William Macneile Dixon

William Macneile Dixon

William Macneile Dixon (1866-1946) was a British author and academic. Dixon was born in India, the only son of the Reverend William Dixon. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was twice Vice-Chancellor's Prizeman in English verse, Downes' Prizeman, and Elrington Prizeman, and graduated First-Class, with the First Senior Moderatorship, in the Modern Literature School, and Second Class, with the Junior Moderatorship, in the Mental and Moral Science School.

H Macneile's Books:

[No Man Land]

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Harry Lauder

Harry Lauder (1870-1950)

Sir Henry Lauder (4 August 1870 26 February 1950), known professionally as Harry Lauder, was a Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador!"

Harry Lauder's Books:

[A Minstrel In France | Between You And Me]

Charlotte Bury

Charlotte Bury

Lady Charlotte Bury (ne Campbell) (January 28, 1775 April 1, 1861) was an English novelist, who is chiefly remembered in connection with a Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV (1838).

J Bury's Books:

[A History Of Freedom Of Thought]

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Adrian Levy

Adrian Levy (1965-now)

Adrian Levy (born 1965) is an award-winning journalist who currently writes for The Guardian. Specialising in long-form investigative work, his pieces most often filed from Asia are published in The Guardian's Weekend magazine. Levy's work has also appeared in The Observer, The Sunday Times magazine, and The Mail on Sunday, as well as being syndicated in the US, Australasia and across Europe. Levy has also written three non-fiction books.

Amy Levy's Books:

[A London Plane Tree And Other Verse | A Minor Poet And Other Verse | Xantippe And Other Verse]

Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel

Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel

Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel (Amsterdam, 11 March 1549 - Alkmaar, 4 January 1612) was one of the most important writers and thinkers of the Amsterdam of the second half of the sixteenth century. He is seen as a forerunner to the Golden Age of Vondel, Hooft and Huygens. He is the strongest candidate for the unknown author of the first book on Dutch grammar, the Twe-spraack vande Nederduitsche letterkunst, which appeared in 1584. (In the past it was thought to be Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert.

E Spiegel's Books:

[The Adventures Of The U 202]

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Carl Russell Fish

Carl Russell Fish

Carl Russell Fish (1876 - 1932) was a University of WisconsinMadison Historian. Born in Central Falls, Rhode Island to Fredrick E and Louisiana N. Fish on October 17th, 1876. He claimed later in life that he wanted to be a professor since he was four years old. He graduated from Brown in 1887, and completed his Masters and Doctoral degree at Harvard University, finishing in 1898 and 1900, respectively. He was appointed Professor of History later that year at the University of WisconsinMadison. He served in a factory during World War I, then visited England in the fall of 1917 to direct the [American University Club]. There he met Rudyard Kipling, John Masefield, John Singer Sargent, Lady Astor, and James Bryce, all of whom he considered friends. After he returned, he married Miss Jeanne l'Hommedieu of Madison, WI in 1919. He was again a Professor at University of WisconsinMadison again upon his return until his death of pneumonia after finishing teaching his summer semester classes in 1932. He was a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, and a member of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Delta Chi fraternities, as well as the University and Madison clubs at the University. Fish was known for a bright red jacket he used to wear, especially when he spoke before school football games. He could sometimes be seen running cross country on campus, which he did for exercise. Courses he taught included American History, and "Representative Americans," about specific figures in American History. He was widely acclaimed as a Professor by his students, who said he made history live, and that he always had another anecdote about a famous historical figure.

Carl Russell Fish's Books:

[The Path Of Empire | The Path Of Empire A Chronicle Of The United States As A World Power]

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935)

Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 - April 6, 1935) was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.

Edwin Arlington Robinson's Books:

[Children Of The Night | The Man Against The Sky | Merlin | Modred A Fragment | The Children Of The Night | The Three Taverns | The Town Down The River]

George P Putnam

George P Putnam (1887-1950)

George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, author and explorer. Known for his marriage to and being the widower of Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.

George Palmer Putnam's Books:

[In The Oregon Country]

Harl Vincent

Harl Vincent

Harl Vincent (October 19, 1893-May 5, 1968) was the publication name of Harold Vincent Schoepflin, an American mechanical engineer and science fiction author. He was published regularly in science fiction "pulp"-quality magazines.

Harl Vincent's Books:

[Creatures Of Vibration | The Copper Clad World]

Allen Upward

Allen Upward

Allen Upward (18631926) was a poet, lawyer, politician and teacher. His work was included in the first anthology of Imagist poetry, Des Imagistes, which was edited by Ezra Pound and published in 1914. Upward was brought up as a member of the Plymouth Brethren and trained as a lawyer at the Royal University of Dublin. While living in Dublin, he wrote a pamphlet in favour of Irish Home Rule. Upward later worked for the British Foreign Office in Kenya as a judge.

Allen Upward's Books:

[The International Spy | Athelstane Ford | The Queen Against Owen]

Bob De Groot

Bob De Groot (1941-now)

Bob de Groot was born on 26 October 1941 in Brussels, to Dutch and French parents and is a Belgian comics artist and writer.

