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| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Abp. Abbot | Abbot, Abp. George (English divine) (1562-1633) | |
| Abbott | Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830-1890) | |
| E. A. Abbott | Abbott, Edwin Abbott (Eng. author) (1838-1926) | |
| L. Abbott | Abbott, Lyman (Am. clergyman) (1835-1922) | |
| Ld. Abinger | Abinger, Sir James Scarlett, Ld. (English advocate) (1769-1844) | |
| Abney | Abney, Capt. Wm. de Wiveleslie (English writer on photog.) (1843-1920) | |
| James Adair | Adair, James (Indian trader) | |
| J. Adams | Adams, John (Pres. U. S.) (1735-1826) | |
| J. Q. Adams | Adams, John Quincy (Pres. U. S.) (1767-1848) | |
| S. F. Adams | Adams, Sarah Flower (Eng. hymn writer) (1805-1848) | |
| T. Adams | Adams, Thomas (Eng. divine) (1588?-1655?) | |
| Adanson (Trans.) | Adanson, Michel (Fr. naturalist) (1727-1806) | |
| Addis & Arnold | Addis, Wm. E., and Arnold, Thomas. | |
| Addison | Addison, Joseph (Eng. essayist) (1672-1719) | |
| L. Addison | Addison, Lancelot (Eng. author) (1632-1703) | |
| Adventurer | Adventurer (English journal, 1752-1754.) | |
| Agassiz | Agassiz, Louis John Rudolph (Swiss geol. and nat. in Am.) (1807-1873) | |
| Ainsworth | Ainsworth, Robert (Eng. lexicog.) (1660-1743) | |
| W. H. Ainsworth | Ainsworth, Wm. Harrison (Eng. novelist) (1805-1882) | |
| Akenside | Akenside, Mark (Eng. poet) (1721-1770) | |
| Albany Evening Journal | Albany Evening Journal (estab. 1830 by T. Weed.) | |
| J. A. Alexander | Alexander, Joseph Addison (Am. biblical commentator) (1809-1860) | |
| J. W. Alexander | Alexander, James Waddell (Am. preacher) (1804-1859) | |
| Mrs. Alexander | Alexander, Annie F. Hector (Brit. novelist) (1825-) | |
| P. P. Alexander | Alexander, Patrick Proctor (Scot. author) (1824-1886) | |
| W. L. Alexander | Alexander, Wm. Lindsay (Scot. theologian) (1808-1883) | |
| Alford | Alford, Henry, Dean of Canterbury (Eng. poet) (1810-1871) | |
| Alison | Alison, Sir Archibald (Brit. hist.) (1792-1867) | |
| Allen's (Mass.) Rpts. | Allen, Charles (Am. jurist) (1827-) | |
| A. V. G. Allen | Allen, Alex. Viets Griswold (Am. theologian) (1841-) | |
| D. O. Allen | Allen, David Oliver (Am. missionary) (1799-1863) | |
| J. Allen (1761) | Allen, John, of St. Mary Magdalen Hall, Oxford (Eng. divine). | |
| Allibone | Allibone, Samuel Austin (1816-1889) | |
| The American | The American (a weekly journal pub. in Phila.) | |
| Am. Chem. Journal | American Chemical Journal (bi-monthly, estab. 1879). | |
| Amer. Cyc. | American Cyclopædia, with supplement, 1883. | |
| Ames | Ames, Fisher (Am. statesman) (1758-1808) | |
| Anacharsis | Anacharsis (Scythian philos.) (fl. 6th c. B. C.) | |
| Anderson (1573) | Anderson, Anthony (Eng. divine) ( -1593) | |
| Andrews | Andrews, Ethan Allen (Am. scholar) (1787-1858) | |
| L. Andrews | Andrews, Lancelot (Eng. bishop) (1555-1626) | |
| Angell | Angell, Joseph K. (Am. law writer) (1794-1857) | |
| A. S. Chron. | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. | |
| Angus | Angus, Joseph (Eng. author) (1816-) | |
| Annandale | Annandale, Charles (Eng. lexicographer). | |
| Anson | Anson, Ld. Geo. (1697-1762) | |
| Ansted | Ansted, David Thomas (Eng. geol.) (1814-1880) | |
| F. Anstey | pseud. of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (Eng. novelist) (1856-) | |
| Anti-Jacobin | Anti-Jacobin Review and Mag. (Eng. pub., 1798-1821). | |
| Arbuthnot | Arbuthnot, John (Brit. author) (1667-1735) | |
| Arch. Pub. Soc. | Dict. of Arch. Issued by Architectural Pub. Soc. of Lond. | |
| Arden of Feversham | Arden of Feversham (anon. historical tragedy, 1592.) | |
| Duke of Argyll | Argyll, Geo. J. Douglas Campbell, eighth duke of (Brit. author) (1823-1900) | |
| Armstrong | Armstrong, John (Scot. physician and poet) (1709-1779) | |
| E. Arnold | Arnold, Sir Edwin (Eng. poet) (1832-) | |
| M. Arnold | Arnold, Matthew (Eng. poet and essayist) (1822-1888) | |
| T. Arnold | Arnold, Thomas (Eng. historian) (1795-1842) | |
| Arnould | Arnould, Joseph. (1815-1886) | |
| Arnway | Arnway, John (Eng. Royalist) (1601-1653) | |
| Ascham | Ascham, Roger (Eng. scholar) (1515-1568) | |
| Ash | Ash, John (Eng. lexicographer) (1724-1779) | |
| Ashmole | Ashmole, Elias (Eng. antiquary) (1617-1692) | |
| J. Ashurst | Ashurst, John (Am. surgeon) (1839-) | |
| Astle | Astle, Thomas (Eng. antiquary) (1735-1803) | |
| Sir R. Atkyns (1712) | Atkyns, Sir Robert (Eng. hist. writer) (1647-1711) | |
| Atlantic Monthly | Atlantic Monthly (estab. in Boston, 1857) | |
| Atterbury | Atterbury, Francis (Eng. bishop) (1662(3?)-1732) | |
| L. H. Atwater | Atwater, Lyman Hotchkiss (Am. mental philosopher) (1813-1883) | |
| Aubrey | Aubrey, John (Eng. antiquary) (1626-1697) | |
| Audsley | Audsley, George Aschdown (Eng. architect) (1838-) | |
| Audubon | Audubon, John James (Am. naturalist) (1780-1851) | |
| Prof. August | August, Ernest Ferdinand (Ger. mathematician) (1795-1870) | |
| Jane Austen | Austen, Jane (Eng. novelist) (1775-1817) | |
| Ayliffe | Ayliffe, John (Eng. jurist) (1676-1732) | |
| Bp. Aylmer | Aylmer, Bp. John (Eng. prelate) (1521-1594) | |
| Aytoun | Aytoun, Wm. Edmonstoune (Scot. poet and essayist) (1813-1865) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Bache | Bache, Alex. Dallas (Am. hydrog.) (1806-1867) | |
| Bacon | Bacon, Francis, Baron Verulam (Eng. philos. and essayist) (1561-1626) | |
| N. Bacon | Bacon, Nathaniel (Eng. author) (1593-1660) | |
| Bagehot | Bagehot, Walter (Eng. essayist and journalist) (1826-1877) | |
| Bailey | Bailey, Nathan (Eng. lexicog.) ( -1742) | |
| J. Baillie | Baillie, Miss Joanna (Scot. poet) (1762-1851) | |
| R. Baillie | Baillie, Robert (Scot. theologian) (1602?-1662) | |
| Bain | Bain, Alex. (Scot. metaphysician) (1818-1877) | |
| H. C. Baird | Baird, Henry Carey (Am. polit. economist) (1825-) | |
| Baird | Baird, Wm. (1803-1872) | |
| Baker | Baker, Sir Richard (Eng. historian) (1568?-1645) | |
| Sir S. Baker | Baker, Sir Samuel White (Eng. explorer) (1821-1893) | |
| T. Baker | Baker, Thomas (Eng. antiquary) (1656-1740) | |
| V. Baker | Baker, Valentine, called Baker Pasha (Eng. quar. general) (1825-) | |
| Bale | Bale, John (Eng. bishop) (1495-1563) | |
| Balfour | Balfour, Francis Maitland (Eng. embryologist) (1851-1882) | |
| Balfour (Cyc. of India) | Balfour, Edward (Eng. Surg. Gen.) | Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol 3. |
| A. J. Balfour | Balfour, Arthur J. (Eng. writer) (1848-) | |
| F. Balfour | Balfour, Francis (Scot. physician) (fl. 18th c.) | |
| J. H. Balfour | Balfour, John Hutton (Scot. bot.) (1808-1884) | |
| Bamfield | Bamfield, or Bamford, Joseph (Royalist officer under Chas. I.) | |
| Bancroft | Bancroft, Geo. (Am. historian) (1800-1891) | |
| Abp. Bancroft | Bancroft, Abp. Richard (Eng.) (1544-1610) | |
| Banister | Banister, John (Brit. physician) (1540-1610) | |
| Sir J. Banks | Banks, Sir Joseph (Eng. naturalist) (1743-1820) | |
| Mrs. Barbauld | Barbauld, Anna L. (Eng. writer) (1743-1825) | |
| Barbour | Barbour, John (Scot. poet and historian) (1316?-1395) | |
| Barclay | Barclay, John (Scot. anatomist) (1760-1826) | |
| Barclay (Digest) | Barclay, John M. | |
| Baret | Baret, or Barret, John. | |
| Barham | Barham, Richard Harris (Eng. divine and humorist) (1778-1845) | |
| S. Baring-Gould | Baring-Gould, Sabine (Eng. author) (1834-) | |
| Barlow | Barlow, Peter (Eng. math.) (1776-1862) | |
| Bp. Barlow | Barlow, Bp. Thomas (Eng. divine) (1607-1691) | |
| J. Barlow | Barlow, Joel (Am. poet) (1754-1812) | |
| Barnes | Barnes, Robert (Eng. divine) (1495-1540) | |
| D. H. Barnes | Barnes, Daniel H. (Am. conchol.) (1785-1828) | |
| W. Barnes | Barnes, Wm. (Eng. philol. and poet) (1820(01?)-1886) | |
| Barrough | Barrough, Philip (Eng. physician) (fl. 1590) | |
| Barrow | Barrow, Isaac (Eng. theologian and mathematician) (1630-1677) | |
| Sir J. Barrow | Barrow, Sir John (Eng. traveler) (1764-1848) | |
| Barry (1611) | Barry, or Barrey, Lodowick (Brit. dramatist). | |
| Barth | Barth, Heinrich (Ger. explorer) (1821-1865) | |
| Bartlett | Bartlett, John Russell. (1805-1886) | |
| Barton | Barton, Benj. Smith (Am. botanist) (1766-1815) | |
| J. Barton | Barton, John. | |
| Bartram | Bartram, John (Am. botanist) (1701-1777) | |
| J. Bascom | Bascom, John (Am. writer on philos. and social science) (1827-) | |
| Bastian | Bastian, Henry Charlton (Eng. physician) (1837-) | |
| Bateman | Bateman, Thomas (Eng. physician) (1778-1821) | |
| Bates | Bates, Wm. (Eng. divine) (1625-1699) | |
| Edward Bates | Bates, Edward (Am. statesman) (1793-1869) | |
| Baxter | Baxter, Richard (Eng. divine) (1615-1691) | |
| A. Baxter | Baxter, Andrew (Scot. antiquary) (1686?-1750) | |
| W. Baxter | Baxter, William (Brit. antiq. and philol.) (1650-1723) | |
| Bayard | Bayard, James A. (Am. statesman) (1767-1815) | |
| Bayne | Bayne, Peter (Scot. author) (1830-1896) | |
| Beaconsfield | Beaconsfield, Benj. Disraeli, Earl of (Eng. statesman and author) (1805-1881) | |
| L. S. Beale | Beale, Lionel Smith (Eng. physiol.) (1828-) | |
| Beattie | Beattie, James (Scot. poet) (1735-1803) | |
| Beau. & Fl. | Beaumont, Francis, & Fletcher, John. | |
| Beaumont | Beaumont, Joseph (Eng. poet) (1615-1699) | |
| F. Beaumont | Beaumont, Francis (Eng. dramatist) (1586-1615 ) | |
| Sir John Beaumont | Beaumont, Sir John (Eng. poet) (1582-1628) | |
| Beck | Beck, Charles (Ger. philol. in Am.) (1798-1866) | |
