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Category Archives: Male

Samuel Johnson

May 27, 2022Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Writer

18th-century English writer, critic, editor and lexicographer whose Dictionary of the English Language had far-reaching effects on the development of Modern English.

Witches of Warboys

May 12, 2022Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, Male, Witch

Three members of the Samuel family who were executed for witchcraft in Huntingdonshire in 1593.

Essex witches

Apr 5, 2022Eric CorbettEnglish, Female, Male, WitchNot on Wikipedia

Collective name given to the 31 people accused of witchcraft in the English county of Essex between 1566 and 1589.

William James Neatby

Oct 20, 2021Daisy GraceArchitect, English, Male, Sculptor

Ceramic designer and artist born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, who trained as an architect but changed career and went to work for Burmantofts Pottery.

Frederic W. H. Myers

Jun 6, 2021Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Paranormal, Poet

English poet, classics scholar, and founder member of the Society for Psychical Research.

Nicolas Lawson, witch

May 30, 2021Eric CorbettMale, Scottish, WitchRedirect

Redirected to Pittenweem witches.

John Henry Mole

Apr 24, 2021Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Painter

English artist (1814–1886) who became a professional miniature painter in 1835, later focusing on landscapes and portraits of children.

Eyre Crowe

Apr 13, 2021Eric CorbettEnglish, Male, Painter

Victorian painter, principally of genre and historical subjects.

James Sharples

Apr 5, 2021Eric CorbettEnglish, Engraver, Male, Painter

Blacksmith and self-taught artist whose major work, The Forge, was completed in 1847.

Robert Huskisson, artist

Mar 7, 2021Georgie DarcyEnglish, Male, PainterNot on Wikipedia

English portrait painter particularly recognised for his fairy paintings.

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William Harrison Ainsworth
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