G De Groot's Books:

[Schetsen Uit Napels En Omgeving]

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Elisabeth Ogilvie

Elisabeth Ogilvie

Elisabeth Ogilvie (May 20, 1917 - September 9, 2006) was an American writer. She was born in Boston and grew up in Dorchester, Quincy, and Roxbury. She spent her summers on the coast of Maine. She attended schools in Dorchester and Mount Wollaston, graduating from North Quincy High School in 1934. Later she took writing courses at Harvard University. Elisabeth Ogilvie wrote High Tide at Noon in 1944 her first of nine novels in the Bennett Island families series.

D Ogilvie's Books:

[The Fife And Forfar Yeomanry]

Arthur Owen Vaughan

Arthur Owen Vaughan

Arthur Owen Vaughan DSO OBE DCM (1863 - 1919) also known by his bardic name Owen Rhoscomyl was an English-born writer, soldier and Welsh nationalist. Born as Robert Scourfield Mills in England, Owen Rhoscomyl was influenced by his Welsh grandmother and became a notable patriot to Wales and its history.

Arthur Owen Vaughan's Books:

[Old Hendrik Tales]

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Carlos Thorne Boas

Carlos Thorne Boas (1923-now)

Carlos Thorne (born 1923) is a Peruvian novelist, writer and lawyer. He is regarded as one of the most original and innovative Peruvian writers of the second half of the 20th century. This is due to his unique blend of avant garde flashback techniques, following Malcolm Lowry and James Joyce, with historical detail and accuracy, to the point of reproducing the Spanish of the Conquistadores.

F Boas's Books:

[The Tragedy Of Caesar Revenge]

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A M W Stirling

A M W Stirling

A.M.W. Stirling (18651965) was the author of several books dealing mostly with the lives and reminiscences of the British landed gentry of Yorkshire. She was also the founder of the De Morgan Centre for the Study of 19th Century Art and Society. Her name at birth was Anna Marie Diana Wilhelmina Pickering, the daughter of Anna Marie Wilhelmina Spencer-Stanhope and her husband, Perceval Pickering. She was the sister of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan and the niece of John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope, both pre-Raphaelite painters, and her writings are a uniquely valuable if sometimes questionable source of biographical information for them.

A W Stirling's Books:

[The Letter Bag Of Lady Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope V I]

Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert (1920-1986)

Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 - February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. Although a short story author, he is best known for his novels, most notably Dune and its five sequels. The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, deals with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics and power. Dune itself is the "best-selling science fiction novel of all time," and the series is widely considered to be among the classics in the genre.

Frank Herbert's Books:

[Missing Link | Old Rambling House | Operation Haystack]

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)

Isaac Asimov was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 9,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System. Isaac Asimov is widely considered a master of hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, an accolade that many still find persuasive. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. The prolific Asimov also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as much non-fiction. Most of his popular science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery, as well as numerous works on astronomy, mathematics, the Bible, William Shakespeare's works and, of course, chemistry subjects. Asimov was a long-time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs. " He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, a crater on the planet Mars, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, New York elementary school, and one Isaac Asimov literary award are named in his honor.

Isaac Asimov's Books:

[Youth]

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Robert Dale Owen

Robert Dale Owen (1801-1877)

Robert Dale Owen (November 7, 1801-June 24, 1877) was a longtime exponent in his adopted United States of the socialist doctrines of his father, Robert Owen, as well as a politician in the Democratic Party. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Owen emigrated to the United States in 1825, and helped his father create the Utopian community of New Harmony, Indiana. After the community failed, Owen returned briefly to Europe, then moved to New York City and became the editor of the Free Enquirer, which he ran from 1828 to 1832. Owen's Moral Physiology, published in 1830 or 1831, was the first book to advocate birth control in the United States. Along with Fanny Wright, he was an intellectual leader of the Working Men's Party. In contrast to many other Democrats of the era, Owen and Wright were opposed to slavery, though their artisan radicalism distanced them from the leading abolitionists of the time. (Lott, 129) He returned 1833 to New Harmony, Indiana, and served in the Indiana House of Representatives twice (1835-1838; 1851-1853). After two unsuccessful campaigns, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1842, and served from 1843 to 1847. While in Washington, he drafted the bill for the founding of the Smithsonian Institution. Owen was elected a member of the Indiana Constitutional Convention in 1850, and was instrumental in securing to widows and married women control of their property, and the adoption of a common free school system. He later succeeded in passing a state law giving greater freedom in divorce. In 1853, Franklin Pierce appointed Owen as United States minister at Naples. After leaving that post in 1858, Owen retired from political life, but remained an active intellectual. He wrote to President Lincoln on September 7, 1862, urging him to end slavery on moral grounds. A few days later the Emancipation Proclamation was read to the Cabinet. In March 1865, he submitted a radical initial draft of the Fourteenth Amendment that was eventually modified into the final draft. He was a strong believer in Spiritualism (despite admitting having been duped into believing in a spirit named "Katie King") and was the author of two well-known books on the subject: Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World (1859) and The Debatable Land Between this World and the Next (1872). Owen died at his summer home in Lake George, New York, and was buried in New Harmony, Indiana. The town of Dale, Indiana was named after him.