| Beck (Draper's Dict.) | Beck, Samuel Wm. | |
| Beckford | Beckford, Wm. (Eng. author) (1759-1844) | |
| Becon | Becon, Thomas (Eng. reformer) (1512-1570) | |
| Beddoes | Beddoes, Thomas (Eng. physician) (1760-1808) | |
| Cuthbert Bede | pseud. of Edward Bradley (Eng. misc. writer) (1827-1889) | |
| Bp. Bedell | Bedell, Bp. Wm. (Eng. prelate) (1570-1641) | |
| John Bee | pseud. of John Badcock. | |
| H. W. Beecher | Beecher, Henry Ward (Am. preacher and orator) (1813-1887) | |
| L. Beecher | Beecher, Lyman (Am. clergyman) (1775-1863) | |
| W. G. Beers | Beers, W. Geo. (Canadian writer on sports). | |
| E. Behnke | Behnke, Emil. | |
| Belknap | Belknap, Jeremy (Am. historian) (1744-1798) | |
| Bell | Bell, George Joseph. (1770-1843) | Vol. 1 Vol. 2 |
| A. G. Bell | Bell, Alex. Graham (Scot. inventor in Am.) (1847-) | |
| A. M. Bell | Bell, Alex. Melville (Scot. deaf-mute instructor) (1819-) | |
| H. G. Bell | Bell, Henry Glassford (Scot. writer) (1803-1874) | |
| T. Belsham | Belsham, Thomas (Eng. divine) (1750-1829) | |
| W. Belsham | Belsham, Wm. (Eng. historian) (1753-1827) | |
| E. van Beneden | Beneden, Edouard van (Dutch embryologist) (1846-) | |
| Benjamin | Benjamin, Judah Peter (Am. polit.) (1811-1884) | |
| Bp. Benson | Benson, Bp. Martin (Eng. divine) (1689-1752) | |
| Dr. G. Benson | Benson, George (Eng. divine) (1699-1763) | |
| Bentham | Bentham, Jeremy (Eng. philos.) (1748-1832) | |
| G. Bentham | Bentham, George (Eng. botanist) (1800-1884) | |
| Bentley | Bentley, Richard (Eng. critic) (1662-1742) | |
| W. Bentley | Bentley, Wm. (Am. author) (1758-1819) | |
| Berington | Berington, Jos. (Eng. R. C. clerg.) (1744-1827) | |
| Berkeley | Berkeley, Geo. (Ir. bp. and philos.) (1684-1753) | |
| M. J. Berkeley | Berkeley, Miles Joseph (Eng. bot.) (1803-1889) | |
| J. Berners | Berners, Juliana. (1388-) | |
| Ld. Berners | Berners, John Bourchier, Ld. (Eng. chan.). (1469?-1533) | |
| W. Berry | Berry, William. (1774-1851) | Vol.1 Vol.2a Vol.2b Vol.3 Vol.4 |
| Berzelius | Berzelius, Baron Jöns Jakob (Swed. chem.) (1779-1848) | |
| W. Besant | Besant, Walter (Eng. author) (1838-) | |
| Bescherelle | Bescherelle, Louis Nicolas (Fr. gram. and lexicog.) (1802-1883) | |
| C. E. Bessey | Bessey, Charles Edwin (Am. bot.) (1845-) | |
| Best | Best, Wm. Mawdesley (Eng. jurist). | |
| Betterton | Betterton, Thomas (Eng. actor) (1635?-1710) | |
| W. L. Bevan | Bevan, Wm. Lotham (Eng. writer) (1821-) | |
| Beveridge | Beveridge, Wm. (Eng. linguist) (1637-1708) | |
| Beverly | Beverly, Robt. (Am. historian) (1675-1716) | |
| Bible (1551) | Bible (1551) (revised by Becke) | |
| Bib. Sacra | Bibliotheca Sacra (Am. theolog. quarterly, estab. 1843). | |
| Bickerstaff | Bickerstaff, Isaac (Brit. dramatist) (1735?-1788?) | |
| Bickersteth | Bickersteth, Edward (Eng. theol.) (1786-1850) | |
| Biddle | Biddle, Nicholas (Am. financier) (1786-1844) | |
| Jacob Bigelow | Bigelow, Jacob (Am. physician) (1787-1879) | |
| Birch | Birch, Thomas (Eng. historian) (1705-1766) | |
| Bishop | Bishop, Frederick (Eng. writer on cookery, pub. 1852) | |
| Bispham | Bispham, Geo. Tucker (Am. jurist). | |
| Joseph Black | Black, Joseph (Brit. chemist) (1728-1799) | |
| W. Black | Black, William (Scot. novelist) (1841-1898) | |
| F. Blackburne | Blackburne, Francis (Eng. clerg.) (1705-1787) | |
| J. S. Blackie | Blackie, John Stuart (Scot. class. scholar) (1809-1895) | |
| Blackmore | Blackmore, Sir Richard (Eng. theologian and poet) (1650?-1729) | |
| R. D. Blackmore | Blackmore, Richard Doddridge (Eng. novelist) (1825-1900) | |
| Blackstone | Blackstone, Sir William (Eng. jurist). (1723-1780) | Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4. |
| Blackwall | Blackwall, Anthony (Eng. author) (1674-1730) | |
| Blackwood's or Blackw. Mag. | Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (founded 1817). | |
| Blair | Blair, Hugh (Scot. divine and rhetorician) (1718-1800) | |
| R. Blair | Blair, Robert (Scot. clerg. and poet) (1699-1747) | |
| Blakely | Blakely, Edward T. | |
| R. Bloomfield | Bloomfield, Robert (Eng. poet) (1766-1823) | |
| Blount | Blount, Thomas (Eng. legal writer) (1618-1679) | |
| C. Blount | Blount, Chas. (Eng. deistic writer) (1654-1693) | |
| Sir H. Blount | Blount, Sir Henry (Eng. traveler) (1602-1682) | |
| J. Boaden | Boaden, James (Eng. dramatist) (1762-1839) | |
| W. E. Boardman | Boardman, Wm. E. (Am. clerg.). | |
| Bolingbroke | Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount (Eng. statesman) (1678-1751) | |
| Bolton | Bolton, Robert (Eng. Puritan divine) (1572-1631) | |
| Bk. Of Com. Prayer | Book of Common Prayer. | |
| Booth | Booth, David (English lexicog.) (1766-1846) | |
| Boswell | Boswell, James (biog. Of Dr. Johnson) (1740-1795) | |
| Bosworth | Bosworth, Joseph (Eng. philol.) (1789-1876) | |
| Boucher | Boucher, Jonathan (Eng. author in Am.) (1738-1804) | |
| Bourne | Bourne, Henry. (1696-1733) | |
| J. Bourne | Bourne, John (Eng. engineer). | |
| Bouvier | Bouvier, John (Am. jurist). (1787-1851) | |
| H. I. Bowditch | Bowditch, Henry Ingersoll (Am. surg. and physiol.) (1808-) | |
| F. Bowen | Bowen, Francis (Am. philos.) (1811-1890) | |
| Bowring | Bowring, Sir John (Eng. traveler and linguist) (1792-1872) | |
| A. K. H. Boyd | Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison (Scot. clergyman) (1825-) | |
| Boyle | Boyle, Robert (Irish chemist) (1626-1691) | |
| Boyse | Boyse, Samuel (Eng. poet) (1708-1749) | |
| Braction | Braction, Henry de (Eng. lawyer) (1227?-1267) | |
| Bradford | Bradford, John (Eng. martyr) (1510?-1555) | |
| R. Brady | Brady, Robert (Eng. historian) (1643-1700) | |
| Abp. Bramhall | Bramhall, Abp. John (Eng. author) (1593-1663) | |
| Bramston | Bramston, James (Eng. vicar) ( -1744) | |
| J. Brand | Brand, John. (1668?-1738) | |
| Brande | Brande, William Thomas (Eng. chemist) (1788-1866) | |
| Brande & C. | Brande, Wm. Thos., and Cox, Geo. Wm. | |
| Brathwait | Brathwait, Richard (Eng. poet) (1588-1673) | |
| T. Bray | Bray, Thomas (Eng. clerg. and philan.) (1656-1730) | |
| Brende | Brende, John. | |
| Brerewood | Brerewood, Edward (Eng. math. and antiq.) (1565-1615) | |
| Breton | Breton, Nicholas (Eng. poet) (1542?-1626?) | |
| Brevint | Brevint, Daniel (Eng. divine) (1616-1695) | |
| Brewer | Brewer, Edward Cobham (Eng. compiler) (1810-1897) | |
| A. Brewer | Brewer, Anthony (Eng. dram., time of Charles I.). | |
| Sir D. Brewster | Brewster, David, Sir (Brit. physicist) (1781-1868) | |
| Brieger | Brieger, Ludwig (Ger. physiol. chemist) (1849-) | |
| J. Bright | Bright, John (Eng. statesman) (1811-1889) | |
| Brimley | Brimley, George (Eng. critic) (1819-1857) | |
| Brinton | Brinton, Dan. Garrison (Am. ethnol.) (1837-1899) | |
| C. A. Bristed | Bristed, Charles Astor (Am. writer) (1820-1874) | |
| Brit. Critic | British Critic (Eng. review, organ of High Church party, 1793-1843). | |
| British Pharm. | British Parmacopœia. | |
| Brit. Quart. Rev. | British Quarterly Review (estab. London, 1845). | |
| Britton | Britton, John (Eng. antiquary) (1771-1857) | |
| Brockett | Brockett, John Trotter (Brit. antiquary) (1788-1842) | |
| Brome (1659) | Brome, Richard (Eng. dramatist) ( -1652) | |
| C. Brontë | Brontë, Charlotte (Eng. novelist) (1816-1855) | |
| Brooke (Eastford) | Brooke, Wesley. | |
| H. Brooke | Brooke, Henry (Eng. poet) (1706-1783) | |
| W. K. Brooke | Brooke, Wm. Keith (Am. biologist) (1848-) | |
| Broom | Broom, Herbert (Eng. legal writer) (1815-1882) | |
| Broome | Broome, Wm. (Eng. translator) (1689-1745) | |
| Brougham | Brougham, Lord Henry (British statesman) (1778-1868) | |
| Dr. J. Brown | Brown, John (Scot. preacher) (1810-1882) | |
| G. Brown | Brown, Goold (Am. grammarian) (1791-1857) | |
| R. Brown | Brown, Robert (Scot. botanist) (1773-1858) | |
| T. Brown | Brown, Tom (Eng. author) (1663-1704) | |
| E. Browne | Browne, Edward (Eng. physician) (1644-1708) | |
| P. Browne | Browne, Peter (Eng. bishop) ( -1735) | |
| Sir T. Browne | Browne, Sir Thomas (Eng. physician) (1605-1682) | |
| W. Browne | Browne, William (Eng. poet) (1590-1645?) | |
| Mrs. Browning | Browning, Eliz. Barrett (Eng. poet) (1809-1861) | |
| R. Browning | Browning, Robert (Eng. poet) (1812-1889) | |
| O. A. Brownson | Brownson, Orestes Augustus (Am. journalist and theologian) (1803-1876) | |
| James Bruce | Bruce, James (Scot. traveler) (1730-1794) | |
| Robert of Brunne | Mannyng, Robert, called R. of B. (Eng. chron. and poet. trans.) (1260?-1340?) | |
| Lauder Brunton | Brunton, Thomas Lauder (Scot. physician) (1844-) | |
| Bryant | Bryant, William Cullen (Am. poet) (1794-1878) | |
| J. Bryant | Bryant, Jacob (Eng. theol. and mythol. writer) (1715-1804) | |
| Brydges | Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (Eng. bibliographer) (1762-1837) | |
| Bryskett | Bryskett, Lodowick (Brit. poet and translator) (fl. 1571-1611) | |
| Buchanan | Buchanan, James. | |
| C. Buchanan | Buchanan, Claudius (Scot. divine) (1766-1815) | |
| J. Buchanan | Buchanan, James (Pres. U. S.) (1791-1868) | |
| W. M. Buchanan | Buchanan, W. M. | |
| Buck | Buck, Gurdon (Am. surgeon) (1807-1877) | |
| Sir G. Buck | Buck, Sir George (Eng. historian) ( -1623) | |
| Duke of Buckingham | Buckingham, Geo. Villiers, second duke of (Eng. poet) (1627-1687) | |
| Buckland | Buckland, William, Dean of Westminster (geol. and paleon.) (1784-1856) | |
| Buckle | Buckle, Henry Thomas (Eng. historian) (1821-1862) | |
