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A DICTIONARY

OF SOME OF

THE MOST FAMILIAR OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS.

In noting the nationalities in this Dictionary it has been found that some authors have lived and labored in more countries than one; that the birthplaces of some have not been the scenes of their literary successes; and that in a number of cases the places of birth are nowhere stated. In like manner, in the matter of dates, in some cases, especially in the earlier periods, uncertainty has been found among the best authorities; and in not a few, conflicts of opinion appear. In all such cases - both matters of nationalities and dates-the weight of authority has been carefully weighed and the best attainable results given. The following abbreviations have been used, together with a few others apparently too obvious to need pointing out, the adjectives indicating departments of literary work:

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Hist., and Fic.

Rel. and Fic. Aldrich, Thos. B. A. 1836

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Biog.,

Fic.

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Poet. and

Alexander, A. A. 1772-1851. Rel. and Hist. Abercrombie, John. S. 1726-1806. Horti- Alexander, Jos. A. A. 1809-1860. Rel. cult. Alford, Henry. 1810-1871. Theol. and Poet. Abercrombie, John. S. 1781-1844. Med. Alger, Wm. R. A. 1823Theol. and

and Meta.

Adams, Chas. F. A. 1807

Pol.

Adams, Hannah. A. 1755-1832. Rel.
Adams, John. A. 1735-1826. Pol.

Mis.

Alison, A. S. 1757-1839. Esth., Rel., and Biog.
Alison, Sir A. S. 1792-1867. Hist., Law, and
Pol.

Adams, John Q. A. 1767–1848. Pol., Rel., Allibone, S. A. A. 1816

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Biog.
Allston, W. A. 1779-1843. Art.
Rel., Alsop, R. A. 1761-1815. Poet.

Ames, Fisher. A. 1758-1808. Pol.
Andrews, Prof. E. A. A. 1787-1858. Ed.
Angell, Jos. K. A. 1794-1857. Law.
1797-1867. Ed.
E. 1675-1734. Phys.

Addison, Jos. E. 1672-1719. Ess., Poet., Anthon, Chas. A.

and Dram.

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Arbuthnot, John.

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Fic.

Arnold, Thos. E. 1795-1842. Hist. and Rel.
Arnold, Thos. K. E. 1800-1853. Ed.

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Benton, Thos. H. A. 1782-1858. Pol. and

Audubon, John J. A. 1782-1851. Sci. Austen, Jane. E. 1775-1817. Fic.

Law.

Aytoun, Wm. E. S. 1813-1865. Poet., Berkeley, Geo. (Bishop of Cloyne). I. 1684-
1753
Philos., Theol., and Poet.
Bethune, Geo. W. A. 1805-1862. Rel. and

Dram., and Biog.

Sci.

Babbage, Chas. E. 1790-
Bachman, John. A. 1790-1874. Sci. and Rel.
Bacon, Francis (Viscount of St. Albans).
E. 1561 1626. Philos., Sci., Law, and Ess.
Bacon, Leonard. A. 1802-
Theol.,

Hist., and Ess.

Bailey, Philip J. E. 1816

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Poet.

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Blacklock, Thos. S. 1721-1791. Blackstone, Sir Wm. E. 1723-1780. Law. Antiq. and Blair, Hugh. S. 1718-1800. Theol. and

Crit.

Hist., Ess., Blair, Robert. S. 1699-1747. Poet.
Blessington, Countess of. I. 1789-1849.
Fic., Trav., and Mis.

Banim, John. I. 1800-1842. Fic. and Dram. Barbauld, Anna L. E. 1743-1825.

Biog., and Poet.

Ess.,

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Bloomfield, Robert. E. 1766-1823. Poet. Boker, Geo. H. A. 1824

Poet.

.

Dram. and

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Boyle, Robert. I. 1627-1691. Sci. and Rel.
Bradstreet, Anne. A. 1612-1672. Poet.
Breckinridge, R. J. A. 1800-1871. Theol.
and Trav.

Do- Brewster, Sir David. S. 1781-1868. Sci.

Rel.,

Beecher, Lyman. A. 1775-1863.
Behn, Aphra. E. 1642-1689. Dram., Poet.,
and Fic.

