Victor Erle Nash Williams

Victor Erle Nash Williams

Victor Erle Nash-Williams (18971955) was a noted Welsh archaeologist. Educated at the Lewis School, Pengam, and at the University College in Cardiff, he was appointed Keeper at the National Museum of Wales. His work involved the excavation of a Roman villa at Llantwit Major, catalogues of the inscribed and sculptured stones at Caerleon and at Caerwent, a book on Roman Wales, The Roman Frontier in Wales' (1954) and his magnum opus, The Early Christian Monuments of Wales (Cardiff, 1960).

Erle Cox's Books:

[Out Of The Silence | The Missing Angel]

Roger Wickson Headmaster

Roger Wickson Headmaster (1940-now)

Anthony Roger Dorrien Wickson (born 1940) was headmaster of the King's School, Chester where he served from 1981 until his retirement in 2000. Born and raised in Croydon, Wickson was educated at Whitgift School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he read History, narrowly missing out on national service - Wickson embarked upon a career as a teacher.

E Wickson's Books:

[One Thousand Questions In California Agriculture Answered]

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Ethel Watts Mumford

Ethel Watts Mumford

Ethel Watts Mumford (1876 or 78 - 1940) was a U.S. author, a New Yorker. "Mumford" came from her first husband George D Mumford, a lawyer (married 1894-1901). After her first husband grew intolerant of her prolific writing and art career, she fled to San Francisco in 1899 with their only child, a son. She sued for divorce on grounds of desertion. After the divorce was granted in 1901, she returned to New York, vowing never to remarry unless her husband accepted her career.

Ethel Watts Mumford's Books:

[Out Of The Ashes]

Idella Purnell

Idella Purnell (1901-1982)

Idella Purnell (April 1, 1901 - December 1, 1982) (also known as Idella Purnell Stone and Ikey Stone) was an academic, librarian, teacher, and children's book author.

James Madison's Books:

[The United States Constitution]

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Brigitte Byrd

Brigitte Byrd (1959-now)

Brigitte France Byrd (ne Fourneron) (born 15 February 1959) is a French-born poet and author who now lives in the United States. She has published two books of poetry, Fence Above the Sea and The Dazzling Land. Her third, Song of a Living Room, is scheduled for publication September 1, 2009.

Bob Byrd's Books:

[King Of Fang And Claw]

J B Tyrrell Historical Medal

J B Tyrrell Historical Medal

The J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal is an award of the Royal Society of Canada "for outstanding work in the history of Canada. " It is named in honour of Joseph Burr Tyrrell and is awarded every two years if there is a suitable candidate. The award consists of a gold plated silver medal.

C Tyrrell's Books:

[The Royal Road To Health]

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George Griffith

George Griffith

George Griffith (1857 - 1906), full name George Chetwyn Griffith-Jones, was a prolific British science fiction writer and noted explorer who wrote during the late Victorian and Edwardian age. Many of his visionary tales appeared in magazines such as Pearson's Magazine and Pearson's Weekly before being published as novels.

George Griffith's Books:

[A Honeymoon In Space | Olga Romanoff Or The Syren Of The Skies | The Angel Of Revolution A Tale Of The Coming Terror]

Fredrika Bremer

Fredrika Bremer (1801-1865)

Fredrika Bremer (Turku, Finland, 17 August 1801 - rsta Castle outside of Stockholm, Sweden, 31 December 1865) was a Swedish writer and a feminist activist. She had a large influence on the social development in Sweden, especially in feminist issues.

Fredrika Bremer's Books:

[Perhe | Strife And Peace | The Home]

William Holmes Mcguffey

William Holmes Mcguffey

William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 - May 4, 1873) was an American professor and college president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, one of the nation's first and most widely used series of textbooks. It is estimated that at least 122 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.

