Michael Scott, 1771-1835, novelist; author of "Tom Cringle's Log," "The Cruise of the Midge," and other powerful tales of the sea. John Lingard, 1771-1851, eminent historian; "History of England." David Ricardo, 1772-1823, the greatest political economist of his time; "Principles of Political Economy and Taxation."

James Mill, 1773-1836, historian and philosopher; a disciple of Jeremy Bentham; father of John Stuart Mill; "History of British India," "Analysis of the Mind." Robert Southey, 1774-1843, poet-laureate; numerous poems, "Life of Nelson." Matthew Gregory Lewis (Monk Lewis), 1775-1818, romancist and dramatist; best known from his novel "The Monk." Jane Austen, 1775-1817, novelist; "Pride and Prejudice," "Sense and Sensibility." Jane Porter, 1776-1850, novelist; "Thaddeus of Warsaw," "The Scottish Chiefs." Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844, lyrical poet; author of "The Pleasures of Hope," Gertrude of Wyoming," and many shorter poems, familiar among which are his "Hohenlinden," "Ye Mariners of England," and

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William Hazlitt, 1778-1830, essayist and critic; "Table-Talk," "The Characters of Shakespeare's Plays."

Sir Humphry Davy, 1778-1829, chemist and natural philosopher; "Last Days of a Philosopher."

John Galt, 1779-1839, Scottish author;

"The Annals of the Parish."

Henry, Lord Brougham, 1779-1868, states- Thomas moore. man and historian; "Statesmen of the

Time of George III.," " England under the House of Lancaster." Thomas Moore, 1779-1852, Irish poet, friend and biographer of Byron; author of "Lalla Rookh," "Irish Melodies," and many songs and minor poems.

George Croly, 1780-1860, Irish author, Anglican clergyman; best known by his "Salathiel," a romance, and " Catiline,” a poem. John Abercrombie, 1781-1844, Scottish physician; "Philosophy of the Moral Feelings."

Sir David Brewster, 1781-1868, Scottish physicist; "Life of Newton,' ""More Worlds than One."

Reginald Heber, 1783–1826, Anglican bishop; “Bampton Lectures," 'Life of Jeremy Taylor," and many religious poems.

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James Henry Leigh Hunt, 1784-1859, poet and essayist; "Story of Rimini,” and many minor poems, and Lives of Wycherley and Congreve.

James Sheridan Knowles, 1784-1862, Irish dramatist and novelist; "Virginius,' ," "William Tell," "The Hunchback."

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John Wilson (Christopher North), 1785-1854, Scottish poet and essayist, editor of Blackwood's Magazine; "Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life," "Noctes Ambrosianæ."

Thomas De Quincey, 1785-1859, essayist, critic, and miscellaneous writer; "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater,' ""Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts," "The Flight of the Kalmuck Tartars."

Sir William F. P. Napier, 1785-1860, military commander and historian; 66 History of the Peninsular War."

Mary Russell Mitford, 1786-1855, writer of descriptive tales; "Our Village."

Richard Whately, 1787-1863, Anglican archbishop of Dublin, metaphysician and philosopher; "Elements of Logic," "Elements of Rhetoric," Lectures on Political Economy."

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Theodore Edward Hook, 1788-1841, humorous novelist; "Sayings and Doings,' ""Maxwell."

Sir William Hamilton, 1788-1856, Scottish metaphysician and philosopher; "Discussions on Philosophy."

George Combe, 1788-1858, Scottish writer; "Essays on Phrenology," "The Constitution of Man."

Richard Harris Barham, 1788-1845, divine and humorist;
Ingoldsby Legends," in prose and verse.

"The

Sir Francis Palgrave, 1788–1861, historian; "History of the Anglo-
Saxons," "Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth."
The Countess of Blessington, 1789-1849, Irish writer; "Belle of a
Season,"
""Idler in Italy."

John Ramsay McCulloch, 1789-1864, Scottish political economist;
"Elements of Political Economy,"
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Dictionary of Commerce."

Frances Trollope, 1790-1863, mother of Anthony Trollope; novels and books of travel; "The Abbess," "The Widow Barnaby." Bryan Waller Procter (Barry Cornwall), 1790-1874, poet; "A Pauper's Funeral," and many short poems.

Charles Knight, 1791-1873, historian and critic; editor of Knight's "Shakespeare," "Popular History of England."

Michael Faraday, 1791-1867, eminent chemist and naturalist; "Researches in Electricity," ," "The Chemistry of a Candle."

Patrick Frazer Tytler, 1791-1849, Scottish historian and biographer; 'History of Scotland," "Life of Raleigh."

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822, poet; "Queen Mab," "The Revolt of Islam," "Prometheus Unbound," and numerous odes and sonnets. Frederick Marryatt (Captain R. N.),

1792-1848, novelist; "Jacob Faithful," "Japhet in Search of a Father," "Peter Simple," "Midshipman Easy;" many tales of the sea. Sir John F. W. Herschel, 1792-1871, astronomer and philosopher; son of Sir William Herschel; "Outlines of Astronomy,' ," "Sound and Light." Sir Archibald Alison, 1792-1867, Scottish historian and essayist; "History of Europe," "Life of Marlborough."

