Conington, John — (1825 1869) Translator, s. of a clergyman at Boston, Lincolnshire, where he was b., ed., at Rugby and Magdalen and Univ. Coll., Oxf., and began the study of law, but soon relinquished it, and devoting himself to scholarship, became Prof. of… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
John Conington — (August 10, 1825 ndash; October 23, 1869) was an English classical scholar.He was born at Boston in Lincolnshire, and is said to have learned the alphabet at fourteen months, and to have been reading well at three and a half. He was educated at… … Wikipedia
John Addington Symonds — (October 5 1840 April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of male love which included for him pederastic as well as egalitarian relationships, and which he would refer to as l amour de l… … Wikipedia
Charles John Vaughan — Nolo episcopari Chromolithograph caricature of Vaughan in Vanity Fair, 24 August 1872 Charles John Vaughan (August 16, 1816 – October 15, 1897), was an English scholar and churchman. He was educated at Rugby School and Cambridge, where he was… … Wikipedia
William John Woodhouse — (7 November 1866 ndash;26 October 1937), classical scholar and author.Woodhouse was the son of R. Woodhouse, was born at Clifton, Westmorland, England. He was educated at Sedbergh School and won an open exhibition to Queen s College, Oxford. He… … Wikipedia
WOODHOUSE, William John (1866-1937) — classical scholar son of R. Woodhouse, was born at Clifton, Westmorland, England, on 7 November 1866. He was educated at Sedbergh Grammar School and won an open exhibition to Queen s College, Oxford. He graduated with a first class in classical… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
List of Empire ships (Co–Cy) — The Empire ships were a series of ships in the service of the British Government. Their names were all prefixed with Empire. Mostly they were used during the Second World War by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT), which owned the ships but… … Wikipedia
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Charles Gilbert Heathcote — (2 March 1841 15 November 1915) was an English barrister, tennis player and amateur painter. He was one of the founders of the All England Club, and played in the first Wimbledon Championships in 1877 Heathcote was born at Conington Castle,… … Wikipedia
Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire — A map of Cambridgeshire, showing the Districts, clockwise from the top left: Peterborough; Fenland; East Cambridgeshire; South Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; and Huntingdonshire. A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the low … Wikipedia