Philarchaismos; S. An eminent English antiquary; b. in Coventry (?), and educ. in the Free School of that town, where he resided till about 1831, he removed to Leamington, and d. there. Sharp, William, Jr. Englishman. An English poet and prose writer of the 18th century. Sharpe, C., Esq. Him who should best understand it. An English gentleman, of Woodbridge. Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, Esq., M.A., 1781-1851. An Amateur. A Scottish artist and author, of Edinburgh; for nearly half a century a distinguished member of the literary circles of that city, where he d., at his house in Drummond-place. Sharpe, Miss Emily. E. S. An English editor of the day. John Plowshare. Sharples, Alfred. An American author, of West Chester, Pa.; a writer on agricultural subjects. Shaw, Cuthbert, 1738-71. An Afflicted Husband; W. Seymour; Mercurius Spur, Esq. An English actor and author; b. at Ravensworth, Yorkshire; was an usher at Scorton and Richmond; then removed to London; was dissipated and extravagant; a contributor to the "Freeholder's Magazine" and other pa pers. Shaw, Donald. tish poet. Glenmore. A Scot Shaw, Henry W., 1818-. Josh Billings. An American humorist; b. at Lanesborough, Mass.; resided 25 years in the West, being successively a farmer and an auctioneer; about 1858 settled in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; and in 1863 began to write for the newspapers; now living in Brooklyn, N.Y. Shaw, Miss L. J. His Daughter. An American writer, daughter of Elder Elijah Shaw. Shaw, Peter, M.D., -1763. Fellow of a College. An English physician-inordinary to George III. Shaw, T. H. An English Churchman. An English religious writer; of St. Columb Minor, Cornwall, in 1868. Shears, Rev. Alonzo Groesbeck, A.M., M.D., 1811-. Clement; Forfer; S. G. Alphonso. An American journalist; b. in Washington, Duchess Co., N.Y.; educ. at the Wesleyan Univ., but did not graduate; founder and rector of the New Haven Suburban Home School for 17 years; editor of the New Haven 'Musical and Masonic Magazine." Shebbeare, John, M.D., 1709-88. Battista Angeloni; Ferret. An English political writer; b. in Bideford, Devonshire; lived for many years in London; and published 34 books and pamphlets. Shedd, Rev. William, A.M., 17971830. Canonicus. An American Cong. minister; b. at Mt. Vernon, N.H.; Dartmouth Coll., 1819; Andover Theol. Sem., 1823; minister of the First Church in Abington, Mass., where he died. Shee, Sir Martin Archer, Knt., D.C.L., 1770-1850. A Painter. An eminent Irish artist; b. in Dublin; President of the Royal Academy, 1830; d. at Brighton. Sheehan, John, 1831-. The Irish Whiskey Drinker; The Knight of Innishowen. An Irish barrister and poet, and a member of the English Bar (Home Circuit); for some years he settled down in his native country,- in the romantic county of Wicklow, and lived in literary ease, but has since resumed his pen. See "Notes and Queries," May, 1868, p. 514. Shelburne, William Petty, Earl of, 1737-1805. L-d Sh-lb-ne. An English statesman; a political friend of the Earl of Chatham; Prime Minister of England, 1782-83; a liberal patron of learned men, and had one of the finest libraries in the kingdom. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822. S.; John Fitzvictor; A Gentleman of Oxford; The Hermit of Marlow; My Aunt Margaret Nicholson; The Poet of Poets: Victor. An eminent English poet; b. at Field Place, Sussex; educ. at Eton and Oxford, but did not graduate; resided in Italy, near Leghorn; he was drowned in the Gulf of Lerici. Shellman, Harry J., 1843–. Puffo Smoko. An American journalist, of Indianapolis, Ind. Shelton, Rev. Frederick William, LL.D., 1814-81. Nil Admirari, Esq. An American P. E. clergyman; b. at Jamaica, L.I.; New Jersey Coll., 1834; from 1854, at Montpelier, Vt.; in 1874 et seq., at Carthage Landing, N.Y. Shelton, Mrs. Julia (Finley). Laura Lorrimer. An American "Southland" Shepard, Nathan. Shepherd, Mrs. Sophy Winthrop (Weitzel). Sophy Winthrop. An American writer of the day. Sheppard, Elizabeth Sara, 183062. Elizabeth Berger; Mme Kinkel; Beatrice Reynolds. An English novelist; daughter of a clergyman, of Blackheath; d. at Brixton. 