Henry Mayhew

Henry Mayhew

male, deceased (1887)
Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform. He was one of the...
Mary Russell Mitford

Mary Russell Mitford

female, deceased (1855)
Mary Russell Mitford (December 16, 1787 - January 10, 1855), was an English novelist and dramatist. The only daughter of Dr George Mitford, or...
Albany Fonblanque

Albany Fonblanque

male, deceased (1872)
Albany William Fonblanque (1793-1872) was an English journalist. He was descended from a noble French Huguenot family, the Greniers of Languedoc,...
Tom Taylor

Tom Taylor

male, deceased (1880)
Tom Taylor (October 19, 1817 - July 12, 1880) was a dramatist and editor of Punch magazine. He was born at Bishopwearmouth, near Sunderland, in...
John By

John By

male, deceased (1836)
Lieutenant-Colonel John By (probably 7 August 1779 - 1 February 1836) was an English military engineer, best remembered for supervising the...
John Payne Collier

John Payne Collier

male, deceased (1883)
John Payne Collier, English Shakespearian critic, was born in London. His father, John Dyer Collier (1762–1825), was a successful journalist, and hi...
William Annand

William Annand

male, deceased (1887)
William Annand (Halifax April 10, 1808 - October 12, 1887 London) was a Nova Scotia publisher and politician. Annand was first elected to the Nova...
Eliza Lynn Linton

Eliza Lynn Linton

female, deceased (1898)
Eliza Lynn Linton, was a British novelist, essayist, and journalist. The daughter of a clergyman and granddaughter of a bishop of Carlisle, she...
Eyre Evans Crowe

Eyre Evans Crowe

male, deceased (1868)
Eyre Evans Crowe (1799 - February 25, 1868), English journalist and historian, was born in 1799. He commenced his work as a writer for the London...
Joseph Archer Crowe

Joseph Archer Crowe

male, deceased (1896)
Sir Joseph Archer Crowe (London October 25, 1825 - September 6, 1896), was an English consular official and art critic, whose volumes of the...