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- Archibald, Earl of Argyll
- The Escape of Archibald, Earl of Argyll
(Girl's Own Paper, 1892)
- Rescued by his daughter-in-law from Edinburgh Castle in 1681.
- Brandon, House of
- A Romance in the Noble House of Brandon, by E. Walford
(Girl's Own Paper, 1891)
- It's not quite clear where the "romance" comes into this account of a courtier of Henry VIII.
- Caxton
- A Wise Printer
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- A look at the 15th century printer Caxton and his contributions to the world of printing.
- Cid, El
- The Cid
(Godey's, 1833)
- Columbus, Christopher
- The Progressive Discovery of America
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- The Lotto Portrait of Columbus, by John C. Van Dyke
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- The Mystery of Columbus, by Eugene Lawrence
(Harper's Monthly, 1892A)
- Christopher Columbus, by Emilio Castelar
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- A book-length serial (77 pages).
- Columbus Relics - The Question of Genuineness
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- The Birthplace of Columbus, by Miller Christy
(Windsor Magazine, 1903A)
- The actual birthplace of Columbus is unknown; some experts say Genoa and some say Cogoleto. This article is about the latter.
- Cook, Captain
- Life of Captain Cook
(Chambers Miscellany, 1845)
- Cromwell, Oliver
- Cromwell, by Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice
(Good Words, 1902)
- de Valdes, Juan
- Juan de Valdes
(Leisure Hour, 1868)
- A Spanish nobleman and religious writer at the court of Charles V.
- Drake, Sir Francis
- A Naval Hero
(Pictorial Museum of Sport & Adventure, ca. 1890)
- Forbes, Duncan
- Duncan Forbes of Culloden, the Scottish Patriot (Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Grosteste, Robert
- Robert Grosteste
(Leisure Hour, 1868)
- Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253) was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. A. C. Crombie calls him "the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in medieval Oxford, and in some ways, of the modern English intellectual tradition." - Wikipedia
- Hudson, Jeffery
- Anecdotes of Courts, by E. Walford
(Girl's Own Paper, 1892)
- "The favourite dwarf of the English Court under Charles I and II."
- Luther, Martin
- The Story of Martin Luther
(Demorest, 1879)
- Martin Luther After 400 Years, by George P. Fisher
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Luther and His Work, by Fredric Henry Hedge
(Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
- Macallester, Oliver
- A Study of a Spy, by Andrew Lang
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1895B)
- Oliver Macallester, Esq., who may or may not have been a British spy in France in the 18th century.
- Mephisto, Cardinal
- Cardinal Mephisto
(Harper's Monthly, 1876A)
- Monmouth, Duke of
- James, Duke of Monmouth (the death of)
(Illustrated London Almanack, 1852)
- More, Sir Thomas
- Sir Thomas More
(Godey's, 1833)
- Murrell, Cunning
- A Wizard of Yesterday, by Arthur Morrison
(The Strand, 1900B)
- An account of a legendary Essex cunning-man or "wizard."
- Napoleon
- See the separate Napoleon page.
- Oxford, Earl of
- On the Descent of the Earldom of Oxford, by John Gough Nichols, Esq.
(Archaeological Journal, 1852)
- Some history of one of the oldest earldoms in England.
- Rousseau, Jean Jacques
- Rousseau
(Godey's, 1833)
- Suffolk, Duke of
- His Grace the Duke, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Century Magazine, 1898B)
- On the Duke of Suffolk, beheaded in 1554.
- Tell, William
- Altorf and William Tell, by Emma D. Southwick
(St. Nicholas, 1875)
- Try Bürglen: The Home of the William Tell Legend
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1878)
- A visit to the Swiss town that claims to be the birthplace of William Tell.
- Vespucci, Amerigo
- Amerigo Vespucci, by Eugene Lawrence
(Harper's Monthly, 1892A)
- Washington, George
- See the separate Washington page.
- William the Conqueror
- [Falaise] The Home of the Conqueror
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1891)
- The Boyhood of William the Conqueror, by Adele E. Orpen
(St. Nicholas, 1900A)
- The childhood of William the Conqueror in Falaise, France.
- Wycliffe, John
- The Morning Star of the Reformation
(Monthly Chronicle of North-County Lore and Legend, 1890)
- Dwarfs and Giants
(Leisure Hour, 1860)
- Two Female Crusoes
(Girl's Own Paper, 1883)
- The first is a woman from the Dogribbed Indian tribe, who survived for months on her own in the Arctic Circle, before being discovered by the explorer Hearne in 1771. The second is a woman found on an island off the coast of southern California; this woman's story is the basis for Scott O'Dell's book
The Island of the Blue Dolphins.
- Mistaken Identity, by H. Savile Clark (Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- Of convictions, deceptions and more involving mistaken identities, look-alikes and imposters.
- Tales of Great Families, by Edward Walford
(Girl's Own Paper, 1890, 1891, 1892)
- The First Laird of Queensberry; Bampfylde Moore Carew; Sir John Lion of Glamis; Black Agnes of Moray; The Romance of the Barony of Fairfax; The Romance of the Earldom of Perth; the Luck of Eden Hall; Elizabeth Willoughby; the Marriage of Lady Anne Carr; the O'Neills of Tyrone;
- Giants and Dwarfs
(The Strand, 1894B)
- Famous giants and dwarfs throughout history.
- See also:
- • Napoleon
- • George Washington
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