Author | Extract |
| Arnold Edwin | As a journalist from 1861 and editor from 1873-88 of ‘The Daily Telegraph’, he influenced the paper’s outlook with these interests... |
| Conrad Joseph | It was ultimately an ill-fated voyage; the elderly vessel had to be abandoned in the Java Sea when fire broke out in March 1883 before she could reach her destination of Bangkok... |
| Dibdin Charles | He also produced some now forgotten novels and a history of the stage... |
| Dickens Charles | The old cottage with an upturned boat for a roof built on the banks of the Thames and Medway canal could well have been the model for Mr... |
| Freeman Dr. R. | Unlike his near-contemporary... |
| Jonson Ben | Jonson is supposed to have met her while she was staying in a London inn... |
| Strindberg August | According to Freda Strindberg, her husband was so oppressed by the fussy décor of their lodgings that he felt quite unable to work... |
