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- Armstrong, Samuel Chapman
- Samuel Chapman Armstrong, by John H. Denison
(Atlantic Monthly, 1894)
- Founder of America's Hampton University.
- Bancroft, Hubert Howe
- A Great Historical Enterprise, by Noah Brooks
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- The founding of Bancroft's library of materials on Latin America.
- Baring-Gould, Rev. S.
- A Chat with Rev. S. Baring-Gould, by Frederick Dolman
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Use the search box to locate articles by S. Baring-Gould on this site.
- Bentham, Jeremy
- Jeremy Bentham
(Atlantic Monthly, 1865)
- English philosopher, jurist and reformer.
- Blackie, Professor
- Professor Blackie: Illustrated Interviews, by Harry How
(The Strand, 1892A)
- A Scottish scholar of the classics.
- Broderip, William John
- William John Broderip (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Buckland, Francis
- A Man Who Loved Nature
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)
- Bulow, Mme. The Baroness de Marenholz-von
- A Friend of the Kindergarten
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- The death of a woman "identified with the most progressive educational movement on the Continent."
- Burroughs, John
- John Burroughs and His Last Two Books, by Edith M. Thomas
(Century Magazine, 1886B)
- For a collection of nature articles by Burroughs, visit the Burroughs page in the Nature section.
- Carlyle, Thomas
- Thomas Carlyle
(Leisure Hour, 1868)
- The famous historian.
- Thomas Carlyle
(Harper's Monthly, 1881A)
- Thomas Carlyle in Ireland
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- The writer's diary of an Irish journey.
- The Correspondence of Carlyle and Emerson, by Henry James, Jr.
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Thomas Carlyle, by John Burroughs
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Carlyle and Ruskin - Two Letters
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- The Handwriting of Thomas Carlyle, by J. Holt Schooling
(The Strand, 1894B)
- Some Letters and Conversations of Thomas Carlyle, by Edward Strachey
(Atlantic Monthly, 1894)
- Clough, Anne
- The First Principal of Newnham College, by Eugenia Skelding
(Atlantic Monthly, 1893)
- Newnham College was the second Cambridge college, after Girton, to admit women.
- Cooper, Peter
- Recollections of Peter Cooper, by Susan N. Carter
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- The head of the Woman's Art School in New York.
- Curwen, John
- John Curwen and the Tonic Sol-Fa Movement, by James C. Hadden
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1883)
- The founder of a popular method of teaching the art of singing.
- Edwards, Amelia
- Drawings by Amelia Edwards
(Girl's Own Paper, 1893)
- A collection of sketches by Amelia Edwards, writer and Egyptologist (and one of the inspirations for Elizabeth Peters' "Amelia Peabody").
- A Few Personal Notes of Amelia Blandford Edwards, by Esther Du Bois
(Girl's Own Paper, 1898)
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- The Homes and Haunts of Emerson
(Scribners, 1879A)
- George Eliot and Emerson
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Emerson's Personality, by Emma Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Emerson, by Edmund C. Stedman
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Early Letters of Emerson, by Mary S. Withington
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Emerson's Talks with a College Boy, by Charles J. Woodbury
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- Mary Moody Emerson, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's aunt.
- Froude, James Anthony
- James Anthony Froude
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- "James Anthony Froude, who has been recently appointed to succeed the late Professor Freeman to the chair of Modern History at Oxford, is the most brilliant man of letters now living among us."
- Germain, Sophie
- Sophie Germain: An Unknown Mathematician, by Christine Ladd Franklin
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Marie-Sophie Germain (1776-1831) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. One of the pioneers of elasticity theory, she won the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her essay on the subject. Her work on Fermat's Last Theorem provided a foundation for mathematicians exploring the subject for hundreds of years after. - Wikipedia
- Gibbon, Edward
- Edward Gibbon, by W.D. Howells
(Atlantic Monthly, 1878)
- Hullah, John
- An Apostle of Music, by Frederick Crowest
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1886)
- Hullah established a system of teaching music teachers so that music could be taught to children in schools.
