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Background imageBiography Collection: Marconi - Master of Space, first edition biography

Marconi - Master of Space, first edition biography
Marconi - Master of Space, first edition authorised biography by B L Jacot and D M B Collier. Date: 1935

Background imageBiography Collection: John Mahon, British Communist Party district secretary

John Mahon, British Communist Party district secretary
John Mahon, London district secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain and biographer of Harry Pollitt, Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageBiography Collection: John Mahon London District Secretary Communist

John Mahon London District Secretary Communist
john, mahon, london, district, secretary, communist, communism, party, great, britain, biographer, biography, harry, pollitt, woman, admiring, poster, brick, wall, news, media, press, stories, beat

Background imageBiography Collection: Cartoon, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Byron -- Byron's reputation is besmirched by Harriet Beecher

Cartoon, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Byron -- Byron's reputation is besmirched by Harriet Beecher Stowe in her biography : England rises to the defence of its beloved poet. Date: 1869

Background imageBiography Collection: Tennessee. Memphis. Graceland Mansion to Elvis Presley (1935

Tennessee. Memphis. Graceland Mansion to Elvis Presley (1935-1977). Meditation graden. Grave of The King. USA

Background imageBiography Collection: Louis-Ernst Barrias (1841-1905). The Infant Mozart. 1891(188

Louis-Ernst Barrias (1841-1905). The Infant Mozart. 1891(1883). Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Background imageBiography Collection: Donald Campbell Memorabilia

Donald Campbell Memorabilia, including his helmet, a biogrpahy about him, a Bluebird pennant and the trophy awarded to aommemorate a new world water speed record of 216.2 mph set on Lake Mead in 1955

Background imageBiography Collection: Christopher Hibbert, writer, historian and biographer

Christopher Hibbert, writer, historian and biographer
Christopher Hibbert (1924-2008), English writer, historian and biographer, seen here at his desk in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 1960s

Background imageBiography Collection: John Galt, Writer 3

John Galt, Writer 3
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron. Date: 1779 - 1839

Background imageBiography Collection: John Galt, Writer 2

John Galt, Writer 2
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron. Date: 1779 - 1839

Background imageBiography Collection: John Galt, Writer

John Galt, Writer
JOHN GALT Scottish writer, mostly novels on Scots themes but also travels in the Levant and a biography of Byron whose bust you can see behind him. Date: 1779 - 1839

Background imageBiography Collection: William Earl Beauchamp

William Earl Beauchamp
WILLIAM LYGON first earl BEAUCHAMP The Dictionary of Biography can find nothing to say of him except that he was a nobleman domiciled in Worcestershire. Date: 1747 - 1816

Background imageBiography Collection: William 4th E Albemarle

William 4th E Albemarle
WILLIAM CHARLES KEPPEL, 4th earl of ALBEMARLE The Dictionary of National Biography doesn t consider him worth a mention, so I suppose he did nothing in particular. Date: 1772 - 1849

Background imageBiography Collection: Ja Froude / Sambourne

Ja Froude / Sambourne
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE British historian and writer, satirised for his warts-and-all biography of Thomas Carlyle Date: 1818 - 1894

Background imageBiography Collection: Frank Harris

Frank Harris
FRANK HARRIS Irish journalist, critic, author of fiction, biography, and the autobiographical My life and loves. Date: 1856 - 1931

Background imageBiography Collection: Emmeline Pankhurst, My Own Story

Emmeline Pankhurst, My Own Story
Frontispiece and title-page of Emmeline Pankhursts My Own Story Date: 1914

Background imageBiography Collection: John Watkins

John Watkins
JOHN WATKINS compiler of the Universal Biographical Dictionary, but his own biography is obscure. Date: ? - 1831+

Background imageBiography Collection: John Sterling

John Sterling
JOHN STERLING scholar and writer, greatly liked, friend of leading writers especially Carlyle who wrote a biography. Date: 1806 - 1844

Background imageBiography Collection: Georg Nikolaus Nissen

Georg Nikolaus Nissen
GEORG NIKOLAUS NISSEN who married Mozarts widow Konstanze in 1809 and collected the materials for the first biography of her husband. Date: 1761 - 1826

Background imageBiography Collection: Mark Anthony Meilan

Mark Anthony Meilan
MARK ANTHONY MEILAN Churchman, writer and translator, Sacred biography Date: CIRCA 1800

Background imageBiography Collection: James Nasmyth (frontispiece of Smiles biography)

James Nasmyth (frontispiece of Smiles biography)

Background imageBiography Collection: KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). British writer

KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). British writer
" KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). British writer, born in India. Portrait of Kipling included in the biography of " Rudyard Kipling" by Bonamy Dobree

Background imageBiography Collection: PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher

PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher
" PLUTARCH (45-125). Greek writer, philosopher and historian. Frontispiece of a French edition of the work " Life of the Noble Greeks and Romans"

Background imageBiography Collection: Slaughter of the innocents

Slaughter of the innocents

Background imageBiography Collection: Image depicting Christ in majesty

Image depicting Christ in majesty. From: Legenda sanctorum. Date: 1518

Background imageBiography Collection: Title page of the 1518 edition of the Golden legend

Title page of the 1518 edition of the Golden legend.. From: Legenda sanctorum. Date: 1518

Background imageBiography Collection: Book cover design, My Airships

Book cover design, My Airships: the Story of my Life, by Alberto Santos-Dumont, London: Grant Richards, 1904. 1904

Background imageBiography Collection: Vladimir Lenin, Russian communist leader

Vladimir Lenin, Russian communist leader
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin (1870-1924), Russian communist leader, and the house in Paris where he lived during his second exile from Russia

Background imageBiography Collection: Ernest Hamel / Gill

Ernest Hamel / Gill
Ernest Hamel (1826-1898) lawyer, writer and historian relating especially to the French Revolution and the Empire - is the author of a monumental biography of Robespierre

Background imageBiography Collection: Lindbergh Book Cover

Lindbergh Book Cover
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, American aviator : this biography presents him as a model of clean living, preparedness, courage

Background imageBiography Collection: Edith Scannell Artist

Edith Scannell Artist
EDITH MAUD SUSANNA SCANNELL an artistic lady who sadly failed to earn an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography so we don t know very much about her


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