W Mcguffey's Books:

[Mcguffey Eclectic Primer Revised Edition | Mcguffey Eclectic Spelling Book | Mcguffey Second Eclectic Reader | Mcguffey Third Eclectic Reader | The New Mcguffey First Reader | The New Mcguffey Fourth Reader]

Andrew Dickson White

Andrew Dickson White (1832-1918)

Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 - November 4, 1918) was a U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator, who was the co-founder of Cornell University.

Andrew Dickson White's Books:

[Autobiography Of Andrew Dickson White Vol 1 | Autobiography Of Andrew Dickson White Vol 2 | Fiat Money Inflation In France | History Of The Warfare Of Science With Theology In | Autobiography Of Andrew Dickson White V1 | Autobiography Of Andrew Dickson White V2 | History Of The Warfare Of Science With Theology In Christendom]

Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes

Alex Hayes is a sports Journalist for Sky Sports who specialises in football reporting in the UK and France. He previously worked for the The Independent and TPS/Canal Plus.

H E Hayes's Books:

[Mohammed The Prophet Of Islam]

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George Gleig

George Gleig

George Gleig (12 May 1753 9 March 1840) was a Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. He was born at Boghall, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of a farmer. At the age of thirteen he entered King's College, University of Aberdeen, where the first prize in mathematics and physical and moral sciences fell to him. In his twenty-first year he took orders in the Scottish Episcopal Church, and was ordained to the pastoral charge of a congregation at Pittenweem, Fife, whence he removed in 1790 to Stirling. He became a frequent contributor to the Monthly Review, the Gentleman's Magazine, the Anti-Jacobin Review and the British Critic. He also wrote several articles for the third edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica, and on the death of the editor, Colin Macfarquhar, in 1793, was engaged to edit the remaining volumes. Among his principal contributions to this work were articles on Instinct, Theology and Metaphysics. The two supplementary volumes were mainly his own work. He was twice chosen bishop of Dunkeld, but the opposition of Bishop Skinner, afterwards Primus of Scotland, rendered the election on both occasions ineffectual. In 1808 he was consecrated assistant and successor to the bishop of Brechin, in 1810 was preferred to the sole charge, and in 1816 was elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, in which capacity he greatly aided in the introduction of many useful reforms, in fostering a more catholic and tolerant spirit, and in cementing a firm alliance with the sister Church of England. He died at Stirling. Besides various sermons, Gleig was the author of Directions for the Study of Theology, in a series of letters from a bishop to his son on his admission to holy orders (1827); an edition of Stackhouse's History of the Bible (1817); and a life of Robertson the historian, prefixed to an edition of his works. See Life of Bishop Gleig, by the Rev. W. Walker (1879). Letters to Alexander Henderson of Edinburgh and John Douglas, bishop of Salisbury, are in the British Museum. His third and only surviving son, George Robert, was a noted soldier and chaplain. Religious titles Preceded byJohn Skinner Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church1816-1837 Succeeded byJames Walker (bishop)

G Gleig's Books:

[Germany Bohemia And Hungary Visited In 1837 Vol Ii]

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Israel Zangwill

Israel Zangwill (1864-1926)

Israel Zangwill (January 21, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was a British-Jewish humourist and writer.

Israel Zangwill's Books:

[The Big Bow Mystery | Chosen Peoples | Merely Mary Ann | The Melting Pot]

Albert Pollard

Albert Pollard

Albert Frederick Pollard (16 December 1869 - 3 August 1948) was a British historian who specialized in the Tudor period.

A Pollard's Books:

[The History Of England]

Agnieszka Graff

Agnieszka Graff

Agnieszka Graff, is a Polish writer, translator, commentator, feminist and women's and human rights activist. She graduated from Oxford University, Amherst College, and School of Social Sciences at Polish Academy of Sciences. She completed her PhD in English literature in 1999. In 2001 she published World without women, a book that was hugely debated in Poland. She works at the Warsaw University's Institute of the Americas and Europe, and gives lectures on gender studies.