| A. B. Buckley | Buckley, Arabella Burton (Eng. scientific writer) (1840-) | |
| Buckminster | Buckminster, Joseph Stevens (Am. Unitarian divine) (1784-1812) | |
| Budgell | Budgell, Eustace (Eng. writer) (1685-1736) | |
| Buffon | Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc (Fr. naturalist) (1707-1788) | |
| Bp. Bull | Bull, Bp. George (Eng. theologian) (1634-1710) | |
| Bullinger | Bullinger, Heinrich (Swiss reformer) (1504-1575) | |
| Bullokar | Bullokar, William (Eng. gram.) (fl. 1580) | |
| Bungay | Bungay, George W. (Am. journalist and poet) (1825-) | |
| Bunyan | Bunyan, John (English preacher) (1628-1688) | |
| J. Burdon-Sanderson | Burdon-Sanderson, John Scott (Eng. physiologist) (1828-1882) | |
| Burke | Burke, Edmund (Eng. statesman) (1729?-1797) | |
| Sir B. Burke | Burke, Sir Bernard (Eng. antiq.) (1815-) | |
| Ld. Burleigh | Burleigh, or Burghley, Lord, Wm. Cecil (Eng. statesman) (1520-1598) | |
| Burn | Burn, Richard (Eng. law writer) (1720-1785) | |
| Bp. Burnet | Burnet, Bp. Gilbert (Scot. historian) (1643-1715) | |
| T. Burnet | Burnet, Thomas (Eng. writer). (1635-1715) | |
| Burney | Burney, Charles (Eng. author) (1726-1814) | |
| G. P. Burnham | Burnham, George Pickering (Am. journalist) | |
| Burns | Burns, Robert (Scot. poet) (1759-1796) | |
| F. Burr | Burr, Fearing, Jr. | |
| Burrill | Burrill, Alexander Mansfield. (1807-1869) | |
| J. Burroughs | Burroughs, John (Am. nat. and essayist) (1837-) | |
| Burrow | Burrow, Sir James. (1701-1782) | |
| Burt | Burt, Captain Edward. ( -1755) | |
| Burton | Burton, Robert (Eng. philos.). (1577-1640) | |
| J. H. Burton | Burton, John Hill (Scot. advocate) (1809-1882) | |
| R. F. Burton | Burton, Sir Richard Francis (Eng. traveler) (1821-1890) | |
| Busby | Busby, Thomas (Eng. mus. writer) (1755-1838) | |
| H. Bushnell | Bushnell, Horace (Am. clergyman) (1802-1876) | |
| Bp. Butler | Butler, Bp. Joseph (Eng. theol.) (1692-1752) | |
| C. Butler | Butler, Charles (Eng. clergyman) (1559-1647) | |
| S. Butler | Butler, Samuel (Eng. poet) (1612-1680) | |
| Byles | Byles, Sir John Barnard (Eng. writer on commercial law) (1801-1884) | |
| Byrd | Byrd, Wm. (Eng. musician) (1538?-1623) | |
| James Byrne | Byrne, James. | |
| Byrom | Byrom, John (Eng. poet) (1691-1763) | |
| Byron | Byron, George Noel Gordon, Ld. (Eng. poet) (1788-1824) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| G. W. Cable | Cable, Geo. W. (Am. writer) (1844-) | |
| Caird | Caird, John (Scot. clergyman) (1820-) | |
| Cairnes | Cairnes, John Elliot (Eng. polit. economist) (1823-1875) | |
| Calamy | Calamy, Edm. (Eng. divine) (1600-1666) | |
| Calderwood | Calderwood, David (Scot. author) (1575-1650) | |
| Calderwood (Fleming's Vocabulary) | Calderwood, Henry (Scot. philos.) (1830-) | |
| Callander | Callander, John (Scot. lawyer and editor) ( -1789) | |
| Calthrop | Calthrop, or Calthorp, Sir Harry (Eng. jurist). (1686-1637) | |
| F. C. Calvert | Calvert, Fred. Crace (Eng. chem.) (1819-1873) | |
| G. H. Calvert | Calvert, Geo. H. (Am. misc. writer) (1803-) | |
| Camden | Camden, Wm. (Eng. antiquarian) (1551-1623) | |
| Campbell | Campbell, Thomas (Brit. poet) (1777-1844) | |
| Campbell (Dict. Mil. Sci.) | Campbell, E. S. N. | |
| Dr. J. Campbell | Campbell, John (Scot. polit. hist.) (1708-1775) | |
| G. Campbell | Campbell, Geo. (Scot. divine) (1719-1796) | |
| Lord Campbell | Campbell, Lord, John. (1779-1861) | |
| J. V. Cane | Cane, John Vincent (Eng. friar) ( -1672) | |
| Canning | Canning, Geo. (Eng. statesman) (1770-1827) | |
| Capgrave | Capgrave, John (Eng. historian) (1393-1464) | |
| Carew | Carew, Richard (Eng. antiq.). (1555-1620) | |
| T. Carew | Carew, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1598?-1639?) | |
| Carleton | Carleton, Capt. Geo. | |
| Bp. of Carlisle | Carlisle, Harvey Goodwin, Bp. of (1818-) | |
| Carlton | Carlton, Robert, pseud. of B. R. Hall (Am. writer) (1798-1863) | |
| Carlyle | Carlyle, Thomas (Brit. essayist and historian) (1795-1881) | |
| Dr. A. Carlyle | Carlyle, Alexander (Scot. divine) (1722-1805) | |
| Carpenter | Carperter, Wm. Benj. (Eng. physiol.) (1813-1885) | |
| L. Carroll | Carroll, Lewis, pseud. of C. L. Dodgson (Eng. writer) (1833?-1898) | |
| Cartwright | Cartwright, Thomas (Eng. Puritan divine) (1535-1603) | |
| W. Cartwright | Cartwright, Wm. (Eng. poet and dramatist) (1611-1643) | |
| H. F. Cary | Cary, Henry F. (English poet and translator) (1772-1844) | |
| Sir L. Cary | Cary, Sir Lucius (Brit. political writer) (1610?-1643) | |
| Cassell (Dict. of Cookery) | Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery, London. | |
| Dr. Castell (1673) | Castell, Edmund (Eng. orientalist) (1606-1685) | |
| Caton | Caton, John Dean (Am. author) (1812-) | |
| Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework) | Caulfeild, S. F. A., & Saward, Blanche C. | |
| Cavendish | Cavendish, Geo. (Eng. author) (1500-1561?) | |
| Cawthorn | Cawthorn, James (Eng. poet) (1719-1761) | |
| Caxton | Caxton, Wm. (first Eng. printer) (1422?-1492) | |
| Cecil | Cecil, Robert, Earl of Salisbury (Eng. statesman) (1563?-1612) | |
| Mrs. Centlivre | Centlivre, Susanna (Eng. dramatist) (1667?-1723) | |
| The Century | The Century Illust. Monthly Mag. (establ. in N. Y., 1881). | |
| J. W. Chadwick | Chadwick, John White (Am. Unit. divine) (1840-) | |
| Chalkhill | Chalkhill, John, perhaps pseud. of Izaak Walton. | |
| Chalmers | Chalmers, Thomas (Scot. divine) (1780-1847) | |
| A. Chalmers | Chalmers, Alex. (Brit. editor) (1759-1834) | |
| Chambers | Chambers, Ephraim (Eng. editor) (1680?-1740) | |
| Chambers | Chambers, William and Robert (Scot. compilers and publishers). | |
| Chambers's Encyc. | Chambers's Encyclopedia, 1860-1868. | |
| Chambers's Journal | Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, (estab. 1832). | |
| Champness | Champness, William Swain. | |
| Channing | Channing, Wm. Ellery (Am. Unit. divine) (1780-1842) | |
| A. L. Chapin (Johnson's Cyc.) | Chapin, Aaron Lucius (Am. divine, and writer on polit. econ.) (1817-) | |
| Chapman | Chapman, Geo. (Eng. dramatist and poet) (1557-1634) | |
| Mrs. Chapone | Chapone, Hester (Eng. author) (1727-1801) | |
| Charles I. | Chas. Stuart (k. of Eng., 1640-49) (1600-1649) | |
| T. Chase | Chase, Thomas (Am. educator) (1827-) | |
| Ld. Chatham | Chatham, Wm. Pitt, Lord (Eng. statesman) (1708-1778) | |
| Chatterton | Chatterton, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1752-1770) | |
| Chaucer | Chaucer, Geoffrey (Eng. poet) (1340?-1400) | |
| Chaucer's Dream | Chaucer's Dream (poem formerly attrib. to Chaucer) | |
| Chauncy | Chauncy, Chas. (Am. Unit. divine) (1705-1787) | |
| Chauvenet | Chauvenet, Wm. (Am. math.) (1820-1870) | |
| Cheever | Cheever, Geo. Barrell (Am. clerg.) (1807-1890) | |
| Sir J. Cheke | Cheke, Sir John (Eng. scholar) (1514-1557) | |
| Chenevix | Chenevix, Richard (Irish writer) (1774-1830) | |
| Ld. Chesterfield | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord. (1694-1773) | |
| Chevy Chase | Chevy Chase (Eng. ballad, in Percy's Reliques) | |
| Cheyne | Cheyne, Geo. (Scot. phys. and phil.) (1671-1743) | |
| Sir J. Child | Child, Sir Josiah (Eng. economist) (1630-1699) | |
| Chillingworth | Chillingworth, Wm. (Eng. divine and controversialist) (1602?-1644) | |
| Chipman | Chipman, Nathaniel (Am. jurist) (1752-1843) | |
| Chitty | Chitty, Joseph (Eng. jurist) (1776-1841) | |
| R. Choate | Choate, Rufus (Am. orat. and jur.) (1799-1859) | |
| W. D. Christie | Christie, Wm. Dougal (Eng. dip.) (1816-1874) | |
| Churchill | Churchill, Chas. (Eng. poet and sat.) (1731-1764) | |
| Churton | Churton, Ralph (Eng. divine) (1754-1831) | |
| Cibber | Cibber, Colley (Eng. dramatist and actor) (1671-1757) | |
| Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). | Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768). | |
| Clarendon | Clarendon, Edward Hyde, first earl of (Eng. historian) (1608-1674) | |
| D. A. Clark | Clark, Daniel A. (Am. divine) (1779-1840) | |
| W. S. Clark | Clark, Wm. Smith (pres. Amherst Agricultural College) (1826-1886) | |
| Clarke | Clarke, Henry Hyde (Eng. philol.) (1815-1895) | |
| A. Clarke | Clarke, Adam (Brit. philol. and commentator) (1762?-1832) | |
| Cowden Clarke | Clarke, Charles C. (Eng. writer) (1787-1877) | |
| John Clarke | Clarke, John (Eng. phys. & writer) (1609-1676) | |
| Mary Cowden Clarke | Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden (Eng. author) (1809-1898) | |
| S. Clarke | Clarke, Samuel (Eng. philosopher) (1675-1729) | |
| Claus & Sedgwick | Claus, Carl Friedr. (Ger. biologist) (1835-) Sedgwick, Adam (Eng. geologist) (1785-1873) |
|
| Clausius | Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuel (Ger. physicist) (1822-) | |
| Clayton | Clayton, John. | |
| P. Cleaveland | Cleaveland, Parker (Am. geologist) (1780-1858) | |
| Cleland | Cleland, John (Eng. writer) (1709-1789) | |
| Dr. R. Clerke | Clerke, Richard (Eng. divine) ( -1634) | |
| Cleveland | Cleveland, John (Eng. poet) (1613-1659) | |
| W. K. Clifford | Clifford, Wm. Kingdon (Eng. phil.) (1845-1879) | |
| Clifton | Clifton, William (Am. poet) (1772-1799) | |
| De Witt Clinton | Clinton, De Witt (Am. statesman) (1769-1828) | |
| A. H. Clough | Clough, Arthur Hugh (Eng. poet) (1819-1861) | |
| F. P. Cobbe | Cobbe, Frances Power (Brit. writer) (1822-) | |
| Cobbett | Cobbett, Wm. (Eng. polit. writer) (1762-1835) | |
