Novelist and poet. Born at 73 High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire. As a writer of novels and poems, his income was uncertain and he supplemented it as a publisher's reader. In this capacity he befriended many famous authors including Dante Rossetti, Swinburne and Robert Louis Stevenson. Died at Flint Cottage, Box Hill, Surrey.
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George Meredith
Greater London Council George Meredith, O.M., 1828-1909, poet and novelist, l...
Born Kennoway, Fife. Literary scholar and writer. Created professor of English literature and history at Queen’s College, Belfast in 1849. Buried at Holywood, near Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Essayist. Initially wanted to be a philosopher, then tried painting and then journalism, where he was a success: as a drama reviewer, art critic, political commentator and creating sports writing ...
Orator, writer and elocutionist. Born in Covent Garden. It was as a political activist that he became well known. He was tried for treason and spent some time in the Tower of London and Newgate. He...
Philanthropist and editor. Associated with Halstead, Braintree. Almost certainly related to Samuel Courtauld of Institute fame but we cannot discover how.
Writer. Born at 21 Washington Place, New York City. Initially he studied to be a lawyer, but gave it up in favour of writing literary reviews and short stories. His better-known works include 'Wash...
Actress. Born as Emilie Charlotte Le Breton at St Saviour's rectory, Jersey. She married Edward Langtry in 1874 and they moved to England, where they became established in London society. She had a...
Faraday House Electrical Engineering College occupied this building from June 1903 until April 1967.
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