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Garnett, Edward

(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Edward: see Garnett, Richard. ...

Jukes

(Encyclopedia)Jukes: see Dugdale, Richard Louis. ...

Ingoldsby, Thomas

(Encyclopedia)Ingoldsby, Thomas: see Barham, Richard Harris. ...

Garnett, Constance (Black)

(Encyclopedia)Garnett, Constance (Black): see Garnett, Richard. ...

Sheridan, Frances

(Encyclopedia)Sheridan, Frances: see Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. ...

Wallace Collection

(Encyclopedia)Wallace Collection: see under Wallace, Sir Richard. ...

Ferrar, Nicholas

(Encyclopedia)Ferrar, Nicholas fĕrˈər [key], 1592–1637, English theologian. He was associated (1618–23) with the Virginia Company and, with his brother John, played a notable role in its affairs. He retired ...

Anderson, Margaret C.

(Encyclopedia)Anderson, Margaret C., 1886–1973, American author, editor, and publisher, b. Indianapolis, Ind. As editor and publisher of The Little Review (1914–29), one of the most famous of the American littl...

Stead, Christina

(Encyclopedia)Stead, Christina, 1902–83, Australian novelist, b. Rockdale, New South Wales. She worked in the United States in the 1940s, emigrated to England in 1953, then returned to Australia in 1974. Her nove...

McCay, Winsor

(Encyclopedia)McCay, Winsor, b. 1867 or 1869, d. 1934, American newspaper cartoonist and film animator, b. Canada or Spring Lake, Mich. McCay began painting signs and posters in Chicago, later drawing and writing f...