| R. Cobden | Cobden, Richard (Eng. economist) (1804-1865) | |
| Cobham | Cobham, Sir John Oldcastle, Ld. (Eng. martyr) (1360?-1417) | |
| Cocker | Cocker, Edw. (Eng. mathematician) (1631-1675) | |
| Cockeram | Cockeram, Henry. | |
| Codrington | Codrington, Robt. (Eng. misc. writer) (1602-1665) | |
| Cogan | Cogan, Thomas (Eng. physician and divine). (1736-1818) | |
| Cogan (1595) | Cogan, Thomas (Eng. physician) (1545?-1607) | |
| Coke | Coke, Sir Edward. (1552-1634) | |
| Colebrooke | Colebrooke, Hen. T. (Eng. orient.) (1765-1837) | |
| Coleman | Coleman, Lyman (Am. scholar) (1796-1882) | |
| Coleridge | Coleridge, Samuel T. (Eng. poet) (1772-1834) | |
| H. Coleridge | Coleridge, Hartley (Eng. poet) (1796-1849) | |
| Coles | Coles, Elisha (Eng. lexicographer) (1640?-1680) | |
| Collection of Records (1642) | Title to a Collection of Records (cited from Latham's Dict.). | |
| Collier | Collier, Jeremy (Eng. divine) (1650-1726) | |
| J. P. Collier | Collier, John Payne (Eng. lit. hist.) (1789-1883) | |
| Collins | Collins, Wm. (Eng. poet) (1721-1759) | |
| M. Collins | Collins, Mortimer (Eng. writer) (1827-1876) | |
| T. W. Collins | Collins, Thomas Wharton (Am. poet and economist) (1812-1879) | |
| W. Collins | Collins, Wm. Wilkie (Eng. novelist) (1824-1889) | |
| J. Collyer | Collyer, John. | |
| Colman | Colman, Geo., the Younger (Eng. dramatic poet) (1762-1836) | |
| Colman & Garrick | Colman, George, the Elder, and Garrick, David. | |
| Colman, the Elder, or (1761) | Colman, George, the Elder (Eng. essayist and dramatist) (1732-1794) | |
| P. Colquhoun | Colquhoun, Patrick (Scot. statis.) (1745-1820) | |
| G. Combe | Combe, Geo. (Scot. phrenol. writer) (1788-1858) | |
| Comber | Comber, Thos. (Dean of Durham) (1644-1699) | |
| Compton | Compton, Henry (Eng. bishop) (1632-1713) | |
| Congreve | Congreve, Wm. (Eng. dram. poet) (1670-1729) | |
| Constitution of U. S. | Constitution of the United States (framed in the Federal Convention, 1787). | |
| Contemp. Rev. | Contemporary Review (founded in London, 1866). | |
| Conybeare | Conybeare, Wm. J. (Eng. divine) (1815-1857) | |
| J. Conybeare | John Conybeare|Conybeare, John}} (Eng. bishop) (1692-1755) | |
| Cook | Cook, Capt. Jas. (Eng. navigator) (1728-1779) | |
| Joseph Cook | Cook, Joseph (Am. lecturer) (1838-) | |
| Cooke (1615) | quoted rom Richardson's Dict. | |
| J. P. Cooke | Cooke, Josiah P. (Am. chemist) (1827-1894) | |
| M. C. Cooke | Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (Eng. bot.) (1825-) | |
| Cooley | Cooley, Thos. M. (Am. lawyer, ed. Story's and Blackstone's Comm.) (1824-1898) | |
| A. J. Cooley | Cooley, Arnold James. | |
| Coombe | Coombe, Wm. (Eng. humorous poet) (1741-1823) | |
| Cooper | Cooper, Jas. Fenimore (Am. nov.) (1789-1851) | |
| J. G. Cooper | Cooper, John Gilbert (Eng. writer on classics) (1723-1769) | |
| Cope | Cope, Edward Drinker (Am. nat.) (1840-1897) | |
| Copland | Copland, Jas. (Scot. physician) (1791-1870) | |
| A. Copley | Copley, Anthony. (1567-1607?) | |
| Bp. Corbet | Corbet, Bp. Richard (Eng. poet) (1582-1635) | |
| Cornhill Mag. | Cornhill Magazine (London monthly journal, estab. 1859). | |
| B. Cornwall | Cornwall, Barry, pseud. of B. W. Procter (Eng. poet) (1787-1874) | |
| Sir C. Cornwallis | Cornwallis, Sir Charles (Eng. diplomat) (-1630?) | |
| The Coronation | The Coronation (a comedy of 17th cent., either by John Fletcher or by Shirley) | |
| E. L. Corthell | Corthell, Elmer L. (Am. engineer) (1840-) | |
| Bp. Cosin | Cosin, John (Eng. author) (1594-1672) | |
| Cotgrave | Cotgrave, Randle (Eng. lexicog.) (-1634) | A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues (1611) |
| J. Cotgrave | Cotgrave, John (fl. 1655) | |
| Cotton | Cotton, Chas. (Eng. trans. and poet) (1630-1687) | |
| N. Cotton | Cotton, Nath. (Eng. phys. and poet) (1707-1788) | |
| Coues | Coues, Elliott (Am. naturalist) (1842-1899) | |
| The Council Book (1651) | The Council Book of the Eng. Commonwealth. | |
| Court of Love | Court of Love (a poem attributed to Chaucer) | |
| Courthope | Courthope, Wm. John (Eng. essayist) (1842-) | |
| Coventry | Coventry, Henry (Eng. writer) (1710?-1752) | |
| Coverdale | Coverdale, Miles (Eng. divine) (1488-1568) | |
| Cowell | Cowell, John (Eng. jurist) (1554-1611) | |
| Cowley | Cowley, Abraham (Eng. poet) (1618-1667) | |
| Cowper | Cowper, William (Eng. poet) (1731-1800) | |
| Lady Cowper | Cowper, Mary (Eng. writer). (1685-1724) | |
| G. W. Cox | Cox, Geo. Wm. (Eng. historian) (1827-) | |
| Coxe | Coxe, John Redman (Am. phys.) (1773-1864) | |
| Bp. Coxe | Coxe, Arthur Cleveland (Am. poet) (1818-1896) | |
| W. Coxe | Coxe, Wm. (Eng. hist. writer) (1747-1828) | |
| Cozzens | Cozzens, Fred S. (Am. writer) (1818-1869) | |
| Crabb | Crabb, Geo. (Eng. lexicog.) (1778-1851) | |
| Crabbe | Crabbe, Geo. (Eng. poet) (1754-1832) | |
| B. Cracroft | Cracroft, Bernard (Eng. essayist) (1826?-1888) | |
| Craft of Lovers (1448) | Craft of Lovers (1448) (a poem formerly attributed to Chaucer) | |
| Craig | Craig, John. | |
| Sir T. Craig | Craig, Sir Thomas (Scot. lawyer and antiquary) (1538-1608) | |
| W. P. Craighill | Craighill, Wm. Price (Am. soldier) (1833-) | |
| Craik | Craik, Geo. Lillie (Scot. writer) (1799-1866) | |
| Cranch | Cranch, Wm. (Am. jurist) (1769-1855) | |
| Cranmer | Cranmer, Thomas (Eng. reformer) (1489-1556) | |
| Crashaw | Crashaw, Richard (Eng. poet) (1613?-1649) | |
| J. Crawfurd | Crawfurd, John (Scot. author) (1783-1868) | |
| Creech | Creech, Thomas (Eng. translator) (1659-1701) | |
| Creed of Pope Pius IV. | Creed of Pius IV. (Pope, 1559-65) (1499-1565) | |
| Croft | Croft, Herbert (Eng. bishop) (1603-1691) | |
| Croker | Croker, John W. (Brit. statesman) (1780-1857) | |
| Croly | Croly, Geo. (Brit. divine and poet) (1780-1860) | |
| Crompton | Crompton, Hugh (Eng. poet) (fl. 1657) | |
| Oliver Cromwell | Cromwell, Oliver (lord protector of the Eng. Commonwealth) (1599-1658) | |
| W. Crookes | Crookes, Wm. (Eng. physicist) (1832-) | |
| Crosby | Crosby, Alpheus (Am. educator) (1810-1874) | |
| Cross (Life of G. Eliot) | Cross, John Walter (husband of Geo. Eliot, and ed. of her Life). | |
| Crowley | Crowley, Robert (Eng. divine) (1518-1588) | |
| Croxall | Croxall, Samuel (Brit. divine) (-1752) | |
| Cruise | Cruise, William (Eng. legal writer) (-1824) | |
| Cudworth | Cudworth, Ralph (Eng. divine and philosopher) (1617-1688) | |
| W. Cullen | Cullen, Wm. (Scot. med. writer) (1712-1790) | |
| R. Cumberland | Cumberland, Richard (Eng. poet and dramatist) (1732-1811) | |
| Cumming | Cumming, Roualeyn Geo. Gordon (Scot. traveler) (1820-1866) | |
| J. Cunningham | Cunningham, John (Irish poet) (1729-1773) | |
| P. Cunningham | Cunningham, Peter (Eng. antiq.) (1816-1869) | |
| Curran | Curran, John Philpot (Irish orator) (1750-1817) | |
| Cursor Mundi | Cursor Mundi (a metrical version of the Old and New Testaments, interspersed with legends, about 1320) | |
| B. R. Curtis | Curtis, Benj. Robbins (Am. judge) (1809-1874) | |
| G. T. Curtis | Curtis, Geo. Ticknor (Am. lawyer and author) (1812-1894) | |
| G. W. Curtis | Curtis, Geo. W. (Am. author and ed.) (1824-1892) | |
| Cushing | Cushing, Luther S. (Am. lawyer) (1803-1856) | |
| Cussans | Cussans, John Edwin. | |
| Cuvier | Cuvier, Georges Chrétien L. F. D., Baron (Fr. naturalist) (1769-1832) | |
| Cyc. of Arts & Sciences | Cyc. of Arts & Sciences (a division of the English Cyclopædia) | |
| Cyc. Med. | Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, (1833-35, ed. by A. Tweedie, John Forbes, and John Conolly). |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Da Costa | Da Costa, Emanuel Mendes (conchologist, For. Sec. to Royal Soc.) (-1788?) | |
| D. Daggett | Daggett, David (Am. jurist) (1764-1851) | |
| Dalgarno | Dalgarno, George (Scotch writer) (1626?-1687) | |
| W. H. Dall | Dall, Wm. Healey (Am. explorer in Alaska) (1845-) | |
| Dalton | Dalton, John Call (Am. physician) (1825-1889) | |
| M. Dalton | Dalton, Michael (Eng. lawyer) (1554-1620) | |
| Dampier | Dampier, Wm. (Eng. navigator) (1652-1715) | |
| Dana | Dana, James Dwight (Am. geol.) (1813-1895) | |
| E. S. Dana | Dana, Edward S. (Am. mineral.) (1849-) | |
| R. H. Dana, Jr. | Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. (1815-1882) | |
| Daniel | Daniel, Samuel (Eng. poet and hist.) (1562-1619) | |
| Daniell | Daniell, Edmund Robert (Eng. jurist) (-1854) | |
| D'Anville (Trans.) | D'Anville, Jean B. B. (Fr. geog.) (1697-1782) | |
| Mad. D'Arblay | D'Arblay, Frances Burney, Madame (Eng. novelist) (1752-1840) | |
| W. Darlington | Darlington, Wm. (Am. botanist) (1782-1863) | |
| J. Dart | Dart, John (Eng. writer) (-1730) | |
| Darwin | Darwin, Chas. Robt. (Eng. nat.) (1809-1882) | |
| E. Darwin | Darwin, Erasmus (Eng. bot. and poet) (1731-1802) | |
| Davenant | Davenant, Sir Wm. (Eng. dram.) (1606-1668) | |
| John Davidson | Davidson, John. | |
| S. Davidson | Davidson, Samuel (Brit. bib. critic) | |
| Davies (with name of work) | Davies, John, of Hereford (Eng. poet) (1565?-1618) | |
| Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.) | Davies, Chas. (1798-1876) Peck, Wm. G. (1820-) |
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| Sir J. Davies | Davies, Sir John (Eng. phil. poet) (1570-1626) | |
| E. Davis | Davis, Emerson (Am. clergyman) (1798-1866) | |
| Mrs. R. H. Davis | Davis, Rebecca Harding (Am. author) (1840-) | |
| F. Davison | Davison, Francis (Eng. statesman) (fl. 1600) | |