- Reminiscences of John Hullah, LLD
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1887)
- Kovalevsky, Sonia
- Notable Women: Sonia Kovalevsky, by Isabel F. Hapgood
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya, born Sofia Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya (1850–1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics. She was the first major Russian female mathematician and a pioneer for women in mathematics around the world. She was the first woman appointed to a full professorship in Northern Europe and was also one of the first women to work for a scientific journal as an editor. - Wikipedia
- Lewis, Rev. Thomas Taylor
- Rev. Thomas Taylor Lewis - Geologist (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Locke, John
- John Locke [Philosopher], by Prof. Charles Murray-Nairne
(Harper's Monthly, 1876B)
- Loftus, W. Kennett
- W. Kennett Loftus - Archaeologist (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Macauley, Lord
- Lord Macauley
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- British historian and Whig politician.
- Lord Macauley and His Friends
(Harper's Monthly, 1876B)
- Markham, Sir Clements
- Sir Clements Markham and the Royal Geographical Society: Illustrated Interviews, by William G. FitzGerald
(The Strand, 1987A)
- Martineau, Harriet
- Harriet Martineau
(Demorest, 1879)
- British social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist.
- Harriet Martineau
(Harper's Monthly, 1876B)
- McCosh, James
- James McCosh, President of Princeton College, by John van Cleve
(Century Magazine, 1887A)
- Muir, John
- John Muir, by John Swett
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier, by John Muir (Century Magazine, 1897B)
- John Muir's delightful account of very nearly being trapped on an Alaskan glacier with a small dog named "Stickeen."
- Murray, Alexander
- A Self-Taught Linguist
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Owen, Sir Richard
- Sir Richard Owen and His Work, by William Durham
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- Author of A History of British Fossil Reptiles, responsible for shedding a great deal of light upon the fossil history of Britain.
- Palmer, Alice Freema n
- Alice Freeman Palmer, by Kate Upson Clark (Ladies' Home Journal, 1892)
History professor and trustee of Wellesley University.
- Parkman, Francis
- Francis Parkman, by James Russell Lowell
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- An American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America.
- Prescott, William Hickling
- William Hickling Prescott (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- American historian.
- Ruskin, John
- John Ruskin, by W.J. Stillman
(Century Magazine, 1888A)
- The Work of John Ruskin: Its Influence Upon Modern Thought and Life, by Dr. Charles Waldstein
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- Carlyle and Ruskin - Two Letters
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1892A)
- The Handwriting of John Ruskin, by J. Holt Schooling
(The Strand, 1895B)
- Ruskin's "Isola," by W.G. Collingwood
(Good Words, 1902)
- Stedman, Edmund Clarence
- Edmund Clarence Stedman, by Royal Cortissoz
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (October 8, 1833 – January 18, 1908) was an American poet, critic, essayist, banker, and scientist. - Wikipedia
- Stradling, William
- William Stradling (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Thoreau, Henry David
- April Days: Extracts from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
(Atlantic Monthly, 1878)
- Henry D. Thoreau, by John Burroughs
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Thoreau and His English Friend Thomas Cholmondeley, by F.B. Sanborn
(Atlantic Monthly, 1893)
- Warre, Rev. Edmond
- Rev. Edmond Warre, The Head Master of Eton - Illustrated Interviews, by Rudolph de Cordova
(Strand, 1901A)
- Welldon, The Rev. J.E.C.
- The Rev. J.E.C. Welldon, Headmaster of Harrow: Illustrated Interviews, by Harry How
(The Strand, 1892B)
- Woolsey, Dr. Theodore Dwight
- The Academic Career of Ex-President Woolsey, by George P. Fisher
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- The former president of Yale University.
- The Philosophers' Camp, by W.J. Stillman
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- Emerson, Agassiz, Lowell and others in a camp in the Adirondacks.
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