Biographies.
Found in 520 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript of a biography of Sir Stamford Raffles by George Reith., [?1885-?1941.]
Including notebooks, press cuttings, an unpublished life of Sir Stamford Raffles, and lectures on ecclesiastical history.
Manuscript of a biography of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, by an unidentified author., Circa 1834.
Watermark, 1834.
Manuscript of Alexander Scott's biography of the poet William Soutar, 'Still life'., [1958, or before.]
The manuscript differs considerably from the published version. It is written in a series of eighteen notebooks with continuous foliation, and includes a few notes on vocabulary by William Soutar (folio i).
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of ‘Life and letters of Sir Gilbert Elliot, First Earl of Minto, 1751-1806’., [1874, or before.]
This fair copy of the text is in several hands and is complete to the end of volume II, chapter IV with many small divergences from the published work.
Manuscript of part 3 of ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1943-1946, 1951-1957.
Manuscript of 'Some Account of the Life of the late Colonel Hume Caldwell ... who was killed, in the 27th year of his age, in the Service of her Imperial Majesty [Maria Theresa], as he was conducting a sally from the Fortress of Schweidnitz [1762] ... To which are added Authenticated copies of some Original Papers relative to his Family'., 1775.
The 'Authenticated copies of Original Papers' chiefly concern Hume Cadwell's great-grandfather and his brother, Sir James Caldwell, 1st and 3rd Baronets of Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh. The work was written in 1775 for publication (see note on folio 17 verso), but is apparently unpublished.
Manuscript of `The Lief of the Holy Kinge St Edwarde the Confessor translated into Englishe by G.L. accordinge to the wrytten copye thereof`, being a translation of the work by Ailred of Rievaulx.
The work is preceded by a note on Ailred`s life and works, and is followed (folio 67) by a table of contents. The translator has noted a number of other sources for the history, such as John Bale, William of Malmesbury, and the Polychronicon; he has also made a few remarks, mostly opposing William Lambarde`s objections to the miracles, in the latter`s ‘Perambulation of Kent’.
Inside the front cover is the name Richard Chenery in a 17th-century hand.
Manuscript of the 'Life of Henry Dundas, Lord Melville' by John Philp Wood, in the author’s hand.
The last date mentioned, on folio 464 verso, is 1830.
Manuscript, possibly from Mount Athos, of St Dorotheus and the sermons of Isaias, with an account of the miracle performed by the Virgin at Blachernae.
Manuscript, probably Scottish, of the 'Vitae Caesarum’ of Suetonius.
The final lines, ‘pro certo habuisse’ etc., are lost.
Before the text is placed without heading Ausonius, `Caesares` (XXI Monosticha 6-41 in Karl Schenkl`s edition), which is found in other 15th-century manuscripts of Suetonius, and a list of chapters.
Ornamental initials in blue and red.
Marginalia throughout in the hand of Archibald Whitelaw, secretary to James III.
Manuscript, "Short notes of the life of Horatio Walpole, youngest son of Sr. Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, and of Catherine Shorter, his first wife", by an unidentified author., ? 1810-? 1840.
The date of the watermark of the paper of the wrapper binding is 1810. The watermark of the paper of the manuscript itself is 1840. The manuscript is written in the first person and may, therefore, be a copy of a manuscript by Walpole.
Manuscript, undated, and apparently unfinished, of a biography of Sir Charles Pasley by his grand-daughter Amelia Tyler., 19th century-early 20th century.
The biography is concerned with Sir Charles Pasley's early career in the army from 1796, his war service in the Mediterranean, Denmark, and Walcharen, and his establishment and organisation of the Royal Engineer Establishment, 1812-1818. The narrative is composed largely from extensive excerpts from Pasley's diaries and correspondence.
The manuscript lacks chapter IX (original folios 223-272).
Manuscript, written in England in the late 11th century, containing the satires of Persius, the fables of Avianus, and miscellaneous poetry and other works.
Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving., Circa 1829-1850.
Irving produced many popular and successful works throughout his writing career, most of which were published in Britain by John Murray. The manuscripts in this sequence relate to some of these works, including 'The Crayon Miscellany' and three volumes of 'A Chronicle of the conquest of Granada'. In addition, there is an incomplete manuscript for a review for the 'Quarterly Review', and a letter that contains a personal outline of his life up until 1837.
Manuscripts of biographical articles for the 8th edition of the `Encyclopaedia Britannica` by Lord Macaulay.
Essays on Atterbury, Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson, and William Pitt