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Ambroise Pare / JacquandAMBROISE PARE French surgeon, author of books on medicine and monsters
Ambroise Pare / LarmessinAMBROISE PARE French surgeon, author of books on medicine and monsters
Newcastle / Cavendish / 1817WILLIAM CAVENDISH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE Cavalier & author of works on horsemanship
Newcastle / Cavendish / 1811WILLIAM CAVENDISH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE Royalist & author of works on horsemanship
Newcastle / Cavendish / DyckWILLIAM CAVENDISH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE Royalist & author of works on horsemanship
Maurice Baring - WriterMAURICE BARING British journalist and author. Wrote novels Cats Cradle and Daphne Adeane
H J G PatinHenri Joseph Guillaume PATIN French scholar, author, educator
Comte De Carne-MarceinLouis-Marie, COMTE DE CARNE- MARCEIN French historian and political author
George Catlin / PrairieGEORGE CATLIN American artist and author who studied American Indians; camping on the prairie
B Castiglione / LarmessinBALDASSARE CASTIGLIONE Italian diplomat, author of Il Cortegiano (The Courtier)
John Buchan / BookmanJOHN BUCHAN Scottish author and administrator, as an officer during World War One
John Buchan / Cig CardJOHN BUCHAN Scottish author and administrator
Helen KellerAmerican author and lecturer, Helen Adams Keller (1880-1968), blind, deaf and mute from the age of 19 months; with her tutor, Anne Sullivan Macy, and the actor Joseph Jefferson
Peter NicholsonPETER NICHOLSON mathematician and architect, author of The New Carpenters Guide
Thomas Otway - 1THOMAS OTWAY author, notably of Venice Preserv d
Henry Louis MenckenHENRY LOUIS MENCKEN American journalist and author, noted for his wit and scepticism, and his definitive study of the American language
John LaurenceJOHN LAURENCE Rector of Bishop Wearmouth, author on gardening
John Cam HobhouseJOHN CAM HOBHOUSE Lord Broughton statesman and author
Giov Battista GuariniGIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI Italian author of Il pastor fido (the faithful shepherd) - of Italie the glory and delight
John FlorioJOHN FLORIO English author and lexicographer, translator of Montaigne &c
Thomas Hughes / LetterA letter from the English MP and author of Tom Browns Schooldays - written on House of Commons notepaper
Ist Baron DarlingCHARLES JOHN, first baron DARLING, Lawyer, jurist, author
Sir John BowringSIR JOHN BOWRING traveller and author
Thomas Hughes PhotoTHOMAS HUGHES English jurist, reformer and writer, best known as the author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857)
Wellss World VisionAuthor H G Wellss vision of The United States of the World
Medieval AuthorGeorges Chastelain, Flemish soldier of fortune, presents his book to Charles le Temeraire, duc de Bourgogne
Murasaki ShikibuMURASAKI SHIKIBU, Japanese courtier and writer, author of the classic Genji Monagatari (Tales of Genji) generally regarded as the first novel ever written
Whooping Cough / 1883Usually starts to affect children from around the age of seven, and according to the author, affects girls more that boys
Newcastle / BocquetWILLIAM CAVENDISH DUKE OF NEWCASTLE Royalist & author of works on horsemanship. Seen here wearing an ornate lace collar. Date: 1592 - 1676
Eugene ScribeEUGENE SCRIBE Popular French author depicted with his earnings heaped around his writing-desk
Gottfried Von StrassburgGottfried von Strassburg (Godfrey of Strasbourg), German poet, author of Tristan, who died shortly before 1210
Longfellow / ChappelHENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW American writer, author of Hiawatha, Psalm of Life etc
Anna Sewell / BeerANNA SEWELL the author of Black Beauty
R D BlackmoreRICHARD DODDRIDGE English novelist, author of Lorna Doone (1869)
Francis Bacon / OrganumLORD FRANCIS BACON Viscount St Albans English philosopher, statesman and author, shown with one of his publications, Novum Organum (1620)
A a Milne / Cig CardA A MILNE the English author, best known for Winnie the Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
Sir Kenelm Digby / V DyckSIR KENELM DIGBY author, naval commander, diplomat, scientist, philosopher &c
Henry Francis LyteHENRY FRANCIS LYTE Irish divine, author of the hymn Abide with me
Samuel Smiles Le LieureSAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, at the age of 78
Samuel Smiles WalkerSAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, at the age of 58
Samuel Smiles Dag typeSAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859, at the age of 28
Samuel Smiles Carte VisSAMUEL SMILES Scottish author, best known for his book Self-Help of 1859
De Sade (Ray / 1)Donatien-Alphonse-Francois, marquis de SADE French philosopher and author
St Zeno / I MorandoSAINT ZENO Africa-born bishop of Verona, author of a book about Marys virgin birth : he opposes the Arian heresy but builds a basilica
Jan Amor TarnowskiJAN AMOR TARNOWSKI Polish military and political leader, author of Consilium rationis bellicae
Alexei Tolstoy, PhotoALEXEI TOLSTOY Russian author, a distant relative of Leo T. After 1917, a White Russian emigre in Paris, returned to USSR and became an honoured writer
Victoria Sackwille-WestVICTORIA SACKVILLE-WEST Poet and novelist. Author of The Edwardians. She married diplomat Harold Nicolson