| Davy | Davy, Sir Humphry (Eng. nat. philosopher) (1778-1829) | |
| T. Dawes | Dawes, Thomas (Am. judge) (1757-1825) | |
| Dawkins | Dawkins, Wm. Boyd (Brit. geol.) (1838-) | |
| B. Dawson | Dawson, Benj. (Eng. Presb. divine) (1729-1814) | |
| Day | Day, Jeremiah (Am. math.) (1773-1867) | |
| De Bary | De Bary, Heinrich Anton (Ger. bot.) (1831-1888) | |
| Decker | Decker, or Dekker, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (1570?-1640) | |
| The Declaration of Independence | The Declaration of Independence (written by Thomas Jefferson, 1776) | |
| De Colange | De Colange, Auguste Leo (Fr. poet and journalist) (1819-) | |
| J. Dee | Dee, John (Eng. math. and astrol.) (1527-1608) | |
| De Foe | De Foe, Daniel (Eng. writer) (1661?-1731) | |
| De Morgan | De Morgan, Augustus (Eng. math.) (1806-1871) | |
| Denham | Denham, Sir John (Eng. poet) (1615-1669) | |
| Dennis | Dennis, John (Eng. dram. and polit. writer) (1657-1734) | |
| De Quincey | De Quincey, Thomas (Eng. author) (1785-1859) | |
| Derham | Derham, Wm. (Eng. philosopher) (1657-1735) | |
| E. Dering (1576) | Dering, Edwd. (Eng. Puritan divine) (-1576) | |
| Sir E. Dering | Dering, Sir Edward (Eng. polit.) (1598-1644) | |
| Sir A. De Vere | De Vere, Sir Aubrey (Irish poet) (1788-1846) | |
| De Watteville | De Watteville, Armand (med. elec. in Eng.) | |
| Dewey | Dewey, Orville (Am. clergyman) (1794-1882) | |
| Dibdin | Dibdin, Thos. F. (Eng. bibliog.) (1775-1848) | |
| T. Dick | Dick, Thomas (Scot. author) (1772-1857) | |
| Dickens | Dickens, Charles (Eng. novelist) (1812-1870) | |
| Dict. of Education | Dictionary of Education (ed. by Henry Kiddle, and Alex. J. Schem, N. Y., 1877). | |
| Diet's Dry Dinner (1599) | Diet's Dry Dinner (1599) (notes on foods, with stories for the table, by Henry Buttes, or Butts) | |
| Ld. Digby | Digby, Ld. Geo. (Eng. politician) (1612-1676) | |
| R. Digby | Digby, Robert (Eng. poet) (-1726) | |
| Sir K. Digby | Digby, Sir Kenelm (Eng. philosopher) (1603-1665) | |
| Digges (1579) | Digges, Leonard (Eng. math.) (-1573?) | |
| I. Disraeli | Disraeli, Isaac (Eng. misc. writer) (1766-1848) | |
| Ditton | Ditton, Humphrey (Eng. math.) (1675-1715) | |
| W. H. Dixon | Dixon, Wm. Hepworth (Eng. writer) (1821-1879) | |
| Doddridge | Doddridge, Philip (Eng. divine) (1702-1751) | |
| Dodsley | Dodsley, Robert (Eng. author) (1703-1764) | |
| A. E. Dolbear | Dolbear, Amos E. (Am. physicist) (1837-) | |
| Domat | Domat, Jean (Fr. jurist) (1625-1696) | |
| Domesday Book | See in the Dictionary. | |
| Donaldson | Donaldson, John Wm. (Eng. classical scholar) (1811-1861) | |
| Donne | Donne, John (Eng. divine) (1573-1631) | |
| Dorset | Dorset, Chas. Sackville, 6th earl of (1637-1706) | |
| Douay version | Douay version of Bible. See in Dict. | |
| Douce | Douce, Francis (Eng. antiquarian) (1757-1834) | |
| G. Douglas | Douglas, Gawin (Eng. translator) (1474-1522) | |
| E. Dowden | Dowden, Edward (British literary critic) (1843-) | |
| A. J. Downing | Downing, Andrew Jackson (Am. agric. writer) (1815-1852) | |
| Major Jack Downing | Downing, Major Jack, pseud. of Seba Smith (Am. journalist) (1792-1868) | |
| J. R. Drake | Drake, Joseph Rodman (Am. poet) (1795-1820) | |
| N. Drake | Drake, Nathan (Eng. writer) (1766-1836) | |
| Sir F. Drake | Drake, Sir Francis (Eng. navigator) (1540?-1596) | |
| Drant | Drant, Thos. (Eng. divine made first met. transl. of Horace, 1567) (-1578?) | |
| J. W. Draper | Draper, John Wm. (Eng. philos. and scientist in America) (1811-1882) | |
| Sir W. Draper | Draper, Sir Wm. (Eng. controvers.) (1721-1787) | |
| Drayton | Drayton, Michael (Eng. poet) (1563-1631) | |
| Drummond | Drummond, Wm. of Hawthornden (Scot. poet) (1585-1649) | |
| A. Drummond | Drummond, Alex. (Eng. traveler) (-1769) | |
| H. Drummond | Drummond, Henry (Scot. writer) (1857?-1897) | |
| Sir. W. Drummond | Drummond, Sir Wm. (Scot. diplom. and writer) (1760?-1828) | |
| Dryden | Dryden, John (Eng. poet) (1631-1701) | |
| C. Dryden | Dryden, Chas. (son of J. Dryden, and translator of Juvenal) (1666-1704) | |
| J. Dryden, Jr. | Dryden, John, Jr. (Eng. translator) (1668-1701) | |
| Dryden & Lee | Dryden, John and Lee, Nathaniel. | |
| Du Bartas (trans.) | Du Bartas, Guillaume Salluste (Fr. poet). (1544-1590) | |
| Dublin Univ. Mag. | Dublin University Magazine (estab. 1832). | |
| Dubois-Reymond | Dubois-Reymond, Emil Henrich (Ger. writer on physical science) (1818-1896) | |
| Du Chaillu | Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Fr.-Am. trav.) (1835-) | |
| Lord Dufferin | Dufferin, Fred. Temple Blackwood, 1st earl of (Eng. statesman) (1826-) | |
| Dugard | Dugard, Wm. (Eng. teacher and poet) (1606-1662) | |
| Dugdale | Dugdale, Sir Wm. (Eng. antiq.) (1605-1686) | |
| R. L. Dugdale | Dugdale, Richard L. (Am. social scientist) (1841-1883) | |
| L. A. Duhring | Duhring, Louis A. (Am. physician) (1845-) | |
| W. Dunbar | Dunbar, Wm. (Scot. poet) (1465?-1530?) | |
| Dunglison | Dunglison, Robley (Am. physician). (1796-1869) | |
| Dunlop | Dunlop, John Colin (Scot. lit. hist.) (-1842) | |
| Duponceau | Duponceau, Peter Stephen (Am. legal writer, born in France) (1760-1844) | |
| Duppa | Duppa, Brian (Bp. of Salisbury) (1588-1662) | |
| D'Urfey | D'Urfey, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (1653-1723) | |
| Dr. T. Dwight | Dwight, Timothy (Am. educator) (1752-1817) | |
| J. S. Dwight | Dwight, John S. (Am. mus. critic) (1813-1893) | |
| S. E. Dwight | Dwight, Sereno E. (Am. author) (1786-1850) | |
| Dyche | Dyche, Thomas (Eng. schoolmaster) (fl. 1719) | |
| Dyer | Dyer, John (Brit. clerg. and poet) (1700-1758) | |
| T. H. Dyer | Dyer, Thomas Henry (Eng. hist.) (1804-1888) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Eadie | Eadie, John (Eng. theologian) (1810-1876) | |
| Earle | Earle, John (Eng. scholar). (1824?-) | |
| Bp. Earle | Earle, Bp. John (Eng. prelate) (1601-1665) | |
| East | East, Sir Edw. Hyde (chief justice of Calcutta) (1764-1847) | |
| C. L. Eastlake, | Eastlake, Sir Charles Locke (Eng. painter) (1793-1865) | |
| Eaton | Eaton, Amos (Am. physicist) (1776-1842) | |
| D. C. Eaton | Eaton, Daniel Cady (Am. botanist) (1834-1895) | |
| Echard | Echard, Laurence (Eng. divine) (1671-1730) | |
| Eclec. Rev. | Eclectic Review (estab., Eng. 1805). | |
| Eden | Eden, Richd. (Eng. trans. of travels) (1521?-1576) | |
| Miss Edgeworth | Edgeworth, Maria (Eng. novelist) (1767-1849) | |
| R. Edgeworth | Edgeworth, Roger (Roman Catholic divine) (-ab. 1560) | |
| Ed. Encyc. | Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (edited by Sir David Brewster, 1810-1839). | |
| Ed. Rev. | Edinburgh Review (estab. 1802). | |
| T. A. Edison | Edison, Thos. A. (Am. electrician) (1847-) | |
| Edwards | Edwards, Eliezer (Eng. compiler). | |
| A. B. Edwards | Edwards, Amelia Blandford (Eng. novelist and Egyptologist) (1831-1892) | |
| B. Edwards | Edwards, Bryan (Eng. writer in the West Indies) (1743-1800) | |
| J. Edwards | Edwards, Jonathan (Am. clerg. and metaphys.) (1703-1758) | |
| S. Edwards | Edwards, Henry Sutherland (Eng. author) (1828-) | |
| T. Edwards | Edwards, Thomas (Eng. critic) (1699?-1757) | |
| E. Eggleston | Eggleston, Edward (Am. writer) (1837-) | |
| Eikon Basilike | Portraiture of Chas. I. (attributed to Bp. Gauden). | |
| Lord Eldon | Eldon, John Scott (Eng. lord chancellor) (1751-1838) | |
| Eliot (1809) | Eliot, John. (1754-1813) | |
| G. Eliot | pseud. of Mary Ann (b. Evans) Lewes (later, Cross) (Eng. nov.) (1820-1880) | |
| Queen Elizabeth | Elizabeth, queen of England (1533-1603) | |
| Ld. Ellenborough | Ellenborough, Edward Law (lord chief justice of Eng.) (1750-1818) | |
| C. J. Ellicott | Ellicott, Charles John (Eng. com.) (1819-) | |
| Ellis | Ellis, George (Eng. misc. writer) (1753-1815) | |
| A. J. Ellis | Ellis, Alex. John (Eng. philol. and writer on phonetics) (1814-1890) | |
| J. Ellis | Ellis, John (vicar of St. Catherine's, Dublin) (fl. 1743) | |
| O. Ellsworth | Ellsworth, Oliver (chief justice of U. S.) (1745-1807) | |
| T. Ellwood | Ellwood, Thomas (Eng. Quaker) (1639-1713) | |
| Elmes | Elmes, James (Eng. writer on art) (1782-1862) | |
| Elton | Elton, Chas. Isaac (Eng. jurist) (1839-) | |
| Sir T. Elyot | Elyot, Sir Thomas (Eng. writer) (1490?-1546) | |
| Emerson | Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Amer. essayist and philosopher) (1803-1882) | |
| Encyc. Brit. | Encyclopædia Britannica (9th. edition, also 8th). | |
| Encyc. Dict. | Encyclopædic Dictionary (ed. by Robert Hunter, 1879-1888). | |
| Encyc. Dom. Econ. | Encyclopædia of Domestic Economy (ed. by Thos. Webster, 1845) | |
| Encyc. of Rural Sports | Encyc. of Rural Sports (ed. by J. H. Walsh, 1st Am. edition) | |
| Eng. Cyc. | English Cyclopædia, (1795-1801). | |
| Eng. Statute | Act of Henry VIII. (cited fr. Johnson's Dict.). | |
| Enfield | Enfield, Wm. (Eng. divine) (1741-1797) | |
| Entick | Entick, John (Eng. misc. writer) (1713-1773) | |
| Erskine | Erskine, John (Scot. prof. of law) (1695-1768) | |
| Lord Erskine | Erskine, Thomas (lord chancellor of Eng.) (1750-1823) | |
| Eton | Eton, Wm. (Eng. writer in Turkey) (fl. 1800) | |
| Euclid | Euclid of Alexandria (geom.) (fl. B. C. 300) | |
| Eusden | Eusden, Lawrence (Eng. poet and transl.) (-1730) | |
| Eustace | Eustace, John Chetwode (R. C. divine) (1765?-1815) | |
| Evans | Evans, John (Brit. antiquary) (1823-) | |
| J. Evarts | Evarts, Jeremiah (Am. writer) (1781-1831) | |
