Person    | Male  Born 25/3/1742  Died 19/6/1823

William Combe

Categories: Literature

Writer. Chiefly remembered as the author of 'The Three Tours of Dr Syntax', a comic poem which satirised William Gilpin

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William Combe

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William Gilpin

William Gilpin 1724 - 1804 These flats have been built on the site of Cheam S...

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William Henry Hudson

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Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith

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Eric Newton

Eric Newton

Artist, writer, broadcaster and art critic. He produced several books in addition to his newspaper and radio work. His radio broadcasts made him well known to the British public in the 1930s. Art c...

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Jane Austen Society

Jane Austen Society

Formed initially to preserve Jane's cottage in the village of Chawton, Hampshire. This was purchased in 1947 and is now open to the public.

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The Beatrix Potter Society

The Beatrix Potter Society

Founded to promote the study and appreciation of the life and works of the author.

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