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Flanagan, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Flanagan, Richard, 1961–, Australian novelist, b. Longford, Tasmania, studied Univ. of Tasmania (grad. 1982), Oxford (Rhodes scholar). Flanagan, whose novels explore the past and present of his nati...

Garnett, Richard

(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Richard, 1835–1906, English librarian and author. From 1851 until his retirement in 1899 he was connected with the British Museum, which he served with great distinction. Besides writing vo...

Fanshawe, Sir Richard

(Encyclopedia)Fanshawe, Sir Richard fănˈshô [key], 1608–66, English diplomat and man of letters. He was secretary to the ambassador to Spain (1635–38) and chargé d'affaires there (1638). During the English ...

Rawdon-Hastings, Francis

(Encyclopedia)Rawdon-Hastings, Francis: see Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st marquess of. ...

Freeman-Thomas, Freeman

(Encyclopedia)Freeman-Thomas, Freeman: see Willingdon, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st marquess of. ...

Isaacs, Rufus Daniel

(Encyclopedia)Isaacs, Rufus Daniel: see Reading, Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st marquess of. ...

Hughes, Richard Joseph

(Encyclopedia)Hughes, Richard Joseph: see New Jersey. ...

Bon Homme Richard

(Encyclopedia)Bon Homme Richard: see Jones, John Paul. ...

Seymour, William

(Encyclopedia)Seymour, William: see Hertford, William Seymour, 1st marquess and 2d earl of. ...

Graham, James

(Encyclopedia)Graham, James: see Montrose, James Graham, 5th earl and 1st marquess of. ...