Ernest Howard Crosby (18561907) was an American reformer and author, born in New York City. He was educated at New York University and the Columbia Law School. While a member of the State Assembly (18871889), he introduced three high-license bills, all vetoed by the Governor. From 1889 to 1894 he was judge of the Court of the First Instance at Alexandria, Egypt.
Batrix Beck (14 July 1914 - 30 November 2008) was a French writer from Belgian origin. She was born at Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, the daughter of the poet Christian Beck. After several jobs, she became the secretary of Andr Gide, he encouraged her to write about her experiences: her mother's suicide, the war, her poverty, etc. Beck died in Saint-Clair-sur-Epte in 2008.
Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas K.C.B., K.C.M.G. (1853-1931), was a civil servant and historian of Welsh extraction. Lucas was born at Crickhowell, Brecon, Wales. He was the grandson of Dr. Henry John Lucas (1773-1840) and Jenetta Illtyda (1776-1821) and son of Henry Lucas. His sister, Mary Anne Lucas, married the first Baron Glanusk. Lucas was educated at Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. Lucas was called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn, on 30 April 1885.
Alex Graves is an American television writer, director and producer. He was producer, then supervising producer, then co-executive producer, then executive producer of The West Wing. In 2007, he directed the pilot episode of and executive produced the short-lived Journeyman which aired on NBC. In between, he directed the pilot episode of The Nine, also serving as an executive producer. Graves currently serves as executive producer and director of the FOX series, Fringe.
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozlia Mria Jozefa Borbla "Emmuska" Orczy de Orczi was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel. Some of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London.
Thomas Hill, (b. ca. 1528) was an astrologer, author and translator who most probably also wrote as Didymus Mountain. He was the author of the first popular book in English about gardening - The profitable arte of gardening, first published in 1563 under the title A most briefe and pleasaunte treatyse, teachynge how to dresse, sowe, and set a garden.
Eduard Pons Prades (December 19, 1920 - May 28, 2007), also known as Floreado Barsino, was a Spanish writer and historian, specializing in the 20th-century history of Spain. Pons Prades was also active in the Syndicalist Party of ngel Pestaa, a member of the Confederacin Nacional del Trabajo (CNT), and after Francisco Franco's defeat of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War, a maqui.