Bell, Sir Chas. S. 1778-1842. Sci.
Bellows, Henry W. A. 1814-

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Theol.

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Brown, Chas. Brockden. A. 1774-1810. Calhoun, J. C. A. 1782-1850. Pol.

Fic. and Pol. Brown, David Paul. A. 1795-1872. Dram. and Mis.

Brown, Thos. S. 1778-1820. Meta., Eth., Campbell, Geo. S. and Poet.

Theol.

Trav.,

Calvert, Geo. H.
Poet., and Biog.
Camden, Wm. E.

A. 1803

1551-1623. E. Antiq. 1719-1796. Crit. and

S. 1779-1861. Biog.

1777-1844. Poet. and

1770-1827. Pol. and

Browne, Sir Thos. E. 1605-1682. Theol. Campbell, John L.

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Browning, Elizabeth B. E. 1807-1861. Campbell, Thos. S.

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Fic. Carew, Thos. E. 1589-1639. Poet.
Carey, Henry C. A. 1793-
Carey, Matt. A. 1760-1839. Pol. Econ.
Carleton, Wm. I. 1798-

Pol. Econ.

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Fic. and Mis.

.

Poet., Trav., Carlyle, Thos. S. 1795-
and Ess.

Biog., Hist.,

Sci.

Brydges, Sir Sam. E. E. 1762-1837. Fic., Carpenter, Wm. B. S. 1813-
Trav., and Poet.
Cary, Alice. A. 1820-1871. Poet.

Buchanan, Geo. S. 1506-1582. Hist. and Cary, Phoebe. A. 1824-1871. Poet.

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Catlin, Geo. A. 1796-1872. A. Indians and
Trav.

Caxton, Wm. E. 1412-1491. Hist. and Trav.
Centlivre, Susannah. E. 1667 - 1722. Dram.
1530-1592. Hist.

Buckland, Wm. E. 1784-1856. Sci. and Chalmers, David. S.
Theol.

Buckle, Henry T. E. 1822-1862. Philos.
and Pol.
Bulfinch, S. G.

A. 1809-1870. Rel. and

Poet.
Bunyan, John. E. 1628-1688. Rel. Fic.
Burgess, Geo. A. 1809-1866. Rel.

Burke, Edmund. I. 1729-1797. Esth.,

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Chalmers, Geo. S. 1742-1825. Hist., Pol.,
Biog., and Crit.

Chalmers, Thos. S. 1780-1847. Theol.,
Eth., Pol. Econ., and Sci.
Chambers, Ephraim. E. 1740-
Chambers, Robert. S. 1802-1871. Hist.,
Biog., and Mis.

Chambers, Wm. S. 1800

and Mis.

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Cyclo.

Hist., Trav.,

Theol., Channing, Wm. E. A. 1780-1842. Theol.
Charles, Elizabeth. E. 1826-

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Chatterton, Thos. E.

Fic.

1752-1770. Poet.

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Choate, Rufus. A. 1799-1859. Pol. and Ess. Hist., Biog., Churchill, Chas. E. 1731-1764. Poet. Cibber, Colley. E. 1671-1757. Dram. and Poet.

Burton, Robert. E. 1576-1640.

and Ess.

Philos.

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Claiborne, John F. H. A. Biog. and Hist.
Clapperton, Hugh. S. 1788-1827. Trav.
Clare, John. E. 1793-1864. Poet.
Clarendon, Earl of. See HYDE, EDWARD.
Clark, L. G. A. 1810-1873. Edit. and Mis.
Clark, W. G. A. 1810-1841. Poet. and Mis.
Clarke, Adam. I. 1760-1832. Theol. and
Biog.

Clarke, McDonald. A. 1798-1842. Poet.

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Dram., Philos., Pol., and Ess.
Collier, J. P. E. 1789-
Collins, Wilkie. E. 1824-
Collins, Wm. E. 1720-1756.
Colman, Geo. E. 1733-1794- Dram.
Colman, Geo. E. 1752-1836. Dram.
Combe, Andrew. S. 1797-1847. Sci.
Combe, Geo. S. 1788-1858. Sci., Rel., and
Law.

and Sci.

