James Britten (1846–1924) by Maull & Fox, 1906 by permission of the Linnean Society of London
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Britten, James (1846–1924), botanist and Roman Catholic propagandist
William T. Stearn
Britten, James (1846–1924), botanist and Roman Catholic propagandist, was born on 3 May 1846 at 18 Shawfield Street, Chelsea, London, the son of James Alexander Britten, bookseller, and his wife, Mary Ann (née Shepard). His father was a prominent active member of the local community, and ...
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Challoner, Richard (1691–1781), religious writer and vicar apostolic of the London district
Sheridan Gilley
Challoner, Richard (1691–1781), religious writer and vicar apostolic of the London district, was born at or near Lewes, Sussex, on 29 September 1691, the only son of Richard Challoner (who died in the early 1690s), a wine cooper, and his wife, Grace Willard (1669–1731)...
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Richard Challoner (1691–1781) by unknown engraver © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Chapman, Henry Palmer [name in religion John] (1865–1933), abbot of Downside and biblical and spiritual author
David Daniel Rees
Chapman, Henry Palmer [name in religion John] (1865–1933), abbot of Downside and biblical and spiritual author, was born on 25 April 1865 at Ashfield, Suffolk, the youngest child and the only son of Frank Robert Chapman (d. 1924), archdeacon of Sudbury...
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Dodsworth, William (1798–1861)
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William Dodsworth (1798–1861) by unknown engraver © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Dodsworth, William (1798–1861), Tractarian clergyman and Roman Catholic writer
S. E. Young
Dodsworth, William (1798–1861), Tractarian clergyman and Roman Catholic writer, was born on 19 March 1798 at Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, the third son of wealthy Hull timber merchant, John Dodsworth (1765–1818), and his wife, Harriet Haydon (d. 1837). He was educated at Richmond School, Yorkshire...
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Gawen, Thomas (1612–1684), religious writer and traveller
Ruth Jordan
Gawen, Thomas (1612–1684), religious writer and traveller, son of Thomas Gawen, a Church of England minister of Bristol city, was born at Marshfield, Gloucestershire. He was admitted a scholar of Winchester College in 1625. In 1632 he was made perpetual fellow of New College, Oxford...
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Hopton [née Harvey], Susanna (1627–1709), devotional writer and religious controversialist
Julia J. Smith
Hopton [née Harvey], Susanna (1627–1709), devotional writer and religious controversialist, was baptized on 27 October 1627 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, the daughter of Sir Simon Harvey (d. 1628), royal grocer and clerk of Greencloth, and his second wife, Ursula (1586–1671), daughter of ...
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Morris, John Brande (1812–1880), Roman Catholic convert and devotional writer
G. Martin Murphy
Morris, John Brande (1812–1880), Roman Catholic convert and devotional writer, was born at Brentford, Middlesex, on 4 September 1812. He was the elder son of the Revd John Morris, sometime Michel fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford, and his wife, Anna F. Brande...
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Nourse, Timothy (c. 1636–1699), agricultural and religious writer
David Souden
Nourse, Timothy (c. 1636–1699), agricultural and religious writer, was born at The Place, Newent, Gloucestershire, a younger son of Sir Walter Nourse (d. 1652). His mother may have been Sir Walter's first wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Engeham of Gunston, Kent...
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Renouf, Sir Peter Le Page (1822–1897), Egyptologist and religious writer
Josef L. Altholz
Renouf, Sir Peter Le Page (1822–1897), Egyptologist and religious writer, was born on 23 August 1822 at St Peter Port, Guernsey, the son of Joseph Renouf, schoolmaster, and his wife, Mary, daughter of John Le Page. He was educated from 1831 at Elizabeth College, Guernsey...
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Richardson, Robert (d. 1573), religious author and Church of England clergyman
Mark Dilworth
Richardson, Robert (d. 1573), religious author and Church of England clergyman, is of unknown origins. He is first recorded as an Augustinian canon at Cambuskenneth, near Stirling, under Alexander Mylne, who was abbot from 1519; a Robert Richardson matriculated with other canons regular (given the honorific title ...
