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Ingelow, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Ingelow, JeanIngelow, Jeanĭnˈjəlō [key], 1820–97, English author. Her poems are characterized by religious introspection and an intimate knowledge of nature. Among her best-known poems…Bache, Richard
(Encyclopedia) Bache, Richard, 1737–1811, American merchant, b. Yorkshire, England. He came to New York City in 1765 to join an older brother in the mercantile business. Bache soon moved to…Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan)
(Encyclopedia) Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah (Sheridan), 1808–77, English author; granddaughter of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She gained more renown for her eventful life than for her writings.…Sarah N. Cleghorn: A Saint's Hours
A Saint's HoursSarah N. Cleghorn In the still cold before the sun (Her Matins) Her brothers and her sisters small She woke, and washed and dressed each one…Margaret
(Encyclopedia) Margaret, 1930–2002, British princess, second daughter of King George VI and sister of Queen Elizabeth II, b. Glamis, Scotland. In 1960 she married a commoner, the photographer Antony…Coppée, François
(Encyclopedia) Coppée, FrançoisCoppée, FrançoisfräNswäˈ kôpāˈ [key], 1842–1908, French poet and dramatist. He won fame with the one-act comedy Le Passant (1869, tr. 1881), in which Sarah Bernhardt…Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell)
(Encyclopedia) Hale, Sarah Josepha (Buell), 1788–1879, American author, editor, and feminist, b. near Newport, N.H. In 1828 she became editor of the Ladies' Magazine, Boston, and in 1837 of Godey's…Matthiessen, F. O.
(Encyclopedia) Matthiessen, F. O. (Francis Otto Matthiessen)Matthiessen, F. O.măthˈĭsĕn [key], 1902–50, American critic, b. Pasadena, Calif., grad. Yale Univ., 1923, B.Litt., Oxford, 1925, Ph.D.,…Jewett, Sarah Orne
(Encyclopedia) Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849–1909, American novelist and short-story writer, b. South Berwick, Maine. Her studies of small-town New England life are perceptive, sympathetic, and gently…Millin, Sarah Gertrude (Liebson)
(Encyclopedia) Millin, Sarah Gertrude (Liebson), 1889–1968, South African writer. The first of her novels about colonial and racial problems in South Africa is Dark River (1920). Later novels include…Trending
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