(James) Shirley Hibberd (1825–1890) by unknown photographer Royal Horticultural Society, Lindley Library
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Hibberd, (James) Shirley (1825–1890)
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Hibberd, (James) Shirley (1825–1890), journalist and writer on horticulture
Janet Browne
Hibberd, (James) Shirley (1825–1890), journalist and writer on horticulture, was born in the parish of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, the son of a retired sea captain who had served under Nelson. He attended the Old Meeting House School, Stepney but, following the early death of his father (who had connections with the printing trade), he gave up his intention to have a career in medicine, and was apprenticed to a ...
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McCombie, William (1809–1870), farmer and journalist
Ewen A. Cameron
McCombie, William (1809–1870), farmer and journalist, was born on 7 May 1809 at Alford, Aberdeenshire, the son of William McCombie, farmer, and his wife, Marjory Wishart. McCombie received little formal education and was largely self-educated under the influence of his mother. The Spectator...
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Russell, George William [pseud. A. E.] (1867–1935), journalist, poet, and agricultural economist
Peter R. Kuch
Russell, George William [pseud. A. E.] (1867–1935), journalist, poet, and agricultural economist, was born on 10 April 1867 at William Street, in the Ulster town of Lurgan, the youngest of three children of Thomas Elias Russell (1822?–1900), a bookkeeper employed by Bell & Co....
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Russell, George William (1867–1935)
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George William Russell (1867–1935) by John Butler Yeats, 1903 National Gallery of Ireland
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Trenchard, John [pseuds. Cato, Diogenes] (1668/9–1723), landowner and publicist
Marie McMahon
Trenchard, John [pseuds. Cato, Diogenes] (1668/9–1723), landowner and publicist, was the first son of William Trenchard (1640–1710), landowner, of Cutteridge, Wiltshire, and his wife, Ellen, daughter of Sir George Norton of Abbots Leigh, Somerset. His nonconformist, whig father sat for Westbury...