F Up De Graff's Books:

[Head Hunters Of The Amazon]

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 - August 17, 1935) was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform. She was a utopian feminist during a time when her accomplishments were exceptional for women, and she served as a role model for future generations of feminists because of her unorthodox concepts and lifestyle. Her best remembered work today is her semi-autobiographical short story The Yellow Wallpaper which she wrote after a severe bout of postpartum psychosis.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Books:

[Herland | The Man Made World Or Our Androcentric Culture | The Yellow Wallpaper | Our Androcentric Culture | The Crux | Eternal Me | If I Were A Man | Nation | The Giant Wistaria | Turned | What Diantha Did]

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Florentin Smarandache

Florentin Smarandache

Florentin Smarandache (born December 10, 1954) is a Romanian-American writer and associate professor of mathematics and science at the University of New Mexico, Gallup, New Mexico.

Florentin Smarandache's Books:

[Formules Pour Lesprit]

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Arthur Porges

Arthur Porges

Arthur Porges [prds], (20 August 1915, Chicago, Illinois - 12 May 2006) was an American author of numerous short stories, most notably in the 1950s and 1960s, though he continued to write and publish stories until his death.

Arthur Porges's Books:

[Revenge]

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Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., (November 11, 1922 April 11, 2007) was one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. He wrote such works as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.

Kurt Vonnegut's Books:

[B R O B | The Big Trip Up Yonder]

Josefa Berens Totenohl

Josefa Berens Totenohl

Josefa Berens-Totenohl (March 30, 1891 in Grevenstein, Sauerland - June 6, 1969) was a German writer and painter. She was the daughter of a blacksmith. First she became a teacher, but later worked as a writer and painter and made elaborate tapestries. In 1931 she joined the Nazi Party.

E Berens's Books:

[Myths And Legends Of Ancient Greece And Rome]

Jacques Bnigne Bossuet

Jacques Bnigne Bossuet

Jacques-Bnigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 April 12, 1704) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a masterly French stylist. Court preacher to Louis XIV of France, Bossuet was a strong advocate of political absolutism and the divine right of kings. He argued that government was divine and that kings received their power from God.

Bossuet's Books:

[Essays On The Stage]

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Aaro Hellaakoski

Aaro Hellaakoski

Aaro Hellaakoski (June 22, 1893 November 23, 1952) was a Finnish poet whose work includes some of the earliest examples of modernism in Finnish literature. By his profession he was a geographer conducting studies in physical geography and geomorphology (such as the geological history of the lake Saimaa) and working as a school teacher of geography.

Aaro Hellaakoski's Books:

[Nimettmi Lauluja | Runoja]

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Alan Clark

Alan Clark (1928-1999)

Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark (13 April 1928 - 5 September 1999) was a British Conservative MP and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Departments of Employment, Trade, and Defence, and became a privy counsellor in 1991. He was the author of several books of military history, including his controversial work The Donkeys (1961), which is considered to have inspired the musical satire, Oh, What a Lovely War! Clark became known for his flamboyance, wit, and irreverence. Norman Lamont called him "the most politically incorrect, outspoken, iconoclastic and reckless politician of our times". He is particularly remembered for his three-volume diary, a candid account of political life under Thatcher, and a moving description of the weeks preceding his death, when he continued to write until he could no longer focus on the page. Clark was a passionate supporter of animal rights, joining activists in demonstrations at Dover against live export, and outside the House of Commons in support of Animal Liberation Front hunger-striker Barry Horne. When he died after radiation therapy for a brain tumour, his family said Clark wanted it to be stated that he had "gone to join Tom and the other dogs."

Clark's Books:

[The Journals Of Lewis And Clark]

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Elizabeth Von Arnim

Elizabeth Von Arnim (1866-1941)

Elizabeth von Arnim (31 August 1866 9 February 1941), born Mary Annette Beauchamp, was an Australian-born British novelist. By marriage she became Grfin (Countess) von Arnim-Schlagenthin, and by a second marriage, Countess Russell. Although known in her early life as May, "after the publication of her first book, she was known to her readers, eventually to her friends, and finally even to her family as Elizabeth. " and she is now invariably referred to as Elizabeth von Arnim. She also wrote under the pen name Alice Cholmondeley.