Davenant, Wm. E. 1605-1668. Poet.
Davidson, James Wood.

Biog. and Crit.

Davis, A. J. A. 1826

A. 1829

Spiritism. Davy, Sir Humphry. E. 1778-1829. Sci.

Comstock, John L. D. A. 1789-1858. Sci. Dawes, Rufus. A. 1803-1859. Poet. and Hist.

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DeBow, Jas. D. B. A. 1820-1867. Pol. Econ.
Deems, Chas. F. A. 1820-
Rel. and

Poet.

DeFoe, Dan. E. 1663-1731. Fic. and Poet. Fic. and Dekker (Decker), Thos. E. 1638

Cooke, P. P. A. 1816-1850
Cooper, A. Ashley. E. 1621-1683. Pol.
Cooper, A. Ashley. E. 1671–1713. Mis.
Cooper, Sir Astley P. E. 1768-1841. Sci.

Dram.

Denham, Dixon. E. 1786-1828. Trav.
Denham, Sir John. E. 1615-1668. Poet.
DeQuincey, Thos. E. 1785-1859. Fic. and

Ess.

Cooper, J. Fenimore. A. 1789-1851. Fic., Derby, Geo. H. (John Phanix). A. 1824

Biog., Hist., and Trav.

Cooper, Thos. A. 1759-1840. Law and Pol.
Coverdale, Miles. E. 1485-1565. Rel.
Cowley, Abraham. E. 1618-1667. Poet.
Cowper, Wm. E. 1731-1800. Poet.
Cox, S. S. A. 1824-
Coxe, A. C. A. 1818-
Coxe, Wm. E.

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Pol. and Trav.

Poet. and Trav.
1747-1828. Hist., Biog.,

Rel., and Trav.
Cozzens, Fred. S. A. 1818-1869. Fic. and

Mis.

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Donne, John. E. 1573-1631. Poet.
Douglas, Gawin. S. 1475-1522. Poet.
Drake, Jos. R. A. 1795-1820. Poet.
Draper, John W. A. 1811- Sci., Pol.,

and Hist.

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Drayton, Michael. E. 1563-1631. Poet.,
Fic., and Hist.

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Eliot, George. See LEWES, MARIAN C.
Eliot, John. A. 1604-1689. Rel.
Elizabeth, Charlotte. See TONNA, C. E.
Elliott, Ebenezer. E. 1781-1849. Poet and

Pol.

Elliott, Wm. A. 1788-1863. Pol. and Dram.
Ellis, Sarah S. A.
Fic. and

Mis.

Elyot, Sir Thos. E.

Mis.

1812

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Forster, John. E. 1812

Fowler, Wm. C. A. 1793

and Hist.

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Fox, Chas. J. E. 1749-1806. Pol. and Hist.
Fox, Geo. E. 1624-1680. Rel.
Fox, John. E. 1517-1587. Biog.
Francis, Sir Philip (Junius). E. 1740-1818.
Pol.

1495-1546. Ess. and Franklin, Ben. A. 1706-1790. Pol., Eth.,

Emerson, R. W. A. 1803

and Poet.

English, Thos. Dunn. A. 1819

and Fic.

Ess., Biog., Freneau, Philip. A. 1752-1832. Poet. and

and Sci.

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Erskine, Thos. E. 1750-1823. Law, Pol., Froude, Jas. A. E. 1818

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1654-1698. Poet. and Gallatin, Albert. A. 1761-1847. Pol. Econ.
Galt, John. S. 1779-1839. Fic., Biog., and

A. 1792-1847. Pol.,
Biog., Ess., and Poet.
Everett, Edward. A. 1794-1865. Rel. and
Ess.

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Dram.
Garrick, David.

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Gaskell, Mary E. E.

1822-1866. Fic. and

Biog.
Gay, John. E.

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and Fic.

Dram.

Gayarre, Chas. E. A. A. 1805

Gayler, Chas. A. 1820

Gibbon, Edward. E. 1737-1794. Hist.
Gifford, Wm. E. 1757-1826. Ess. and Poet.
Giles, Chauncy. A. 1819-
Giles, Henry. A. 1809-

and Crit.

Gilfillan, Geo. S. 1813

Theol.

Ess., Theol.,

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