549 Sheppard, George, about 1820-. Caleb Wilkins. An English and Canadian journalist; in 1867, resided in New York. Sheppard, Sarah. S. S. An English writer. Sherer, J. A Gold-Digger. An English writer. Sheridan, Miss Caroline. See Maxwell, Mrs. C. (S.)." Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler, 1751-1816. The Most Artful Man Alive. An eminent Irish orator, statesman, and dramatic poet; b. in Dublin; d. in London. Tom Sparkle. Sherlock, Martin. An English Trav A Citizen. Sherwood, Hon. Henry. Sherwood, John D., 1818-. Harry Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Wilson). M. E. W. S. An American novelist and writer of the day for "Appleton's Journal" and other magazines. Sherwood, Mrs. Mary (Neal). John Stirling. An American (?) writer of the day. Sherwood, Reuben, D.D., -1856. Philalethes. An American clergyman, of Shewell, John Talwin, 1782-1866. Shields, G. O. Coquina. An American sporting writer. Shields, Mrs. S. A. S. Annie Frost. Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow, 1814-. Mrs. Partington; Ruth Partington; She P. Billaber. An eminent American humorist and journalist, of Boston; b. at Portsmouth, Ñ.H., and learned the trade of a printer in Dover, N.H. Shillitoe, Thomas, about 1754-1836. T. S. An English Friend, of London; last of Tottenham; a minister for more than 50 years. Shinn, Earl. Edward Strahan. An Shipley, William Davies. A Mem- Shippen, William, 1672-1743. An English statesman; successively M.P for Bramber, Saltash, and Newton. Shipton, Anna. A. S. An English writer of the day, of hymns and devotional books. A Member of the tant. Shittler, Rev. Robert. A Clergyman of the Church of England. An English divine; Vicar of Alton Pancras, Dorset, 1842-60 et seq. Shore, A. and Louisa. A. and L. Shore, Rt. Hon. John, 1st Lord, 1752– An Shorter, Thomas. Thomas Brevior. An English poet; secretary of the Working-Men's College, London (?). Geoffrey Shorthouse, J. Henry. Monk, M.A. An English writer of the day. Shortrede, Andrew. Lieut. Abel Knockdunder, H.P. A Scottish writer Shuckburgh, Charles. A Gentleman of Gloucestershire. An English writer of the 18th century. Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, M.D., -1874. N. B. S. An American literary antiquary; b. in Boston; Harv. Univ., 1831; Harv. Med. School, 1834; practised in Boston; Mayor of Boston, 1868-70; d. in that city. Shute, Rev. Hardwick, M.A. One who Knows it. An English clergyman; Pembroke Coll., Oxford, 1836; in 1883 resident at Lilian Villa, Queen's Road, Teddington, Middlesex. Sibbald, Sir Robert, M.D., -about 1712. Sir R▬▬▬ S—. An English naturalist and antiquary; educ. at Edinburgh and at Leyden; resided chiefly in Edinburgh, and d. there. Sibley, Henry Hastings, 1811-. Hal a Dacotah; The Walker in the Pines. An American officer; major 1st Dragoons, May 13, 1861; resigned, May 13, 1861, and entered the Confederate service. Sidey, James A. F. Crucelli. A Scottish (?) humorist of the day. Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844. Lord S. An English nobleman; b. in London, and d. at the White Lodge, Richmond Park. Sidney, L. Densyli. An English Unit. writer. An Sidney, Samuel. Emigrant. English writer; for some time a resident in Australia. Sigerson, George, M.D. An Ulsterman. An Irish writer of the day, on Ireland. Sikes, Mrs. Olive (Logan), 1841–. Olive Logan; Chroniqueuse. An American actress and writer of great merit; b. in New York State; wife of W. W. Sikes, journalist, of New York City. Sikes, Rev. Thomas, M.A. A Country Clergyman. An English divine; Vicar of Gilsborough, Northants.; M.A. at Pembroke Coll., Oxford, 1792. An Sill, Richard. Charles Dirrill. English Shakespearian scholar of one hundred years