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Rolt, Frederick

Frederick Rolt (1826–1895); solicitor.

Strutt, John William

John William Strutt, third Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919); experimental and mathematical physicist.

Lockyer, Joseph Norman

Sir (Joseph) Norman Lockyer (1836–1920); astronomer and journal editor.

Sanderson, John Scott Burdon

Sir John Scott Burdon Sanderson, baronet (1828–1905); pathologist and physiologist.

Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke

Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, first baronet (1810–1895); Assyriologist and diplomatist.

Kitchin, George William

George William Kitchin (1827–1912); scholar and dean of Durham.

Farrar, Frederic William

Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903); dean of Canterbury, novelist and philologist.

Warren, Charles

Sir Charles Warren (1840–1927); army officer, police commissioner and archaeologist.

Wilson, Charles William

Sir Charles William Wilson (1836–1905); army officer.

Hollingshead, John

John Hollingshead (1827–1904); journalist and theatre manager.

Russell, William Howard

Sir William Howard Russell (1820–1907); journalist.

Pollock, William Frederick

Sir William Frederick Pollock, second baronet (1815–1888); lawyer and author.

Authors' Syndicate, The

A literary agency, assisting authors in placing manuscripts with publishers. Management was voluntary and unpaid, and there was a separate Council for…

Report of the Proceedings at the Dinner Given by the Society of Authors to American Men and Women of Letters at the Criterion Restaurant, on Wednesday, July 25, 1888 (1888)

A report listing attendees and offering a transcription of all of the speeches given at the dinner.

The Society of French Authors (La Société Des Gens De Lettres): Its Foundation and its History (1889)

Written by Samuel Squire Sprigge, providing a history of the French Society of Authors (founded in 1829). Offers an overview of the legal and…

The Contract of Publication in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland (1896)

A synopsis of publication in several European countries which follow the German Code of Commerce, written by Ernst Lunge.