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Raeburn, Sir Henry

(Encyclopedia)Raeburn, Sir Henry rāˈbərn [key], 1756–1823, Scottish portrait painter, b. near Edinburgh. He was apprenticed to a goldsmith at 15 and he showed considerable talent. In 1784 he went to London and...

Dana, Richard Henry

(Encyclopedia)Dana, Richard Henry, 1787–1879, American poet and essayist, b. Cambridge, Mass.; son of Francis Dana. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1811. Critic and poet, Dana was a founder and ...

Hart, Basil Henry Liddell

(Encyclopedia)Hart, Basil Henry Liddell: see Liddell Hart, Basil Henry. ...

Fox, Henry Richard Vassall

(Encyclopedia)Fox, Henry Richard Vassall: see Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron. ...

Smollett, Tobias George

(Encyclopedia)Smollett, Tobias George smŏlˈĭt [key], 1721–71, Scottish novelist. After studying at Glasgow he came to London in 1739. Failing to get his tragedy The Regicide produced, he shipped as a surgeon's...

Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Petty

(Encyclopedia)Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Petty: see Lansdowne, Henry Charles Keith Petty, 5th marquess of. ...

Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry

(Encyclopedia)Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry: see Raglan, Fitzroy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron. ...

Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish

(Encyclopedia)Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish: see Portland, William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3d duke of. ...

Bartlett, William Henry

(Encyclopedia)Bartlett, William Henry, 1800–1854, English painter and illustrator. After four visits to the United States, Bartlett illustrated a book, American Scenery (1840), with panoramic vistas of the Americ...

Wood, Mrs. Henry

(Encyclopedia)Wood, Mrs. Henry, 1814–87, English novelist whose maiden name was Ellen Price. Her melodramatic and sensational novel East Lynne (1861) was dramatized and became a permanent stock piece for more tha...