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Milnes, Richard Monckton
(Encyclopedia)Milnes, Richard Monckton: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...Monckton Milnes, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Monckton Milnes, Richard: see Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron. ...Webster, Richard Everard
(Encyclopedia)Webster, Richard Everard: see Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount. ...Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of
(Encyclopedia)Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of rōzˈbərē [key], 1847–1929, British statesman. He succeeded his grandfather as earl in 1868. A Liberal, Rosebery was undersecretary for home affai...Fox, Henry Richard Vassall
(Encyclopedia)Fox, Henry Richard Vassall: see Holland, Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3d Baron. ...Cadogan, William Cadogan, 1st Earl
(Encyclopedia)Cadogan, William Cadogan, 1st Earl kədŭˈgən [key], 1675–1726, British general and diplomat. He is remembered chiefly as the faithful friend and brilliant subordinate of the 1st duke of Marlborou...Cosway, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Cosway, Richard kŏzˈwā [key], 1740?–1821, English miniaturist. His work was elegant and modish and became highly popular in his day. There is a collection of his works in Windsor Castle. Perhaps ...Morris
(Encyclopedia)Morris, family of prominent American landowners and statesmen. Richard Morris, d. 1672, left England after serving in Oliver Cromwell's army, became a merchant in Barbados, and emigrated to New York C...Jefferies, Richard
(Encyclopedia)Jefferies, Richard jĕfˈrēz [key], 1848–87, English author. A naturalist, he wrote several books about the English countryside. He first achieved recognition with the sketches The Gamekeeper at Ho...Krafft-Ebing, Richard von
(Encyclopedia)Krafft-Ebing, Richard von rĭkhˈärt fən kräft-āˈbĭng [key], 1840–1902, German physician and neurologist. Professor of psychiatry at Strasbourg (1872), Graz (1873), and Vienna (1889), he was r...Browse by Subject
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