| Evelyn | Evelyn, John (Eng. diarist) (1620-1706) | |
| Everest | Everest, Chas. Wm. (Am. clerg. and poet) (1814-1877) | |
| E. Everett | Everett, Edward (Am. orator) (1794-1865) | |
| J. D. Everett | Everett, Joseph D. (Eng. physicist) (1831-) | |
| Mrs. J. H. Ewing | Ewing, Juliana Horatia Orr (Eng. nov.) (1842-1885) | |
| Examiner | Examiner, The (Lond. weekly journal, 1808-1881) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| G. S. Faber | Faber, George Stanley (Eng. theol.) (1773-1854) | |
| Fabyan | Fabyan, Robert (Eng. chronicler) (1450?-1513) | |
| Fairbairn | Fairbairn, Patrick (Scot. clerg.) (1805-1874) | |
| Fairfax | Fairfax, Edward (Eng. poet. trans.) (1580?-1635) | |
| Lord Fairfax | Fairfax, Ld. Thos. (Eng. general) (1611-1671) | |
| N. Fairfax | Fairfax, Nathaniel (Eng. author) (1637-1690) | |
| Fairholt | Fairholt, Fred. Wm. (Eng. art writer) (1814-1866) | |
| Falconer | Falconer, William (Scot. poet) (1732-1769) | |
| Fallows | Fallows, Samuel (Am. lexicog.) (1835-) | |
| Fanshawe | Fanshawe, Sir Richard (Eng. statesman and poet) (1608-1666) | |
| Faraday | Faraday, Michael (Eng. chem. and nat.) (1791-1867) | |
| Farindon | Farindon, Anthony (Eng. divine) (1596-1658) | |
| J. L. Farley | Farley, Jas. Lewis (Ir. journalist) (1823-) | |
| Farm. Dict. | Farmer's Dictionary (ed. by D. P. Gardner, 1846). | |
| Farm. Encyc. | Farmer's Encyclopedia (ed. by D. P. Gardner, 1844). | |
| Farm Journal (1886) | Farm Journal (1886) (Philadelphia agric. monthly) | |
| Farmer | Farmer, Hugh (Eng. divine) (1714-1787) | |
| Farming Encyc. (E. Edwards, Words) | Farming Encyclopedia (cited from E. Edwards's Words, Facts, etc.). | |
| Farquhar | Farquhar, George (Irish dramatist) (1678-1707) | |
| Farrar | Farrar, Fredk. Wm. (Eng. divine) (1831-) | |
| Farrier's Dict. | Farrier's Dictionary (cited from Johnson's Dict.). | |
| Farrow | Farrow, Edward S. (Am. mil. officer). | |
| Dr. Favour | Favour, John (Eng. divine) (1560?-1623) | |
| Fawcett | Fawcett, Henry (Eng. pol. sci.) (1833-1884) | |
| Fawkes | Fawkes, Fr. (Eng. poet and trans.) (1721-1777) | |
| Featley | Featley, Daniel (Eng. divine) (1582-1644) | |
| Bp. Fell | Fell, Bp. John (of Oxford) (1625-1686) | |
| Feltham | Feltham, Owen (Eng. moralist) (1610?-1678?) | |
| Felton | Felton, Henry (Eng. divine) (1679-1740) | |
| C. C. Felton | Felton, Cornelius C. (Am. author) (1807-1862) | |
| Female Quixote | Female Quixote. 1752 (By Mrs. Charlotte Lennox, 1720-1804). | |
| Fenton | Fenton, Elijah (Eng. poet) (1683-1730) | |
| G. Fenton | Fenton, Geoffrey (Eng. writer) (-1608) | |
| T. Fenton | Fenton, Thomas. | |
| Ferguson | Ferguson, James (Scot. astronomer) (1710-1776) | |
| Sir Samuel Ferguson | Ferguson, Sir Samuel (Irish poet and novelist) (1810-1886) | |
| J. Fergusson | Fergusson, James (Scot. architech) (1808-1886) | |
| Bp. Ferne | Ferne, Bp. Henry (Eng. divine) (1602-1661) | |
| Ferrand | Ferrand, Jas. (Fr. phys.). | |
| Miss Ferrier | Ferrier, Susan E. (Scot. novelist) (1782-1854) | |
| Fiddes | Fiddes, Richard (Eng. divine) (1671-1725) | |
| R. Field | Field, Richard (Eng. divine) (1561-1616) | |
| Fielding | Fielding, Henry (Eng. novelist) (1707-1754) | |
| J. B. Finch | Finch, John B. (Am. prohibitionist) (1852-1887) | |
| Bp. Fisher | Fisher, Bp. John (Eng. divine) (1459-1535) | |
| J. Fiske | Fiske, John (Am. philos. and hist.) (1842-) | |
| Fisheries of U. S. (1884) | Fisheries of the United States (1884). | |
| J. G. Fitch | Fitch, J. G. (Eng. educ. writer) (1824-) | |
| Fitz-Geffry | Fitz-Geffry, Charles (Eng. poet) (1575-1636) | |
| Fitzpatrick | Fitzpatrick, John Bernard (R. C. bp. of Boston) (1812-1866) | |
| Flatman | Flatman, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1633-1672) | |
| Flavel | Flavel, John (Eng. nonconf. divine) (1630?-1691) | |
| Fleetwood | Fleetwood, William (Eng. bishop) (1656-1723) | |
| Fleming | Fleming, William (Scot. divine and scholar). (1792?-1866) | |
| J. Fleming | Fleming, John (Scot. nat. philos.) (1785-1857) | |
| W. Flemming | Flemming, Walther (Ger. biologist) | |
| G. Fletcher | Fletcher, Giles (Eng. poet) (1584?-1623) | |
| J. Fletcher | Fletcher, John (Eng. dramatist and poet) (1579-1625) | |
| P. Fletcher | Fletcher, Phineas (Eng. poet) (1584?-1665?) | |
| Flint | Flint, Austin (Am. med. writer) (1812-1886) | |
| C. Flint | Flint, Chas. Lewis (Am. agr. writer) (1824-) | |
| Prof. R. Flint | Flint, Robert (Scot. theol. and philosopher) (1838-) | |
| T. Flint | Flint, Timothy (Am. author) (1780-1840) | |
| Florio | Florio, John (Eng. lexicog. and translator) (1553?-1625) | |
| Flower | Flower, Wm. Henry (Eng. zoölogist) (1831-) | |
| Floyer | Floyer, John (Eng. phys. and trans.) (1649-1734) | |
| Foote | Foote, Samuel (Eng. comedian) (1720-1777) | |
| Admiral Foote | Foote, Andrew Hull (Am. admiral) (1806-1863) | |
| D. Forbes | Forbes, Duncan (Scot. judge) (1685-1747) | |
| E. Forbes | Forbes, Edward (Eng. naturalist) (1815-1854) | |
| J. D. Forbes | Forbes, James D. (Scot. physicist) (1809-1868) | |
| Forby | Forby, Robert (Eng. philologist) (1759-1825) | |
| Ford | Ford, John (Eng. dramatist) (1586-1639?) | |
| Foreign Quart. Rev. | Foreign Quarterly Review (Lond., 1827-1846). | |
| Forney | Forney, Matthias Nace (Am. mechan. eng.). (1835-) | |
| Forsyth | Forsyth, J. S. | |
| J. Forsyth | Forsyth, Joseph (Scot. author) (1763-1815) | |
| Fortescue | Fortescue, Sir John (Eng. lawyer) (1395?-1485?) | |
| Fortnightly Review | Fortnightly Review (London monthly, estab. 1865). | |
| Fosbroke | Fosbroke, Thomas D. (Eng. antiq.) (1770-1842) | |
| Foster | Foster, Michael (Eng. physiol.). | |
| J. Foster | Foster, John (Eng. essayist) (1770-1843) | |
| Fotherby | Fotherby, Martin (Eng. bishop) (1559-1619) | |
| Fourcroy (Trans.) | Fourcroy, Antoine François (Fr. chemist) (1755-1809) | |
| Fox | Fox, Chas. James (Eng. statesman) (1749-1806) | |
| Foxe | Foxe, or Fox, John (Eng. martyrol.) (1516-1587) | |
| Frampton | Frampton, John (Eng. merchant). | |
| Francis | Francis, Philip (Eng. translator) (1708?-1773) | |
| G. Francis | Francis, George Wm. (Eng. bot. writer). (1800-1865) | |
| Frankland | Frankland, Edward (Eng. chemist) (1825-) | |
| T. Frankland | Frankland, Thomas (Eng. physician and historian) (1633-1690) | |
| Franklin | Franklin, Benj. (Am. philosopher and statesman) (1706-1790) | |
| Sarah Franklin | Bache, Sarah Franklin (daughter of Benj. Franklin) (1744-1808) | |
| Fraser's Mag. | Fraser's Magazine (London monthly, 1830-1882). | |
| E. A. Freeman | Freeman, Edward Aug. (Eng. hist.) (1823-1892) | |
| Freewill Bapt. Quart. | Freewill Baptist Quarterly (Dover, N. H., 1853-1869). | |
| J. C. Fremont | Fremont, John C. (Am. explorer) (1818-1890) | |
| J. H. Frere | Frere, John Hookham (Eng. diplomatist and poet) (1769-1846) | |
| Froude | Froude, James Anthony (Eng. hist.) (1818-1894) | |
| Fry | Fry, Edmund (Eng. type founder) (1754-1835) | |
| Fryth | Fryth, John (Eng. martyr) (-1533) | |
| Fulke | Fulke, Wm. (Eng. Puritan divine) (1538-1589) | |
| Fuller | Fuller, Thomas (Eng. preacher) (1608-1661) | |
| A. Fuller | Fuller, Andrew (Eng. Bapt. divine) (1754-1815) | |
| Furnivall | Furnivall, Fred. Jas. (Eng. philol.) (1825-) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Gage | Gage, Thos. (Eng. divine and trav.) (fl. 17th c.) | |
| Gale & Whatley | Gale, Chas. Jas., and Whatley, T. D. | , Lond., 1839.] |
| T. Gale | Gale, Theophilus (Eng. nonconf.) (1628-1678) | |
| Galt | Galt, John (Scot. novelist) (1779-1839) | |
| F. Galton | Galton, Francis (Eng. trav. and sci.) (1822-) | |
| Gamgee | Gamgee, Arthur (Eng. histologist). | |
| Gammer Gurton's Needle | Gammer Gurton's Needle (Eng. comedy attrib. to John Still) | |
| Ganot | Ganot, Adolphe (Fr. physicist) (1804-) | |
| Bp. Gardiner | Gardiner, Bp. Stephen (Eng. prel.) (1483-1555) | |
| Gardner | Gardner, Dan. Periera (Am. agr. chem.). | |
| Garrick | Garrick, David (Eng. actor and dramatist) (1717-1779) | |
| Garrison | Garrison, Wm. L. (Am. abolitionist) (1805-1879) | |
| Garth | Garth, Sir Samuel (Eng. physician and poet) (1661-1719) | |
| Gascoigne | Gascoigne, Geo. (Eng. poet) (1525?-1577) | |
| Mrs. Gaskell | Gaskell, Eliz. Cleghorn (Eng. nov.) (1810-1865) | |
| Gataker | Gataker, Thos. (Eng. class. critic) (1574-1654) | |
| Gauden | Gauden, John (Eng. bishop, reputed author of Eikon Basilike) (1605-1662) | |
| Gay | Gay, John (Eng. poet and dram.) (1685-1732) | |
| Gayton | Gayton, Edm. (Eng. humorous writer). (1609-1666) | |
| Geddes | Geddes, Alex. (Scot. R. C. theol.) (1737-1802) | |
| Gegenbaur | Gegenbaur, Carl (Ger. anatomist) (1830?-) | |
| Geikie | Geikie, Archibald (Scot. geologist) (1835?-) | |
| C. Geikie | Geikie, Cunningham (Brit. divine) (1826-) | |
| Geneva Bible | Geneva Bible (trans. by Eng. exiles at Geneva, 1560) | |
| Genevan Test. | Genevan Testament, 1557. | |
| Gent. Mag. | Gentleman's Magazine (London monthly, estab. 1731). | |
| J. F. Genung | Genung, John F. (Am. author) (1850-) | |
| Gerarde (1597) | Gerarde, John (Eng. herbalist and surgeon) (1545-1608) | |
| Gesta Romanorum | Gesta Romanorum (collection of old chronicles , legends, etc., of unknown authorship) | |
| Gibbon | Gibbon, Edward (Eng. historian) (1737-1794) | |
| Gibbs | Gibbs, Josiah Willard (Am. philol.) (1790-1861) | |
| Bp. Gibson | Gibson, Bp. Edmund (Eng. antiq.) (1669-1748) | |
| Gifford (1580) | Gifford, Humfrey. | |
| G. Gifford | Gifford, or Gyffard, George (Eng. divine). (1560?-1620) | |
