People
Individuals playing a role in at least one manuscript miscellany or poem
Displaying 73–96 people out of 489 total
Charles Parr Burney
- 1785
- 1864
Anglican archdeacon; son of Charles Burney (1757–1817), grandson of Charles Burney (1726–1814); compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of love poems and occasional verse.
Frances Burney D'Arblay
- 1752
- 1840
Coteries | Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network |
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Writer; most famous for her novels, memoir of her father, Charles Burney (1726–1814), and posthumously published journals; features prominently in the manuscript verse miscellany of her sister, Charlotte Burney Francis Broome.
Robert Burns
- 1759
- 1796
Scottish poet; regarded as a pioneer of Romantic poetry; popular with miscellany compilers.
Diana Burroughs
Coteries | Burroughs-Crowfoot circle |
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Centre of the Burroughs-Crowfoot circle, possibly located in Norfolk; possibly the compiler of Beinecke Osborn c90, which features the group’s original work.
Charlotte Susan Maria Campbell Bury
- 1775
- 1861
Coteries | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury's circle |
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Novelist and diarist; famous for her anonymously published court diary Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV; compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany that reflects her life in Edinburgh before 1810.
Anne Butler
Primary compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of elegies, epitaphs, and other poems.
Charlotte Eleanor Butler
- 1739
- 1829
Coteries | Tighe family |
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Elder of the two Ladies of Llangollen, whose unconventional relationship and lifestyle made them celebrities and a source of inspiration to the Romantic poets.
Mather Byles
Probably a Harvard alumus; major author in Benjamin Church’s manuscript verse miscellany, which centres around a group of Harvard students.
John Byrom
- 1692
- 1763
Poet and creator of a system of shorthand; most famous as a writer of Anglican hymns.
George Gordon Byron
- 1788
- 1824
Poet; one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, popular with contemporary miscellany compilers.
S.C.
Attributed author of a satirical poem called “Verses on receiving a Turkey and Sausages from Mrs. Mattocks, by a young Gentleman in the fifths Form at Westminster School.”
Mary Capell
- 1782
Daughter of William, third Earl of Essex, and wife of John Forbes (1714–1796); correspondent of Thomas Birch (his correspondence at the British Library confirmsher interest in literature and also her handwriting); compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany associated with the Yorke-Grey coterie.
Elizabeth Carter
- 1717
- 1806
Poet, translator, and writer; leading member of the Bluestocking Circle; her religious poetry was very popular with miscellany compilers.
Georgiana Spencer Cavendish
- 1757
- 1806
Coteries | Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network |
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Political hostess; leading member of the Cavendish-Ponsonby-Crewe network.
Eliza Chapman
Compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany which contains poems by “Scriblerus,” apparently her suitor.
Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Pierrepont
- c1720
- 1788
Courtier and bigamist; author of a poetic petition to the Pope that was popular with miscellany compilers.
Benjamin Church
- 1734
- 1778
Graduated from Harvard College in 1754; compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of satirical poems by a group of Harvard students. A physician who became Director General of the American revolutionary army, in 1775 he was convicted of "criminal correspondence" with the British and imprisoned, then banished in 1778.
Elizabeth Church
Compiler of a manuscript verse miscellany of commonly copied poems.
Samuel Church
- 1755
- 1826
Harvard alumus; primary compiler of two manuscript verse miscellanies on religious themes.
Charles Churchill
- 1732
- 1764
Poet and satirist; known especially for the Rosciad, a satire of the London theatre scene.