Alexander, Peter (1893–1969), literary editor and scholar, was born on 19 September 1893, at 3 Great George Street, Hillhead, Glasgow, the only son of Robert Alexander (1844–1900) of Glasgow, schoolmaster and later head teacher, and Christina Cameron McDonald Munn (1863–1949), schoolmistress. After his father's death in 1900 ...
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Alexander, Peter (1893–1969), literary editor and scholar
Philip Hobsbaum
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Allott, Kenneth Cyril Bruce (1912–1973), literary scholar and poet
Ian Sansom
Allott, Kenneth Cyril Bruce (1912–1973), literary scholar and poet, was born on 29 August 1912 at Cynon surgery, Llanwynno, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, the elder son of Hubert Cyril Willoughby Allott, a general practitioner, and his wife, Rose Finlay. The family moved to Nenthead, Cumberland...
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Anderson, Robert (1749–1830), literary scholar and biographer
Francis Espinasse
revised by Douglas Brown
Anderson, Robert (1749–1830), literary scholar and biographer, was born on 7 January 1749 at Carnwath in Lanarkshire, the son of William Anderson (1718/19–1759), a feuar, or copyholder, and his wife, Margaret Melrose (1720/21–1797). On the death of his father the family was left in straitened circumstances, but ...
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Arber, Edward (1836–1912), literary scholar
Robin Myers
Arber, Edward (1836–1912), literary scholar, was born on 4 December 1836 at 29 George Street, Hanover Square, London, the youngest of five children of Thomas Arber, architect, and his wife, Eleanor (née Newell). He was educated first in London, then at the ...
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Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900)
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Thomas Arnold (1823–1900) by unknown photographer © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900), literary scholar and teacher
Bernard Bergonzi
Arnold, Thomas (1823–1900), literary scholar and teacher, was born on 30 November 1823 at Laleham, Middlesex, the third of the nine surviving children of Dr Thomas Arnold (1795–1842), schoolmaster and clergyman, and his wife, Mary, née Penrose (1791–1873), youngest daughter of the Revd John Penrose...
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Barker, Edmund Henry (1788–1839), classical scholar and editor
Christopher Stray
Barker, Edmund Henry (1788–1839), classical scholar and editor, was born at Hollym vicarage, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, on 22 December 1788, the eldest son of Robert Barker (1756–1816), vicar of Hollym-with-Withernsea, and his wife, Ann, née Atkinson (1768/9-1829). After receiving his schooling at ...
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Barlow, Henry Clark (1806–1876), literary scholar
Arthur H. Grant
revised by Alison Milbank
Barlow, Henry Clark (1806–1876), literary scholar, was born in Churchyard Row, Newington Butts, Surrey, on 12 May 1806, the only child of Henry Barlow (1783–1858), revenue officer, and Sophia, née Clark (d. 1864), youngest daughter of Thomas Clark, solicitor. Barlow was educated at ...
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Baron, Richard (d. 1768), literary editor and political writer
Leslie Stephen
revised by Philip Carter
Baron, Richard (d. 1768), literary editor and political writer, was born at Leeds, and educated at Glasgow University between October 1737 and May 1740. He left with a testimonial signed by Francis Hutcheson and Robert Simpson. Baron became a friend of Thomas Gordon...
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Bell, Sir (Harold) Idris (1879–1967), papyrologist and scholar of Welsh literature
C. H. Roberts
revised
Bell, Sir (Harold) Idris (1879–1967), papyrologist and scholar of Welsh literature, was born on 2 October 1879 at Epworth, Lincolnshire, the son of Charles Christopher Bell (b. 1845), chemist, and his wife, Rachel Hughes (d. 1880). His father's family had been yeoman farmers in the north midlands and had marked literary leanings, his father not least; but the Welsh inheritance from his mother meant more to ...
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Bell, Sir (Harold) Idris (1879–1967)
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Sir (Harold) Idris Bell (1879–1967) by Walter Stoneman, 1955 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter (1911–1981)
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Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1911–1981) by unknown photographer photograph reproduced by courtesy of The British Academy
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Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter (1911–1981), literary scholar
Emrys Jones
revised
Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter (1911–1981), literary scholar, was born on 28 February 1911 at Auckland, New Zealand, the eldest son of Ernest Bennett, foreman shoemaker, and his wife, Alexandra Corrall. Both parents were born in Leicester in the 1880s: Ernest worked in shoe manufacturing, and emigrated to ...
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Berkeley [née Frinsham], Eliza (1734–1800), literary editor
Elizabeth Eger
Berkeley [née Frinsham], Eliza (1734–1800), literary editor, was born at the vicarage of White Waltham in Windsor Forest, the eldest daughter of the Revd Henry Frinsham (d. 1745) and Elizabeth (d. 1754), youngest daughter of Francis Cherry, of Shottesbrooke House, Berkshire...
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Blair, Hugh (1718–1800), Church of Scotland minister and literary critic
Richard B. Sher
Blair, Hugh (1718–1800), Church of Scotland minister and literary critic, was born in Edinburgh on 7 April 1718, the only child of John Blair, a clerk in the Excise Office, and Martha, daughter of Alexander Ogston, an Edinburgh bookseller, and his wife, Martha...
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Blunden, Edmund Charles (1896–1974)
Maker: Ralph Hodgson
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Edmund Charles Blunden (1896–1974) by Ralph Hodgson, 1921 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Blunden, Edmund Charles (1896–1974), poet and university teacher
Bernard Bergonzi
Blunden, Edmund Charles (1896–1974), poet and university teacher, was born on 1 November 1896 at 54A Tottenham Court Road, London, the eldest of the nine children (five sons and four daughters) of Charles Edmund Blunden (1871–1951) and his wife, Georgina Margaret (1868–1967), daughter of ...
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Boswell, James (1778–1822), barrister and literary scholar
Gordon Turnbull
Boswell, James (1778–1822), barrister and literary scholar, was born on 15 September 1778 at James's Court, Edinburgh. He was the fourth child and second surviving son of James Boswell (1740–1795) of Auchinleck, advocate, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson, and his wife, Margaret...
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Bosworth, Joseph (1787/8–1876), Old English scholar
Henry Bradley
revised by John D. Haigh
Bosworth, Joseph (1787/8–1876), Old English scholar, was born at Etwall, Derbyshire, where he was baptized on 1 June 1788, the third son of Thomas Bosworth. He was educated at Repton grammar school, and then at the University of Aberdeen, where at an early age he took the degree of MA, and subsequently that of LLD. He later became a member of ...
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Bowdler, Henrietta Maria [Harriet] (1750–1830), writer and literary editor
M. Clare Loughlin-Chow
Bowdler, Henrietta Maria [Harriet] (1750–1830), writer and literary editor, was born in Conington, Huntingdonshire, the daughter of Thomas Bowdler (bap. 1719, d. 1785), and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler, née Cotton (d. 1797). She was one of six children, all of whom were raised in ...