Elizabeth Von Arnim's Books:

[Elizabeth And Her German Garden | The Adventures Of Elizabeth In Rgen | The Enchanted April | The Princess Priscilla Fortnight | The Solitary Summer]

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Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)

Anna Akhmatova was the pen name of the modernist poet Anna Andreyevna Gorenko, one of the most acclaimed female writers in the Russian canon. Akhmatova's work ranges from short lyric poems to intricately structured cycles, such as Requiem (193540), her tragic masterpiece about the Stalinist terror. Her style, characterised by its economy and emotional restraint, was strikingly original and distinctive to her contemporaries. The strong and clear leading female voice struck a new chord in Russian poetry. Her writing can be said to fall into two periods - the early work (191225) and her later work (from around 1936 until her death), divided by a decade of reduced literary output. Her work was condemned and censored by Stalinist authorities and she is notable for choosing not to emigrate, and remaining in Russia, acting as witness to the atrocities around her. Her perennial themes include meditations on time and memory, and the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism. Primary sources of information about Akhmatova's life are relatively scant, as war, revolution and the totalitarian regime caused much of the written record to be destroyed. For long periods she was in official disfavour and many of those who were close to her died in the aftermath of the revolution.

Anna See's Books:

[Op De Faroer]

Auguste Villiers De Lisle Adam

Auguste Villiers De Lisle Adam (1838-1889)

Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (7 November 1838 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer.

Auguste De Villiers De Lisle Adam's Books:

[Le Secret De Lchaufaud | The Desire To Be A Man]

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J H Rosny An

J H Rosny An (1856-1940)

J. -H. Rosny an was the pseudonym of Joseph Henri Honor Boex (17 February 1856 - 11 February 1940), a French author of Belgian origin who is considered one of the founding figures of modern science fiction. Born in Brussels in 1856, he wrote together with his younger brother Sraphin Justin Franois Boex under the pen name J. -H. Rosny until 1909. After they ended their collaboration Joseph Boex continued to write under the name "Rosny an" (Rosny the Elder) while his brother used J. -H. Rosny jeune (Rosny the Younger).

J Rosny's Books:

[Les Corneilles | Scnes Prhistoriques]

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Henry Vaughan 17211754

Henry Vaughan 17211754

Sir Henry Vaughan (17211754) was a Radnorshire landowner. In March 1754 a warrant was issued for his arrest for committing 'unnatural and repugnant acts'. The mob reached him first and he was bludgeoned and dismembered in the grounds of his home, now known as the Radnorshire Arms, where his remains are buried beneath a cherry tree. Vaughan left behind a large body of poems and plays dealing with Sadism, much of which has been lost or destroyed.

Henry Vaughan's Books:

[Poems Of Henry Vaughan Silurist Volume Ii]

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Benjamin Of Tudela

Benjamin Of Tudela

Benjamin of Tudela was a medieval Navarrese adventurer (sometimes called "Rabbi") who traveled through Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 12th century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in medieval geography and Judaism.

Benjamin Of Tudela's Books:

[The Itinerary Of Benjamin Of Tudela]

Dom Deluise

Dom Deluise (1933-2009)

Dominick "Dom" DeLuise (August 1, 1933 May 4, 2009) was an American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur from 1965 until his death, and the father of actor, writer, director Peter DeLuise, actor David DeLuise, and actor Michael DeLuise. He had starred in various Universal Animated Studios films, such as All Dogs Go to Heaven and An American Tail.

