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Acton, Henry (1797–1843), Unitarian minister  

Jennett Humphreys

revised by R. K. Webb

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Acton, Henry (1797–1843), Unitarian minister, was born on 10 March 1797, at Lewes, Sussex, the third of four sons of William Acton (bap. 1761, d. 1831), a labourer, and his wife, Mary Johnson (bap. 1762, d. 1830). Apprenticed at sixteen to a printer, ...

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Acton, Henry Morell (1827–1907), journalist  

Jennett Humphreys

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Acton, Roger Curtis (1826–1906)  

Jennett Humphreys

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Adair, James (1743?–1798), judge and serjeant-at-law  

Michael T. Davis

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Adair, James (1743?–1798), judge and serjeant-at-law, whose place of birth remains unknown and whose date of birth is unconfirmed, was the first son of James Adair, a Belfast merchant, and Margaret Maxwell of co. Down where the younger Adair later inherited estates. While his early years remain somewhat obscure it is known that ...

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Adams, John (1735–1826)  

Maker: Gilbert Stuart

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John Adams (1735–1826) by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1800–15 Gift of Mrs. Robert Homans, Photograph © 2004 Board of Trustees, National Gallery of Art, Washington

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Adams, John (1735–1826), president of the United States of America  

Richard Alan Ryerson

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Adams, John (1735–1826), president of the United States of America, was born on 19 October 1735, in the north parish (in 1792 named Quincy) of Braintree, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, the eldest child of ‘Deacon’ John Adams (1692–1761), a local farmer, shoemaker, and office-holder, and his wife, ...

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947), drama critic  

Ivor Brown

revised by Marc Brodie

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947), drama critic, was born at Pendleton, Lancashire, on 9 September 1877, the eldest of the five sons and one daughter of Charles James Agate (1832–1909), cotton manufacturer's agent, and his wife, Eulalie Julia Young, daughter of a widowed piano teacher. Although generally regarded during his lifetime as the writer from ...

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Agate, James Evershed (1877–1947)  

Maker: Howard Coster

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James Evershed Agate (1877–1947) by Howard Coster, 1934 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Aikin, Arthur (1773–1854), natural scientist and author  

H. S. Torrens

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Aikin, Arthur (1773–1854), natural scientist and author, was born on 19 May 1773 at Warrington, Lancashire, the eldest son of John Aikin (1747–1822) and his wife, Martha (c.1746–1830), daughter of Arthur Jennings of Cheapside, London. His brothers were Charles Rochemont Aikin...

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Aikin, Arthur (1773–1854)  

Maker: William Brockedon

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Arthur Aikin (1773–1854) by William Brockedon, 1826 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Aikin, Charles Rochemont (1775–1847), surgeon  

Deborah Brunton

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Aikin, Charles Rochemont (1775–1847), surgeon, was born at Warrington, Lancashire, the second son of John Aikin (1747–1822), physician, author, and religious dissenter, and Martha Jennings (c.1746–1830); he was the grandson of John Aikin (1713–1780), and brother of Lucy Aikin (1781–1864) and ...

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Aikin, Edmund (1780–1820), architect  

Annette Peach

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Aikin, Edmund (1780–1820), architect, was born on 2 October 1780 at Warrington, Lancashire, the youngest son of John Aikin (1747–1822), physician and author, and his wife, Martha, née Jennings (c.1746–1830). His two brothers, Charles Rochemont Aikin and Arthur Aikin, achieved prominence in the fields of surgery and natural science respectively. A shy, nervous, and physically delicate child, he was educated at home until, following the family's move to ...

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Aikin, John (1747–1822), physician and writer  

Marilyn L. Brooks

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Aikin, John (1747–1822), physician and writer, was born on 15 January 1747 at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, the younger child and only son of John Aikin (1713–1780), theologian, and his wife, Jane Jennings (1714–1785). He had an elder sister, who, under her married name of ...

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Aikin, John (1747–1822)  

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John Aikin (1747–1822) by George Engleheart, pubd 1823 (after Wright) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Aikin, Lucy (1781–1864), historian  

Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg

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Aikin, Lucy (1781–1864), historian, the fourth child and only daughter of John Aikin MD (1747–1822), and his wife, Martha Jennings (d. 1830), was born in Warrington on 6 November 1781. Her three brothers were Arthur Aikin, Charles Rochemont Aikin, and Edmund Aikin...

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Aikin, Lucy (1781–1864)  

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Lucy Aikin (1781–1864) by unknown photographer private collection; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Ainger, Alfred [pseud. Doubleday] (1837–1904), writer and Church of England clergyman  

Edith Sichel

revised by Nilanjana Banerji

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Ainger, Alfred [pseud. Doubleday] (1837–1904), writer and Church of England clergyman, was born at 10 Doughty Street, London, on 9 February 1837, the youngest of the four children of Alfred Ainger (1798–1859) and his first wife, Marianne Jagger (1799–1839...

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Ainger, Alfred (1837–1904)  

Maker: George Du Maurier

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Alfred Ainger (1837–1904) by George Du Maurier, c. 1881 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805–1882), novelist  

Sheldon Goldfarb

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Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805–1882), novelist, was born on 4 February 1805 at 21 King Street, Manchester, the elder of two sons of Thomas Ainsworth (1778–1824), a solicitor, and his wife, Ann (1778–1842), daughter of the Revd Ralph Harrison (1748–1810), a nonconformist minister and tutor of languages and literature at the ...

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Ainsworth, William Harrison (1805–1882)  

Maker: Daniel Maclise

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William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) by Daniel Maclise, c. 1834 © National Portrait Gallery, London