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Richard Dadd

Feb 24, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Painter

English painter of the Victorian era , noted for his depiction of fairies and other supernatural subjects. Most were completed while he was an inmate of Bedlam and Broadmoor lunatic asylums.

Curate’s egg

Feb 6, 2024Eric CorbettEnglish, Idiom

English language idiom used in reference to something that is partly good and partly bad.

Mary Pannell

Feb 3, 2024Daisy GraceEnglish, Female, Witch, Yorkshire

Woman associated with witchcraft at Ledston Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Died in 1603, and is said to haunt the nearby woods.

Witch of Burslem

Nov 6, 2023Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, WitchRedirect

Redirected to Molly Leigh (witch).

Molly Leigh (witch)

Nov 6, 2023Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, Witch

Woman accused by her local rector of being a witch, but never formally charged as such.

Sarah Malcolm

Oct 7, 2023Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, Murderer

British triple murderer executed in March 1733, sketched by William Hogarth as she was waiting her execution.

C. F. Varley

Sep 4, 2023Eric CorbettEngineer, English, Male, Medium, Paranormal researcher

Pioneering English telegraph engineer and electrician, and an investigator into spiritualism.

William Holman Hunt

Aug 28, 2023Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Painter

English painter (1827–1910), one of the founding members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Anne Askew

Jul 30, 2023Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, Martyr, Writer

English writer and Protestant martyr, burnt to death in 1546.

Moses Glover

Jul 24, 2023Eric CorbettCartographer, English, Male

English cartographer (fl. 1622–1635).