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Alexander Balloch Grosart

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Alexander Balloch Grosart (18 June 182716 March 1899) was a Scottish clergyman and literary editor. [1]

50 relations: Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, Blackburn, Camden Society, Chetham Society, Dublin, Editing, Edmund Spenser, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Elizabethan era, Francis Quarles, Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, Gabriel Harvey, George Herbert, Henry Huth (bibliophile), Henry More, Henry Vaughan, Herbert Palmer (Puritan), John Davies (poet), John Davies of Hereford, John Donne, John Eliot (statesman), Joseph Beaumont, Kinross, List of books for the "Famous Scots Series", Liverpool, Michael Bruce (poet), Nicholas Breton, Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, Philip Sidney, Puritans, Richard Baxter, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Richard Crashaw, Richard Gilpin, Richard Sibbes, Robert Dover (Cotswold Games), Robert Fergusson, Robert Greene (dramatist), Roxburghe Club, Samuel Daniel, Scotland, Stirling, Theology, Thomas Brooks (Puritan), Thomas Dekker (writer), Thomas Fuller, Thomas Nashe, United Presbyterian Church (Scotland), University of Edinburgh.

Abraham Cowley

Abraham Cowley (161828 July 1667) was an English poet born in the City of London late in 1618.

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Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell (31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678.

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Blackburn

Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England.

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Camden Society

The Camden Society was a text publication society founded in London in 1838 to publish early historical and literary materials, both unpublished manuscripts and new editions of rare printed books.

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Chetham Society

The Chetham Society "for the publication of remains historic and literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester" is a text publication society and registered charity (No. 700047) established on 23 March 1843.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information.

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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser (1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language.

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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (12 April 155024 June 1604) was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era.

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Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles (8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most famous for his Emblem book aptly entitled Emblems.

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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke KB PC (3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628), known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.

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Gabriel Harvey

Gabriel Harvey (c. 1552/3 – 1631) was an English writer.

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George Herbert

George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was a Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England.

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Henry Huth (bibliophile)

Henry Huth (1815–1878) was an English merchant banker and prominent bibliophile.

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Henry More

Henry More (12 October 1614 – 1 September 1687) was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.

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Henry Vaughan

Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author, translator and physician, who wrote in English.

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Herbert Palmer (Puritan)

Herbert Palmer (1601–1647) was an English Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge.

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John Davies (poet)

Sir John Davies (16 April 1569 (baptised)8 December 1626) was an English poet, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621.

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John Davies of Hereford

John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565 – July 1618) was a writing-master and an Anglo-Welsh poet.

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John Donne

John Donne (22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.

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John Eliot (statesman)

Sir John Eliot (11 April 1592 – 27 November 1632) was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he would die, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.

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Joseph Beaumont

Joseph Beaumont (13 March 1616 – 23 November 1699) was an English clergyman, academic and poet.

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Kinross

Kinross (Gaelic: Ceann Rois) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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List of books for the "Famous Scots Series"

This is a list of books published as the "Famous Scots Series" by the Edinburgh publishers, Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, from 1896 to 1905.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Michael Bruce (poet)

Michael Bruce (27 March 1746 – 15 July 1767) was a Scottish poet and hymnist.

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Nicholas Breton

Nicholas Breton (also Britton or Brittaine) (1545–1626), English poet and novelist, belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex.

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Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier

Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier was a Scottish publishing company based in the national capital Edinburgh.

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Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar, and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymnodist, theologian, and controversialist.

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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English-born politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Richard Crashaw

Richard Crashaw (c. 1613 – 21 August 1649), was an English poet, teacher, Anglican cleric and Catholic convert, who was among the major figures associated with the metaphysical poets in seventeenth-century English literature.

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Richard Gilpin

Richard Gilpin M.D. (1625–1700) was an English nonconformist minister and physician, prominent in the northern region.

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Richard Sibbes

Richard Sibbes (or Sibbs) (1577–1635) was an Anglican theologian.

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Robert Dover (Cotswold Games)

Robert Dover (1575/82–1652) was an English attorney, author and wit, best known as the founder and for many years the director of the Cotswold Olimpick Games.

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Robert Fergusson

Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 – 16 October 1774) was a Scottish poet.

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Robert Greene (dramatist)

Robert Greene (baptised 11 July 1558, died 3 September 1592) was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greenes, Groats-worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance, widely believed to contain an attack on William Shakespeare.

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Roxburghe Club

The Roxburghe Club is an exclusive bibliophilic and publishing society based in the United Kingdom.

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Samuel Daniel

Samuel Daniel (1562 – 14 October 1619) was an English poet and historian.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Stirling

Stirling (Stirlin; Sruighlea) is a city in central Scotland.

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Theology

Theology is the critical study of the nature of the divine.

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Thomas Brooks (Puritan)

Thomas Brooks (1608–1680) was an English non-conformist Puritan preacher and author.

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Thomas Dekker (writer)

Thomas Dekker (c. 1572 – 25 August 1632) was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists.

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Thomas Fuller

Thomas Fuller (1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English churchman and historian.

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Thomas Nashe

Thomas Nashe (baptised November 1567 – c. 1601) is considered the greatest of the English Elizabethan pamphleteers.

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United Presbyterian Church (Scotland)

The United Presbyterian Church of Scotland (1847–1900) was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Balloch_Grosart

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