Felicia Dorothea Hemans, 1794-1835, poet; "Hymns for Childhood," "The Graves of a Household," many lays, lyrics, and

songs.

George Grote, 1794-1871, historian; famous for his "History of Greece."

John Gibson Lockhart, 1794-1854, son-in-law of Sir Walter Scott; Scottish critic and essayist; "Life of Napoleon," "Life of Scott," "Adam Blair," a novel.

William Whewell, 1794-1866, philosopher and author; " History of the Principles of the Inductive Sciences."

Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd, 1795-1854, jurist, essayist, and poet; "Life of Charles Lamb," "Ion," a tragedy.

Thomas Arnold, 1795-1842, Head-Master of Rugby School (father of Matthew Arnold), historian; "Lectures on Modern History."

William Howitt, 1795-1879, author of many narratives and sketches; "Two Years in Victoria," "Rural Life in England." Mary Howitt, his wife, aided him in his works.

John Keats, 1796-1821, poet; "Hyperion," "Endymion," "Ode to a Grecian Urn," and beautiful odes and sonnets.

Hartley Coleridge, 1796-1849, son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; many essays and poems.

George Robert Gleig, 1796–1888, Scottish divine and author; "The Subaltern," a novel; historic narratives, the most notable of which is his "Battle of Waterloo."

Agnes Strickland, 1796-1874, historian; "Lives of the Queens of
England and Scotland" (assisted by her sister Elizabeth).
Mary Godwin Shelley, 1797-1851, wife of the poet Shelley, daugh-
ter of William Godwin; celebrated for her tale" Frankenstein."
Samuel Lover, 1797-1868, Irish novelist; "Rory O'More," "Handy
Andy," and many other novels.

Connop Thirlwall, 1797-1875, Anglican bishop and historian; “History of Greece."

Thomas Hood, 1798-1845, humorist, essayist, and poet; "Eugene Aram," "Bridge of Sighs," "Song of the Shirt."

John Banim, 1798–1842, Irish novelist; "The O'Hara Tales," "The Smuggler."

Robert Pollok, 1799-1827, Scottish poet; "The Course of Time." George P. R. James, 1801-1860, novelist; many historical romances. John H. Newman, 1801-1890, cardinal and author; "Apologia.” Winthrop Mackworth Praed, 1802-1839, lawyer and writer; numerous essays and poems.

Hugh Miller, 1802-1856, geologist and author; "Old Red Sandstone,' 'Testimony of the Rocks."

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Alexander W. Kinglake, 1802-1891, historian; "History of the Crimean War."

Robert Chambers, 1802-1872, Scottish author and publisher; “Annals of Scotland," "History of the Rebellion of 1745." With his brother William he founded "Chambers's Journal." Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, essayist, novelist, and economist; "The Hour and the Man," an historic novel; "History of the Thirty Years' Peace," "The Laws of Man's Nature and Development." (Sister of Rev. James Martineau.)

Douglas William Jerrold, 1803-1857, humorist and playwright; author of the "Caudle Lectures," published in London Punch; "Black-eyed Susan" is his best-known play.

George Borrow, 1803-1881, traveler and novelist; "Lavengro,"

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The Romany Rye," tales of the Gypsy race.

Sir James Emerson Tennent, 1804-1869, traveler and descriptive writer; "Ceylon,' ""Modern Greece."

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1805-1881, statesman and novelist; "Vivian Grey," "Coningsby," "" Lothair." James Martineau, 1805- Unitarian clergyman; "Studies on Christianity."

Charles James Lever, 1806-1872, Irish novelist; "Harry Lorrequer," "Charles O'Malley."

Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 1806-1863, statesman and political

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philosopher; "Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion," "Credibility of Early Roman History."

John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873, logician, political economist, and philosopher; "Logic," "Political Economy," "Liberty," "Representative Government," and a fascinating "Autobiography." (Son of James Mill.)

Samuel Warren, 1807-1877, novelist; "Diary of a Physician," " "Ten Thousand a

philologist and poet, Anglican archbishop of Dublin; "The Study of Words," "English, Past and Present," "Synonyms of the New Testament." Charles Merivale, 1808-1893, English historian; "The Romans under the Empire," "Fall of the Roman Empire."

Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton, 1809-1885, poet; "Life of Keats."

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Charles Robert Darwin, 1809-1882, great naturalist and scientist; 'Origin of Species," "Descent of Man." From him Darwinism and the Darwinian school of scientific thought take their names. Martin Farquhar Tupper, 1810-1888, poet; "Proverbial Philosophy," "The Crock of Gold."

Robert Browning, 1812-1889, poet; "Paracelsus," "The Ring and the Book;" many shorter poems and lyrics,-"The Lost Leader," "In a Balcony," "How they Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix," etc. Husband of the poetess, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.