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121Milnes, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton — (1809 1885) Born in London, he graduated M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1831, where he was one of the Apostles (see Rupert Brooke). He became Conservative member of Parliament for the Yorkshire constituency of Pontefract in 1837 and… …
122Murray, Sir David Of Gorthy — (1567 1629) The son of Robert Murray of Abercairny, Perthshire, he was an officer in the household to James VI of Scotland and I of Great Britain. He also served Prince Henry. Charles I bestowed upon him the estate of Gorthy, Perthshire, but… …
123Opie, Amelia — (1769 1853) She was the daughter of James Alderson, a respected physician of Norwich, Norfolk, whose wife died in 1784. In 1798 she married the painter John Opie (1761 1807), who greatly encouraged her in her writing; her novel Father and… …
124O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar — (1844 1881) Born in London, he was educated privately, and in 1861 he began working for the zoological department of the British Museum, although his appointment without much experience aroused resentment among other naturalists. He made the… …
125Robinson, Mary — (1758 1800) Mary Darby, of Irish descent, the daughter of a sea captain, was born at Bristol, and in 1774 she married Thomas Robinson. His promise of wealth was a fiction and the family spent ten months in debtors prison. The poetry she wrote… …
126Tannahill, Robert — (1774 1810) The Paisley Poet was a Scottish silk weaver, born into a weaving family from Paisley, and while at the loom he would be writing poetry in his head. Although he went elsewhere to work, he returned to Paisley to work with his mother… …
127Giacomo Leopardi — Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Born June 29, 1798(1798 06 29) Recanat …
128Churchill, Charles — (1731 1764) London born Churchill, the son of a clergyman, was educated at Westminster School, although it is uncertain that he went to Cambridge University. He was ordained more from necessity than conviction or desire and succeeded his… …