| J. Gifford | Gifford, John (Eng. hist.) (1758-1818) | |
| W. Gifford | Gifford, William (Eng. author) (1756-1826) | |
| W. S. Gilbert | Gilbert, Wm. S. (Eng. dramatist) (1836-) | |
| H. Giles | Giles, Henry (Am. lecturer and essayist) (1809-) | |
| Gillespie | Gillespie, Geo. (Scot. Presb. divine) (1613-1648) | |
| Gilpin | Gilpin, William (Eng. divine) (1724-1804) | |
| Gladstone | Gladstone, Wm. E. (Eng. statesman) (1809-1898) | |
| Glanvill | Glanvill, Joseph (Eng. philos.) (1636-1680) | |
| Gliddon | Gliddon, Geo. R. (Am. archæol.) (1809-1857) | |
| Glover | Glover, Richard (Eng. poet) (1712-1785) | |
| Godfrey (1594) | Godfrey of Bouillon (Fr. crusader) (1058?-1100) | |
| Godman | Godman, John D. (Am. physician) (1794-1830) | |
| Godwin | Godwin, Wm. (Eng. misc. writer) (1757-1836) | |
| T. Godwin | Godwin, Thomas (Eng. antiq.) (1587-1643) | |
| Golden Boke | Golden Boke (Life of Marcus Aurelius, tr. by Ld. Berners, 1534). | |
| Golding | Golding, Arthur (Eng. poet and translator) (1536-1590?) | |
| Goldsmith | Goldsmith, Oliver (Ir. poet, hist., and nov.) (1728-1774) | |
| Good | John Mason Good (Eng. physician) (1764-1827) | |
| Goodale | Goodale, Geo. Lincoln (Am. bot.) (1839-) | |
| G. B. Goode | Goode, Geo. Brown (Am. ichth.) (1851-1896) | |
| J. Goodman | Goodman, John (Eng. clerg.). (-1690?) | |
| S. G. Goodrich | Goodrich, Samuel G. (Am. misc. writer, pseud. Peter Parley) (1793-1860) | |
| Goodwin | Goodwin, Wm. W. (Am. scholar) (1831-) | |
| J. Goodwin | Goodwin, John (Eng. divine) (1593-1665) | |
| T. Goodwin | Goodwin, Thomas (Eng. divine) (1600-1697) | |
| Googe | Googe, Barnaby (Eng. poet) (1538?-) | |
| T. Gordon | Gordon, Thomas (Scot. relig. and polit. writer) (1684?-1750) | |
| Mrs. Gore | Gore, Catharine Grace (Eng. nov.) (1799-1861) | |
| Gorges | Gorges, Sir Arthur. (-1625) | |
| E. W. Gosse | Gosse, Edmund Wm. (Eng. poet) (1849-) | |
| P. H. Gosse | Gosse, Philip Henry (Eng. nat.) (1810-1888) | |
| Gosson | Gosson, Stephen (Eng. divine and poet) (1554-1623) | |
| Gostwick (Eng. Gram.) | Gostwick, Joseph. (-1887) | |
| Gould | Gould, John (Eng. ornithologist) (1804-1881) | |
| B. A. Gould | Gould, Benj. A., Jr. (Am. astron.) (1824-1896) | |
| N. D. Gould | Gould, Nath. Duren (Am. musician) (1781-1864) | |
| Gov. of Tongue | Government of the Tongue (by John Ball, 1585-1640). | |
| Gower | Gower, John (Eng. poet) (1330-1408) | |
| Grafton | Grafton, Richd. (Eng. chronicler) (-ab. 1572) | |
| Graham | Grahamn, Thomas (Scot. chemist) (1805-1869) | |
| Grainger | Grainger, James (Scot. physician and poet) (1723?-1766) | |
| T. Granger | Granger, Thomas. | |
| U. S. Grant | Grant, Ulysses Simpson (Am. general and president) (1822-1885) | |
| Granville | Granville, George, Visc. Lansdowne (Eng. poet) (1667-1735) | |
| Graunt | Graunt, John (Eng. tradesman) (1620-1674) | |
| Graves | Graves, Richard (Eng. divine and satirist) (1715-1804) | |
| Gray | Gray, Asa (Am. botanist) (1810-1888) | |
| T. Gray | Gray, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1716-1771) | |
| C. J. Grece (Trans. Maetzner's Gram.) | Grece, Clair James (translator of Maetzner's Eng. Grammar). | |
| J. R. Green | Green, John Richard (Eng. hist.) (1837-1883) | |
| M. Green | Green, Matthew (Eng. poet) (1697-1737) | |
| Robert Greene | Greene, Robert (Eng. dramatist) (1560?-1592) | |
| Greenhill | Greenhill, Thos. | |
| Greenleaf | Greenleaf, Simon (Am. jurist) (1783-1853) | |
| B. Greenleaf | Greenleaf, Benjamin (Am. math.) (1786-1864) | |
| Gregory | Gregory, Wm. (Scot. chemist) (1803-1858) | |
| G. Gregory | Gregory, George (Eng. physician) (1790-1853) | |
| J. Gregory | Gregory, John (Eng. divine) (1607-1646) | |
| James Gregory | Gregory, James (Scot. physician) (1753-1821) | |
| John Gregory | Gregory, John (Scot. physician) (1724-1773) | |
| Gregory XVI. | Gregory XVI. (Pope, 1831-1846) (1765-1846) | |
| Greneway | Greneway, Richard (class. trans.) (fl. 1598) | |
| Grew | Grew, Nehemiah (first veg. anat. and physiol. of Eng.) (1628-1711) | |
| Z. Grey | Grey, Zachary (Eng. divine, ed. Hudibras) (1687-1766) | |
| Grier | Grier, Wm. (Scot. civil engineer). | |
| E. D. Griffin | Griffin, Edward Dorr (Am. divine) (1770-1837) | |
| S. B. Griffin | Griffin, Solomon B. (Am. journalist) (1852-) | |
| W. E. Griffis | Griffis, Wm. Elliot (Am. writer) (1843-) | |
| Griffith (Cuvier) | Griffith, Edw. (trans. of Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 1827-1835) | |
| M. Griffith | Griffith, Matthew (Eng. divine) (fl. 1632-1666) | |
| Abp. Grindal | Grindal, Abp. Edm. (Eng. divine) (1519-1583) | |
| A. Grisebach | Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolph (prof. of bot. at Göttingen) (1814-1879) | |
| Grose | Grose, Francis (Eng. antiquary) (1731-1791) | |
| Gross | Gross, Samuel David (Am. surgeon) (1805-1884) | |
| Grote | Grote, Geo. (Eng. hist. and philos.) (1794-1871) | |
| J. Grote | Grote, John (Eng. philos.) (1813-1866) | |
| Grove | Grove, Sir Geo. (ed. of Mus. Dict.) (1820-) | |
| W. R. Grove | Grove, Wm. R. (Eng. physicist) (1811-1896) | |
| Guardian | Guardian, The (Eng. period., March to Oct., 1713). | |
| Dr. Guest | Guest, Edwin (Eng. philologist) (1800-1880) | |
| Edmund Gurney | Gurney, Edmund (Eng. writer) (1847?-1888) | |
| F. Guthrie | Guthrie, Frederick (Eng. physicist) (1833-1886) | |
| T. Guthrie | Guthrie, Thomas (Scot. divine and philanthropist) (1803-1873) | |
| W. Guthrie | Guthrie, Wm. (Scot. historian) (1708-1770) | |
| Guy of Warwick | Guy of Warwick (anc. Eng. poet. romance) | |
| Guyot | Guyot, Arnold Henry (Swiss-Am. geog.) (1807-1884) | |
| Gwilt | Gwilt, Joseph (Eng. architect) (1784-1863) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Habington | Habington, Wm. (Eng. poet) (1605-1654) | |
| Hackett | Hackett, Horatio B. (Am. biblical commentator) (1808-1875) | |
| Bp. Hackett | Hackett, Bp. John (Eng. divine) (1592-1670) | |
| Hadley | Hadley, James (Am. philologist) (1821-1872) | |
| A. T. Hadley | Hadley, Arthur T. (Am. econ.) (1856-) | |
| Haeckel | Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich (Ger. nat.) (1834-) | |
| H. R. Haggard | Haggard, Henry Rider (Eng. nov.) (1856-) | |
| Hakewill | Hakewill, Geo. (Eng. abp.) (1579-1648) | |
| Hakluyt | Hakluyt, Richard (Eng. geog.) (1553-1616) | |
| Haldeman | Haldeman, S. S. (Am. misc. writer) (1812-1880) | |
| E. E. Hale | Hale, Edward Everett (Am. clerg. and author) (1822-) | |
| Sir M. Hale | Hale, Sir Matt. (Eng. ld. chief just., relig. and legal writer) (1609-1676) | |
| Hales | Hales, John (Eng. divine and critic) (1584-1656) | |
| W. Hales | Hales, Wm. (Brit. misc. author) (1747-1831) | |
| Haliburton | Haliburton, Thos. C. (Nova Scotia humorist, pseud. Sam Slick) (1796-1865) | |
| Halifax | Halifax, Chas. Montagu, Earl of (Eng. statesman) (1661-1715) | |
| B. H. Hall | Hall, Benj. Home (Am. writer) (1830-) | |
| Bp. Hall | Hall, Bp. Joseph (Eng. scholar) (1574-1656) | |
| E. Hall | Hall, Edw. (Eng. chronicler) (1499?-1547) | |
| Fitzed. Hall | Hall, Fitzedward (Am. philol. in Eng.) (1825-) | |
| J. Hall (1565) | Hall, John (Eng. poet). | |
| John Hall (1646) | Hall, John (Eng. poet) (1627-1656) | |
| Marshall Hall | Hall, Marshall (Eng. physician) (1790-1857) | |
| R. Hall | Hall, Robert (Eng. Bapt. divine) (1764-1831) | |
| S. C. Hall | Hall, Samuel Carter (Eng. author) (1801-1889) | |
| Hallam | Hallam, Henry (Eng. historian) (1777-1859) | |
| Halleck | Halleck, Fitz-Greene (Am. poet) (1790-1867) | |
| H. W. Halleck | Halleck, Henry Wager (Am. general, and mil. writer) (1815-1872) | |
| Haller | Haller, Albrecht von (Swiss, father of modern physiol.) (1708-1777) | |
| Hallifax | Hallifax, Samuel (Eng. divine) (1733-1790) | |
| Halliwell | Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard (Eng. antiquary) (1820-1889) | |
| C. Hallock | Hallock, Charles (Am. writer) (1834-) | |
| Hallywell | Hallywell, Henry (Eng. vicar) (17th c.) | |
| C. G. Halpine | Halpine, Charles G. (Ir.-Am. jour.) (1829-1868) | |
| Hamerton | Hamerton, Philip Gilbert (English writer on art) (1834-1894) | |
| Ham. Nav. Encyc. | Hamersly's Naval Encyclopaedia, Phila. 1881. | |
| Hamilton | Hamilton, Wm. (Scot. poet) (1704-1754) | |
| A. Hamilton | Hamilton, Alex. (Am. statesman) (1757-1804) | |
| J. Hamilton | Hamilton, Jas. (Scot. divine) (1814-1867) | |
| R. W. Hamilton | Hamilton, Richard Winter (Eng. divine) (1794-1848) | |
| Sir W. Hamilton | Hamilton, Sir Wm. (Scot. philos.) (1788-1856) | |
| Sir W. R. Hamilton | Hamilton, Sir Wm. Rowan (Irish astronomer) (1805-1865) | |
| Thomas Hamilton | Hamilton, Thomas (Eng. author). (1789-1842) | |
| W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace) | Hamilton, Wm. (Scot. poet, abridged the Life of Sir Wm. Wallace, a metrical history, 1710) (1665?-1751) | |
| Hammond | Hammond, Henry (Eng. divine) (1605-1660) | |
| S. H. Hammond | Hammond, Sam. H. (Am. author) (1809-) | |
| W. A. Hammond | Hammond, Wm. Alex. (Am. phys.) (1828-1900) | |
| W. Hamper | Hamper, Wm. (Eng. antiquary) (1776-1831) | |
| Hampole | Hampole, Richard Rolle de (Eng. poet) (-1348) | |
| Hanmer | Hanmer, Sir Thos. (Eng. Shak. ed.) (1676?-1746) | |
| Jonathan Hanmer | Hanmer, Jonathan (Eng. nonconf. divine) (-1687) | |
| J. Hannay | Hannay, Jas. (Scot. crit. and nov.) (1827-1873) | |
| Hansard | Hansard, Luke (Eng. printer) (1752-1828) | |
| F. Hardman | Hardman, Fred. (Brit. journalist) (1813?-1874) | |