Dom's Books:

[Naturae | Pophilo | Praetor Lunch | Rhyme And Reason Vol 1 | Rhyme And Reason Vol 2]

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Frank Wedekind

Frank Wedekind (1864-1918)

Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (Hanover July 24, 1864 - Munich March 9, 1918), usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism, and he was a major influence on the development of epic theatre.

Frank Wedekind's Books:

[Pandoras Box | Erdgeist earth Spirit | Pandora Box | Erdgeist]

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Friedrich Maximilian Von Klinger

Friedrich Maximilian Von Klinger

Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 - 25 February 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist.

Friedrich Maximilian Von Klinger's Books:

[Faustus]

Abraham Leon

Abraham Leon

Abraham Leon (1918-1944) (born Abraham Wejnstok), was a Jewish Trotskyist activist and theorist. He was born in Warsaw but his family moved to Belgium where he grew up. Leon became a member and then leader of the Belgian branch of Hashomer Hatzair, a left wing Zionist youth movement. In 1940, after the beginning of World War II, Leon rejected Zionism and became a Trotskyist; around this time he joined the Belgian section of the Fourth International and became an organiser and leader against Nazi occupation and the "militarism" of Winston Churchill, exhorting Belgian workers to fight both Hitler and Churchill in the classical Leninist fashion of turning the World War into civil war. He wrote The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation, a work which remains a widely used Marxist analysis of Jewish socio-economic history (and is remarkable in itself but all the more so from a man who died by the time he was 26). Leon was arrested by the Nazis in June 1944; he was subsequently deported to Auschwitz where he died in September.

Abraham Leon's Books:

[La Conception Materialiste De La Question Juive]

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Mark Gatiss

Mark Gatiss (1966-now)

Mark Gatiss (born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, screenwriter and novelist. He is best known as a member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen, and has both written for and acted in the TV series Doctor Who.

Mark Gatiss's Books:

[Doctor Who Nightshade]

Olaudah Equiano

Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)

Olaudah Equiano(c. 1745 31 March 1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, was one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement of the abolition for the slave trade. His autobiography depicted the horrors of slavery and helped influence British lawmakers to abolish the slave trade through the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Despite his enslavement as a young man, he purchased his freedom and worked as an author, merchant and explorer in South America, the Caribbean, the Arctic, the American colonies and the United Kingdom.

Olaudah Equiano's Books:

[The Interesting Narrative Of The Life Of Olaudah Equiano Or Gustavus Vassa The African]

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William Henry Withrow

William Henry Withrow (1839-1908)

William Henry Withrow (August 6, 1839 - November 12, 1908) was a Canadian Methodist minister, journalist, and author. Born in Toronto, Upper Canada, Withrow received his education at Toronto Academy, Victoria College, Cobourg, and University of Toronto, graduating from the latter with the degree of B.A. in 1863. Previous to entering college, he spent three years in the office of William Hay, architect, of Toronto. He was ordained at Hamilton in 1864, and served the church at Waterford, Montreal, Hamilton, Toronto, Niagara, and Hamilton a second time. He was originally connected with the New Connexion Methodist body, but joined the Wesleyan Conference in 1867, and was an ardent advocate of union. In 1874 he became editor of the "Canadian Methodist Magazine" and Sunday School periodicals. Withrow was the author of The catacombs of Rome and their testimony relative to primitive Christianity (1874), History of the Dominion of Canada and Our Own Country: Picturesque and Descriptive. He is also author of a number of smaller volumes, among which are Valeria, the Martyr of the Catacombs : A Tale of Early Christian Life in Rome, Neville Truenian, the Pioneer Preacher, The King's Messenger, and The Romance of Missions. Withrow was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1883. He was a member of the Historical Society, Montreal, of the Senate and Board of Regents of Victoria University, of the Senate of Wesleyan Theological College, Montreal, and was a member of the Senate of University of Toronto. He was married in 1864 to Sarah Anne Smith from Simcoe, Ontario. They had two sons.

William Henry Withrow's Books:

[Neville Trueman The Pioneer Preacher]

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