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Leonid LeonovLEONID LEONOV Russian novelist and play- wright, author of the patriotic play Invasion written during the early stage of the Patriotic War
Robert DodsleyROBERT DODSLEY London bookseller, publisher and author in his own right
SCHILLER (1759 - 1805)FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER Statue of the German writer, poet and historian, in his hometown Marbach (Southern Germany)
Disraeli / Downey PhotoBENJAMIN DISRAELI 1st Earl of Beaconsfield English politician and author
Thomas De Quincey / MoteTHOMAS DE QUINCEY English author
Sir Thomas MoreSIR THOMAS MORE English statesman and author and his household
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, writer, best known for his Sherlock Holmes stories
Portrait bust of Casanova, adventurer and authorPortrait bust of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer and author
Man, woman and baby of Corea, Korea, 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton
Georgi Sava Rakovski (1821-1867) - a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary, freemason, writer and an important figure of the Bulgarian National Revival and resistance against Ottoman rule
Man and woman of China, 1818. Man with tobacco pipe, holding hands with a woman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal
Barbara Cartland with mother Polly and daughter RaineNovelist Barbara Cartland (right) pictured with her mother Polly Cartland, and her daughter Raine (Mrs Gerald Legge), later Raine Spencer, wife of Earl Spencer
Tom Davies booksellerThomas Davies bookshop in Russell Street. Tom Davies, bookseller, actor and author and friend of Boswell and Johnson, who amongst other works wrote The Life of Garrick (1780)
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Kazakh-Soviet officer and authorBaurzhan Momyshuly (Momish-Uly) (1910-1982) - a Kazakh-Soviet military officer and author. As an author he wrote several books - military prose, stories and novels for adults and children
Author Sue Townsend - 1Sue Townsend, 1946-2014. Writer - author of Adrian Mole books. First published The Times Date: 1988
Constance Edith Vaughan (1904 - c. 1970), better known by her pseudonym Olive Moore - aConstance Edith Vaughan (1904 - c.1970), better known by her pseudonym Olive Moore - a modernist English writer best known for three well-esteemed novels: Celestial Seraglio (1929), Spleen (1930)
Miss Inez Holden. Beatrice Inez Lisette (Paget) Holden (1903-1974) was a British writer and Bohemian social figure and journalist, also known for her association with George Orwell. Date: 1932
Richmal Crompton (1890 - 1969), English writer, best-known for her Just William series of books for children. Pictured in The Illustrated London News at the time her book
Khoikhoi man and woman, South Africa, 1818. They wear animal skins and woven skirts and stand in front of huts covered in animal hides
Man and woman of Cochin China (Vietnam) 1818. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Mary Anne Vennings A Geographical Present being Descriptions of the Principal Countries of the World, Darton
Gypsy Rose Lee, American burlesque entertainerGypsy Rose Lee (Rose Louise Hovick, 1911-1970), American burlesque entertainer, actress, author and playwright, famous for her striptease act. 20th century
The Aztec king Montezuma II and TuscaroraPortrait of Montezuma II, Aztec Emperor of Mexico, in gold crown and gorgette, and of David Cusick, a Tuscarora Baptist preacher and author, in western clothes
Teresa Feoderovna Ries sculpting a bust of Mark TwainTeresa Feoderovna Ries (18741950), Russian-born Austrian sculptor and painter, sculpting a bust of Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910), American author. circa 1898
John Bunyan in Prison writing The Pilgrims ProgressJohn Bunyan (1628-1688) - English writer and Puritan preacher - writing The Pilgrims Progress during his twelve-year imprisonment (between 1661 and 1672)
A large memorail bronze relief of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on the west wall of the Moray Aisle (1904) in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland
Col David Sutherland - British Army and Intelligence OfficerColonel David George Carr Sutherland CBE MC TD DL (1920-2006) - British Army officer, intelligence officer (1939-1977) and military author
Prince Shotoku Taishi - son of 31st Emperor Yomei-tennoPrince Shotoku (574622) - also known as Prince Umayado or Prince Kamitsumiya - a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko
Lili Alvarez - Spanish Tennis Champion at Wimbledon in 1926Elia Maria Gonzalez-Alvarez y Lopez-Chicheria, also known as Lili Alvarez (19051998) - a Spanish multi-sport competitor, an international tennis champion, an author, feminist and a journalist
Hathersage Vicarage Victorian period
Haworth Parsonage Bronte Sisters handbill / poster Victorian period
Ellen Nussey Victorian period
Anne Bronte Victorian period
Mrs Gaskell in 1851
Rev. Patrick Bronte in 1860
Emdale - Birthplace of Patrick Bronte - Victorian period
George Murray Smith Victorian period
Anne Emily and Charlotte Bronte Victorian period
Thornton Vicarage near Bradford Victorian period
Arthur Bell Nicholls circa 1867
Madame Heger taken on 3rd September 1886
Haworth Church Victorian period
Haworth in 1857
Emily Bronte Victorian period
Charlotte Bronte Victorian period
Harriet Martineau Victorian period
James Anthony Froude (hand coloured photo) Victorian period
Illustration of Jean Armour, Mrs. Robert Burns
Henry Longfellow