Alexis Soyer

Alexis Soyer

male, deceased (1858)
Alexis BenoƮt Soyer was a famous French chef who became the most famous cook in Victorian London. He also tried to alleviate suffering of the I...
Isaac Butt

Isaac Butt

male, deceased (1879)
Isaac Butt (6 September 1813 - 5 May 1879) was the founder and first leader of a number of parties and organisations, including the Irish...
James Fintan Lalor

James Fintan Lalor

male, deceased (1849)
James Fintan Lalor was an Irish radical journalist and revolutionary. A leading member of the Irish Confederation (Young Ireland), was to play an...
Robert Kane

Robert Kane

male, deceased (1890)
Sir Robert John Kane (1809-1890) was an Irish chemist. His father, John Kean, was involved in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and fled for a time to...
John Blake Dillon

John Blake Dillon

male, deceased (1866)
John Blake Dillon (5 May 1814 - 15 September 1866) was an Irish writer and Politician who was one of the founding members of the Young Ireland...
William Harnett

William Harnett

male, deceased (1892)
William Michael Harnett (August 10, 1848 - October 29, 1892) was an Irish-American painter who practiced a trompe l'oeil (literally, "fool the...
James Hack Tuke

James Hack Tuke

male, deceased (1896)
James Hack Tuke (September 13, 1819 - January 13, 1896) was born at York, England, the son of Samuel Tuke. He was educated at the Religious Society...
John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly

male, deceased (1890)
John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish-born poet and novelist. As a youth in Ireland he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, for which crime...
John O'Hart

John O'Hart

male, deceased (1902)
John O'Hart (1824 - 1902) was an Irish genealogist. He was born in Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Originally he planned to join the Catholic...
Elihu Burritt

Elihu Burritt

male, deceased (1879)
Elihu Burritt (1810-1879) was an American philanthropist, linguist, and social activist born in the town of New Britain, Connecticut in 1810. He...