ago. Siller, Miss Hulda. Hilda. An American writer, of Milwaukee, Wis. Silliman, George Joseph L. W. Hannibal. Simcox, George Augustus, M.A. A Rambler. An English dramatist; Fellow of Queen's Coll., Oxford. Simmel, August, 1815-78. August Schrader. A German novelist; b. at Wegeleben, near Halberstadt, where he was educated; about 1842 settled at Leipsic, where his first work was published, and where he died. A Simmons, George W., 1815-82. Friend to American Enterprise. An American merchant tailor, of Boston; senior proprietor of Oak Hall. Simmons, William Hammatt, A.M., 1812-41. C. Domal; Lockfast. An American; Harv. Univ., 1831; a brilliant reader and rhetorician. Simms, Jeptha Root, 1807-. An American writer; b. in Canterbury, Conn. - See "American Spy, The." Simms, William Gilmore, LL.D., 1806-70. A Collegian; Frank Cooper; Isabel; A Southron. An American writer; b. and d. at Charleston, S.C.; admitted to the Bar, 1827, but did not practise; about 1833 settled at Woodlands, near Medway. Simon, Emma (Couvely), 1848-. Emma Vely. A German author; b. at Braunfels, near Wetzler; in 1871 she married the bookseller Simon, in Stuttgart, and made their house the literary saloon for all distinguished persons who came to Stuttgart. Simond, Louis, 1767-1881. A French Traveller. Resided and travelled many years in England and the United States. Simonds, William, 1822-59. Walter Aimwell. An American journalist and writer of books for the young; b. at Charlestown, Mass.; editor and proprietor of the "Boston Saturday Rambler," 1846; and connected with the "New England Farmer.” Simons, Mrs. Lydia Lillybridge. E. L. An English poet; wife of Mr. Thomas Simons, of Maulmain (?), East Indies. Simpson, Archibald. Gillespie MacShinie. A Scottish biographer of one hundred years ago. Simpson, Mrs. Jane Cross (Bell), 1811-. Gertrude. A Scottish poet and hymn-writer, of Edinburgh; sister of Henry Glassford Bell; b. in Glasgow; author of the hymn, "Go when the morning shineth." Simpson, S. S. S. S. S. An American writer for the young. Simpson, Stephen, 1789-1854. Brutus. An American journalist; b. and d. at Philadelphia. Simpson, Thomas, 1710-61. Hurlothrumbo, etc. An eminent English mathematician; b. at Market-Bosworth, Leicestershire; Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Academy at Woolwich, 1743-60; d. at Bosworth. SI Sims, George Robert, 1847-. Dagonet. An English dramatist, ballad-writer, and journalist, of London; a principal contributor to the "Referee," a sporting and dramatic journal, of London; has recently produced a highly successful melodrama, "The Romany Rye." Sinclair, Miss Carrie Bell, 1839-. Clara. An American "Southland" poet; b. in Milledgeville, Ga.; in 1871, residing in Philadelphia. Sinclair, James. Sigma. A Scottish writer of the day. Sinclair, Sir John, 1st Bart., LL.D., The President; 1754-1835. Esq., Member of Parliament for the County A Scottish agricultural reformofer; b. at Thurso Castle, Caithness; educ. at Glasgow and Oxford; admitted to the Scottish and English Bars, but never practised; M.P., 1780-1811; shared in the publication of 367 books and pamphlets; d. in Edinburgh. Singleton, Mrs. Mary (Montgomerie Lamb). Violet Fune. An English poet; is the wife of Mr. Henry Singleton, an extensive Irish landowner. Singleton, William. A Late Teacher; A True Quaker. An English Friend, of Owlerton, near Sheffield. Vitalis. Skeffington, Sir Lumley St. George, Skelton, John. Shirley. A Scottish Skelton, Rev. Philip, 1707-87. An F. M. F. S. A British Skene, James Henry. 