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Born January 12, 1825 • near Birmingham • England
Died July 27, 1901 (aged 76) • England
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Burnett Hillman Streeter
British theologian
Charles Simeon
British clergyman
Origen
Christian theologian
Konstantin von Tischendorf
German scholar
Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore
British theologian
Christian David Ginsburg
British biblical scholar
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English author
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
archbishop of Canterbury
Portrait of poet Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope
English author
Lord Byron
Lord Byron
British poet
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
British author
John Wilkes, engraving from a manifesto commemorating his fight against general warrants and for the liberty of the press, 1768
John Wilkes
British journalist and politician
Steele, detail of an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1711; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Richard Steele
British author and politician
Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley
British scientist
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
British poet
Southey, detail of a pencil and watercolour portrait by R. Hancock, 1796; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Robert Southey
English author
Karl Pearson
Karl Pearson
British mathematician
Arthur Young
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A.E. Housman, detail of a drawing by William Rothenstein, 1906; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
A.E. Housman
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