Dale Owen's Books:

[Captain Wheatcroft]

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Elizabeth Page

Elizabeth Page

Elizabeth Page is an American television soap opera writer. She has written for soaps for nearly 15 years.

Elizabeth Fry Page's Books:

[Edward Macdowell]

Armando Palacio Valds

Armando Palacio Valds (1853-1938)

Armando Palacio Valds (1853-1938) was a Spanish novelist and critic.

D Armando Palacio Valds's Books:

[El Idilio De Un Enfermo]

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Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie (1822-1892)

Alexander Mackenzie, PC (January 28, 1822 April 17, 1892), a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878.

Alexander Mackenzie's Books:

[History Of The Mackenzies | The Celtic Magazine Vol 1 No 1 November 1875 | The Celtic Magazine Vol 1 No 2 December 1875 | The Celtic Magazine Vol 1 No 3 January 1876]

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Gildas Sapiens

Gildas Sapiens

Gildas (c. 500 570) was a 6th-century British cleric. He is one of the best-documented figures of the Christian church in the British Isles during this period. His renowned learning and literary style earned him the designation Gildas Sapiens (Gildas the Wise). His work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, which contains narratives of the post-Roman history of Britain, is the only substantial source for history of this period written by a near-contemporary. He was ordained in the Church, and in his works favours the monastic ideal. Fragments of letters he wrote reveal that he composed a Rule for monastic life that was somewhat less austere than the Rule written by his contemporary, Saint David, and set suitable penances for its breach.

Gildas Sapiens's Books:

[On The Ruin Of Britain]

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Henrik Wergeland

Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845)

Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the development of a distinctly Norwegian literary heritage and of modern Norwegian culture. Though Wergeland lived to 37 years old, his range of pursuits covered literature, theology, history, contemporary politics, social issues, and science. His views were controversial in his time, and his literary style was variously denounced as subversive.

Henrik Wergeland's Books:

[Den Engelske Lods | Jan Van Huysums Blomsterstykke]

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Ernst Jnger

Ernst Jnger (1895-1998)

Ernst Jnger (March 29, 1895 - February 17, 1998) was a German writer. In addition to his novels and diaries, he is well known for Storm of Steel, an account of his experience during World War I. Many regard him as one of Germany's greatest modern writers and a hero of the conservative revolutionary movement following World War I. Others dismiss him as a militarist or reactionary.

Ernst Jnger's Books:

[In Stahlgewittern]

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Edward Taylor Scott

Edward Taylor Scott

Edward Taylor "Ted" Scott (15 November 1883 - 22 April 1932) was a British journalist, who was editor and briefly co-owner of the Manchester Guardian, and the younger son of its legendary editor-owner C. P. Scott. After a brief spell at the University of Oxford, Ted Scott attended the London School of Economics, and eventually took a University of London external degree, having left the LSE to work as private secretary to Sidney Olivier, the governor of Jamaica.

Edward Taylor's Books:

[Ted Strong In Montana | Ted Strong Motor Car]

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Isaac Taylor Headland

Isaac Taylor Headland

Isaac Taylor (1787 - 1865) was an English philosophical and historical writer, artist, and inventor.

Isaac Taylor Headland's Books:

[Court Life In China | The Chinese Boy And Girl]

Frederich Schiller

Frederich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 - 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Die Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.

Frederich Schiller's Books:

[Demetrius play | Fiesco | The Robbers]

Jan Neruda

Jan Neruda

Jan Nepomuk Neruda (9 July 1834 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer and poet, one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of "the May school".

Jan Neruda's Books:

[The Vampire]

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Edmond Hamilton

Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)

Edmond Moore Hamilton (October 21, 1904 - February 1, 1977) was an American author of science fiction stories and novels during the mid-twentieth century. http://www. pulpgen. com/pulp/edmond_hamilton/ Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated from high school and started college at the age of 14-but washed out at 17.

Edmond Hamilton's Books:

[City At World End | The Door Into Infinity | The Monster God Of Mamurth]

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George Randolph Chester

George Randolph Chester

George Randolph Chester (January 27, 1869 February 26, 1924) was an American writer. He was the author of such popular works such as Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford and "Five Thousand an Hour: How Johnny Gamble won the heiress" that were made into silent films within his lifetime.

George Randolph Chester's Books:

[Five Thousand An Hour | The Early Bird]

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Amy Carmichael

Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)

Amy Wilson Carmichael (16 December 1867 - 18 January 1951) was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for 55 years without furlough and wrote many books about the missionary work there.

Amy Wilson Carmichael's Books:

[Things As They Are]

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Gene Stratton Porter

Gene Stratton Porter

Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She wrote some best-selling novels and well-received columns in national magazines, such as McCalls. Her works were translated into several languages, including Braille, and Stratton-Porter was estimated to have 50 million readers around the world.

Gene Stratton Porter's Books:

[A Daughter Of The Land | A Girl Of The Limberlost | At The Foot Of The Rainbow | Freckles | Her Father Daughter | Laddie A True Blue Story | Michael Ohalloran | Moths Of The Limberlost | The Harvester | The Song Of The Cardinal]

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