on 7 July 1823, was the eldest son of William Ingram (1771–1829), then curate of the parish, and his wife, Elizabeth Cooke. Thomas Dunbar Ingram was his younger brother. The family was descended from Scottish Presbyterians who settled in ...
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Isham, Sir Justinian, second baronet (1611–1675), scholar and politician
R. Priestley
Isham, Sir Justinian, second baronet (1611–1675), scholar and politician, was born on 20 January 1611 at Lamport Hall, Lamport, Northamptonshire, and was baptized at Lamport on 3 February. He was the third child and only son of Sir John Isham, first baronet (1582–1651)...
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James, Montague Rhodes (1862–1936), college head, scholar, and author
Richard W. Pfaff
James, Montague Rhodes (1862–1936), college head, scholar, and author, was born at Goodnestone in Kent on 1 August 1862, the fourth and youngest child of Herbert James (1822–1909) and his wife of fifteen years, Mary Emily Horton (1818–1898). When Monty (as he was familiarly known) was three years old his father, a high-minded country parson, became rector of ...
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Kitchin, George William (1827–1912), scholar and dean of Durham
M. C. Curthoys
Kitchin, George William (1827–1912), scholar and dean of Durham, was born at Naughton, Suffolk, on 7 December 1827, the fifth child of the Revd Isaac Kitchin, rector from 1833 of St Stephen's, Ipswich, and his wife, Mary, daughter of the Revd J. Bardgett...
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Lewis, Clive Staples (1898–1963), writer and scholar
J. A. W. Bennett
revised by Emma Plaskitt
Lewis, Clive Staples (1898–1963), writer and scholar, was born in Belfast on 29 November 1898, the younger son of Albert James Lewis, a local solicitor, and his wife, Florence Augusta Flora, daughter of the Revd Thomas Hamilton. She had been a graduate of ...
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Louis, Alfred Hyman (1829–1915), scholar and visionary vagrant
Albert R. Vogeler
Louis, Alfred Hyman (1829–1915), scholar and visionary vagrant, was born in 1829 in Birmingham, the eldest son of Hyman Tobias (or Tobar) Louis, a well-to-do merchant, and his wife, Maria. At fifteen he entered King Edward's School, Birmingham, where he began long friendships with ...
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Makin [née Reginald], Bathsua (b. 1600, d. in or after 1675), scholar and teacher
Frances Teague
Makin [née Reginald], Bathsua (b. 1600, d. in or after 1675), scholar and teacher, was the elder of two daughters of Henry Reginald (d. 1635), a schoolmaster, and his wife, whose name is unknown; her younger sister Ithamaria was baptized at ...
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Maule, Harry, styled fifth earl of Panmure (1659–1734), Jacobite army officer and scholar
Hew Blair-Imrie
Maule, Harry, styled fifth earl of Panmure (1659–1734), Jacobite army officer and scholar, was born on 18 October 1659, the sixth son of George Maule, second earl of Panmure (1619–1671), and his wife, Lady Jean Campbell (1624/5–1703), eldest daughter of John, earl of Loudoun...
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Pattison, Mark (1813–1884), college head and scholar
H. S. Jones
Pattison, Mark (1813–1884), college head and scholar, was born on 10 October 1813 at Hornby in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the first of two sons and twelve children of Mark James Pattison (1788–1865), subsequently rector of Hauxwell, near Catterick, and his wife, ...
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