The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation : Particulary the British and Irish, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volume 22AMS Press, 1815 - Biography |
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