551 Skidmore, Harriet M. Marie; Ruhamah. An American poet of the day. Skidmore, Joseph, Senior. A. B. An English Friend, of Rickmansworth, of the first part of the 18th century. Skillman, Isaac, D.D., 1740-99. A British Bostonian. An American Baptist clergyman; b. in New Jersey; N.J. Coll., 1766; pastor at Boston, Mass., 1773-90; at Salem, N.J., 1790-99, where he died. Skinner, Miss Abby. Aunt Abbie. An American writer for the young. Skinner, Rev. George. H. H. Ber- Skinner, Rev. John, 1744-1816. A Slade, Daniel Denison, M.D., 1823-. hood. An Ameri- Sleeman, Major-General Sir William Sleeper, John Sherburne, 1794-1878. Hawser Martingale. An American seaman and journalist, of Roxbury, Mass.; b. at Tyngsboro; d. at Roxbury. Sleeper, Walter T. Uncle Walter. An American writer for the young. Slidell, Mrs. Edward. C. C. Fraser Tytler. An English writer. Sliver, W. A. Frederick Marsden. An American dramatist. Sloan, James. An American. American writer; N.J. Coll., 1805. An Slocum, Mary S. F. Willa West. An American writer of the day. Slosson, Annie T. The Youngest Member. An American writer of the day, on the fine arts. An Slote, Daniel, 1830-83. Dan. American blank-book manufacturer, of New York City. Slous, F. L. An Awkward Man. An Bricktop. An Small, Rev. John. J. S., A Presby ter of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. Smart, Benjamin, 1756-1833. T. Ramsneb; B. S****; A Lombard. An English poet and prose writer, of the parish of St. James's, Westminster; bullion merchant and refiner; d. in London. Smart, Benjamin Humphrey, about 1785. Francis Drake, Esq.; A Follower of Locke. An English elocutionist; taught elocution more than 50 years in London, from 1815, and wrote much upon grammar, logic, rhetoric, and metaphysics. Smart, Charles, M.D. Polywarp Oldfellow, M.D. An American novelist; b. in Scotland; asst.-surgeon in the late civil war, 1862-64; capt.-asst.-surg., 1866. Smart, Christopher, 1722-70. Ebenezer Pentweazle. An English poet and translator, of London; b. at Shipbourne, Kent.; Fellow of Pemberton Hall, Cambridge; d. in London. Smedley, Rev. Edward, 1789-1836. A Churchman; A Protestant. An English clergyman; b. in Westminster; Prebendary of Lincoln, 1829-36; d. at Dulwich. Smedley, Francis Edward, 1819-64. Frank Farleigh; Francis Phiz; Two Merry Men. An English novelist and journalist, of Beechwood, Great Marlow; d. at Regent's Park, London. M. Smedley, Miss Menella Bute. S. An English poet and prose writer; sister of the preceding. Smeeton, George. Guiniad Charfy. An English sporting writer. See "Saunders, James." Smith, A. W. A. W. S. An English angler. Smith, Mrs. Adolphe (Jerrold), -1882. Corisande. An English writer; daughter of Blanchard Jerrold. Smith, Albert, 1816-60. Jasper Buddle. An English humorist; b. at Chertsey; settled in London, 1841; wrote for several journals; gave public entertainments; d. at Fulham, near London. Smith, Rev. Alexander Mackay. A. M. S. An American poet; Trin. Coll., Hartford, Conn., 1872. rie. Smith, Mrs. Caroline L. Aunt CarAn American writer for the young. Smith, Mrs. Castle. Brenda. An English writer for the young. Smith, Rev. Charles. Ebenezer TomTit. An English clergyman; Minor Canon of Norwich. Smith, Charles H. Bill Arp; Dr. Helle Bore. An American humorist and Confederate States soldier. "I'm a good Union man so-called, but I'll bet on Dixie as long as I've got a dollar." BILL ARP. Smith, Charles J. The Call-Boy. An American journalist, of New York City. Smith, Charles Manby. A Journeyman Printer. An English writer. Smith, Charles William. C. W. S.; One who is really an Englishman. An English professor of elocution, of London. Smith, Charlotte. Kenner Deene. An English novelist; later than the following. Smith, Mrs. Charlotte (Turner), 1749-1806. A Solitary Wanderer. An English poet and novelist; before she was sixteen, married Mr. Benj. Smith, a West India merchant, by whom she was involved in difficulties, with her twelve children, which it required the diligent use of her pen to relieve; d. at Tetford, near Farnham, Surrey. Smith, Rev. Clement Ogle, M.A. A Priest of the English Church. An English clergyman; Corpus Christi Coll., Cambridge, 1858; Rector of Shelfanger, Diss., 1863-83 et seq. He changed his name to Rev. C. O. Blakelock. Smith, D. E., M.D. A Physician. An American physician. Smith, Edward, M.D. A London |