| Hardy, Arthur S. (Am. novelist) (1847-) | ||
| Lady D. Hardy | Hardy, Lady Duffus (Eng. writer). | |
| T. Hardy | Hardy, Thomas (Eng. novelist) (1840-) | |
| Hare | Hare, Augustus Wm., and Hare, Julius Charles (1795-1855) (Eng. clergymen, and joint authors of Guesses at Truth). | |
| A. W. Hare | Hare, Augustus Wm. (1792-1834) | |
| J. S. Harford | Harford, John Scandrett (English writer) (1785-1866) | |
| Harkness | Harkness, Albert (Am. educator) (1822-) | |
| Harmar | Harmar, John (Eng. translator) (-1613) | |
| R. G. Harper | Harper, Robt. G. (Am. statesman) (1765-1825) | |
| Harpers' Latin Dict. | Harpers' Latin Dictionary (revised edition, N. Y., 1886). | |
| Harper's Mag. | Harper's New Monthly Magazine (N. Y., estab. 1850). | |
| Harrington | Harrington, Jas. (Eng. polit. writer) (1611-1677) | |
| Sir J. Harrington | Harrington, Sir John (Eng. author) (1561-1612) | |
| Harris | Harris, Jas. (Eng. philol.) (1709-1780) | |
| Harris (Voyages) | Harris, John (Eng. misc. writer). (1667-1719) | |
| J. C. Harris | Harris, Joel Chandler (Am. writer) (1848-) | |
| S. Harris | Harris, Samuel (Eng. divine) (1683-1733) | |
| Sir W. S. Harris | Harris, Sir Wm. Snow (Eng. elec.) (1792-1867) | |
| T. W. Harris | Harris, Thaddeus Wm. (Am. nat.) (1795-1856) | |
| F. Harrison | Harrison, Frederick (Eng. author) (1831-) | |
| J. A. Harrison (Beowulf) | Harrison, James Albert (Am. philologist). (1848-) | |
| W. Harrison (1586) | Harrison, William (Eng. divine). (-1593) | |
| Harte | Harte, Walter (Eng. poet and hist.) (1700-1774) | |
| Bret Harte | Harte, Francis Bret (Am. author) (1839-) | |
| Hartlib | Hartlib, Samuel (Polish refugee, friend of Milton) (1600?-1662) | |
| H. Hartshorne | Hartshorne, Henry (Am. physician) (1823-1897) | |
| Harvey | Harvey, Wm. (Eng. anatomist) (1578-1658) | |
| G. Harvey | Harvey, Gabriel (Eng. author) (1545?-1630?) | |
| Haüy | Haüy, René Just (Fr. mineralogist) (1743-1822) | |
| Havelok the Dane | Havelok the Dane (Eng. romance, about 1280). | |
| H. R. Haweis | Haweis, Hugh Reginald (Eng. clergyman and musical writer) (1838-) | |
| Hawes | Hawes, Stephen (Eng. poet) (16th c.) | |
| J. Hawes | Hawes, Joel (Am. clergyman) (1789-1867) | |
| Hawkesworth | Hawkesworth, John (Eng. compiler) (1715?-1773) | |
| Sir J. Hawkins | Hawkins, Sir John (Eng. rear adm.) (1532-1595) | |
| Hawthorne | Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Am. nov.) (1804-1864) | |
| Julian Hawthorne | Hawthorne, Julian (Am. novelist) (1846-) | |
| Hay (1754) | Hay, William (Eng. essayist) (1695-1755) | |
| Haydn | Haydn, Joseph. (-1856) | |
| B. R. Haydon | Haydon, Benj. Robt. (Eng. painter) (1786-1846) | |
| Dr. Hayes | Hayes, Isaac Israel (Am. explorer) (1832-1881) | |
| Hayward | Hayward, Sir John (Eng. historian) (1560?-1627) | |
| J. Hayward | Hayward, James (Eng. trans.). | |
| Hazlitt | Hazlitt, Wm. (Eng. misc. writer) (1778-1830) | |
| W. C. Hazlitt | Hazlitt, Wm. Carew (Eng. hist.) (1834-1893) | |
| Sir F. Head | Head, Sir Fr. Bond (Eng. traveler) (1793-1875) | |
| J. B. Heard | Heard, John Bickford (Brit. clerg.). | |
| Hearne | Hearne, Thomas (Eng. antiquary) (1678-1735) | |
| Heber | Heber, Reginald (Eng. bishop and hymn writer) (1783-1826) | |
| Hebert | Hebert, Luke (Brit. ed.). | |
| Hedge | Hedge, Fredk. Henry (Am. clerg.) (1805-1891) | |
| Helmholtz | Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferd. (Ger. physicist and physiol.) (1821-1894) | |
| Helps | Helps, Sir Arthur (Eng. essayist and hist.) (1813-1875) | |
| Mrs. Hemans | Hemans, Felicia D. (Eng. poetess) (1793-1835) | |
| E. Henderson | Henderson, Ebenezer (Scot. theol.) (1784-1858) | |
| Mrs. Henderson | Henderson, Mary Foote. (1835?-) | |
| P. Henderson | Henderson, Peter (Am. hort. writer) (1823-1890) | |
| Proverbs of Hending | Hending, or Hendyng. (1272-1307) | |
| Henfrey | Henfrey, Arthur (Eng. botanist) (1819-1859) | |
| Henrici | Henrici, Olaus (Ger. math. at Univ. of Lond.) (1840-) | |
| Henry | Henry, William (Eng. chemist) (1775-1836) | |
| M. Henry | Henry, Matthew (Eng. bib. com.) (1672-1714) | |
| P. Henry | Henry, Patrick (Am. orator) (1736-1799) | |
| R. Henry | Henry, Robt. (Eng. historian) (1718-1790) | |
| Henryson | Henryson, Robt. (Scot. poet) (1425?-1506?) | |
| Henslow | Henslow, John Stevens (Eng. bot.) (1796-1861) | |
| Herbert | Herbert, George (Eng. poet) (1593-1632) | |
| Lord Herbert | Herbert, Ld. Edwd. (Brit. author) (1581-1648) | |
| Sir T. Herbert | Herbert, Sir Thos. (Eng. traveler) (1606-1682) | |
| Hermann | Hermann, Hans Rudolph (German mineralogical chemist) (1805-) | |
| Herrick | Herrick, Robert (Eng. poet) (1591-1674) | |
| Sir J. Herschel | Herschel, Sir John Fredk. Wm. (Eng. astron., son of W. H.) (1792-1871) | |
| W. Herschel | Herschel, Sir Wm. (Eng. astron.) (1738-1822) | |
| Heumann | Heumann, Johann (Ger. jurist) (1711-1760) | |
| Hewyt | Hewyt, John (Eng. divine) (-1658) | |
| Hexham | Hexham, Henry. (17th c.) | |
| Heylin | Heylin, Peter (Eng. misc. writer) (1600-1662) | |
| Heyse | Heyse, Karl Wilhelm Ludwig (Ger. philol.) (1797-1855) | |
| Heywood | Heywood, Thos. (Eng. dramatist) (-1650?) | |
| J. Heywood | Heywood, John (Eng. dramatist) (1500-1565) | |
| Heywood's Prov. | Heywood's Prov. (coll. of proverbs by J. Heywood) | |
| E. Hickeringill | Hickeringill, Edm. (Eng. controv.) (1630-1708) | |
| Hickes | Hickes, Thomas (Eng. author) (-1634) | |
| G. Hickes | Hickes, George (Eng. divine and scholar) (1642-1715) | |
| Hickok | Hickok, Laurens Perseus (Am. philosopher) (1798-1888) | |
| Highmore | Highmore, Nathaniel (Eng. jurist) (fl. 1810) | |
| R. Hildreth | Hildreth, Richard (Am. journalist and historian) (1807-1865) | |
| Hiles | Hiles, Henry (Eng. mus. writer) (1826-) | |
| Sir J. Hill | Hill, Sir John (Eng. misc. writer) (1716-1775) | |
| Hillhouse | Hillhouse, Jus. Abraham (Am. poet) (1789-1841) | |
| J. R. Hind | Hind, John Russell (Eng. astron.) (1823-) | |
| Hist. of Richard Hainam | Witty Rogue Arraigned, or History of Richard Hainam, 1658. | |
| Hitchcock | Hitchcock, Edward (Am. geol.) (1793-1864) | |
| R. D. Hitchcock | Hitchcock, Roswell Dwight (Am. theologian) (1817-1887) | |
| Bp. Hoadley | Hoadley, Bp. Benj. (Eng. prelate) (1671-1761) | |
| Hobart | Hobart, Sir Henry (ld. chief just.). (-1625) | |
| Bp. Hobart | Hobart, Bp. John Henry (Am. Prot. Epis. divine) (1775-1830) | |
| Hobbes | Hobbes, Thos. (Eng. philosopher) (1588-1679) | |
| Hoblyn | Hoblyn, Richard Dennis. (1813?-1886) | |
| Sir E. Hoby | Hoby, Sir Edward. (1560?-1616?) | |
| R. Hodges | Hodges, Richard. | |
| Hoffman | Hoffman, Chas. Fenno (Am. author) (1806-1884) | |
| Hoffmann | Hoffmann, August Wilhelm (Ger. chem.) (1818-1892) | |
| Hogg | Hogg, James (Scot. poet, "The Ettrick Shepherd") (1772-1835) | |
| H. Holbeach | Holbreach, Henry, pseud. of Wm. Brightly Rande (Eng. essayist) (1827-1882) | |
| Holder | Holder, William (Eng. divine) (1614-1697) | |
| Holdsworth | Holdsworth, Richard (Eng. divine) (1590-1649) | |
| Holinshed | Holinshed, Raphael (Eng. chron.) (-1580?) | |
| Holland | Holland, Philemon (Eng. trans.) (1551-1636) | |
| Holloway | Holloway, Wm. (Eng. author). | |
| Holmes | Holmes, Oliver Wendell (Am. physician and author) (1809-1894) | |
| A. Holmes | Holmes, Abiel (Am. clergyman) (1763-1837) | |
| Ld. Holt | Holt, Ld. John (chief just. of Eng.) (1642-1709) | |
| Holwell | Holwell, Wm. (Eng. divine). (-1798) | |
| Holyday | Holyday, Barten (Eng. author) (1593-1661) | |
| Homans | Homans, J. Smith (father and son of same name, Am. authors). | |
| J. Home | Home, John (Scot. dramatic poet) (1724?-1808) | |
| Homilies | Homilies of the Church of England, 2 vols., 1547 and 1563. | |
| Hood | Hood, Thomas (Eng. poet and wit) (1798-1845) | |
| Hook | Hook, Walter Farquhar (Eng. divine). (1798-1875) | |
| T. Hook | Hood, Theo. Ed. (Eng. journalist) (1788-1841) | |
| Hooke | Hooke, Robert (Eng. math. and inventor) (1635-1703) | |
| Hooker | Hooker, Richard (Eng. divine) (1554-1600) | |
| J. D. Hooker | Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Brit. bot.) (1817-) | |
| Hoole | Hoole, John (Eng. translator and dramatist) (1727-1803) | |
| Hooper | Hooper, Robert (Brit. med. writer) (-1835) | |
| J. Hooper | Hooper, John (Eng. bp. and martyr) (1495-1555) | |
| Hopkins | Hopkins, Samuel (Am. theologian) (1721-1803) | |
| Bp. Hopkins | Hopkins, Bp. Ezekiel (Eng. divine) (1633-1690) | |
| Hopkinson | Hopkinson, Francis (Am. author) (1737-1791) | |
| Bp. Horne | Horne, Bp. George (Eng. divine) (1730-1792) | |
| L. Horner | Horner, Leonard (Scot. writer, tr. of Villari's Hist. of Savanarola) (1785?-1864) | |
| Bp. Horsley | Horsley, Bp. Samuel (Eng. prelate) (1733-1806) | |
| D. Hosack | Hosack, David (Am. botanist) (1769-1835) | |
| Hosking | Hosking, William (Eng. architect) (1800-1861) | |
| Bp. Hough | Hough, Bp. John (Eng. divine) (1651-1743) | |
| J. Howe | Howe, John (Eng. Puritan divine) (1630-1705) | |
| Mrs. Howe | Howe, Julia Ward (Am. poet) (1819-) | |
| Howell | Howell, James (Brit. author) (1595?-1666) | |
| W. D. Howells | Howells, Wm. Dean (Am. novelist) (1837-) | |
| Howitt | Howitt, Mrs. Mary (Eng. writer. Howitt also indicates the joint works of Wm. and Mary Howitt) (1798-1888) | |
| W. Howitt | Howitt, William (Eng. author) (1795-1879) | |
| Hoyle | Hoyle, Edm. (Eng. writer on games) (1672-1769) | |
| Hudibras | Hudibras (a burl. poem by Sam. Butler, 1663.) | |
| T. Hudson | Hudson, Thomas (British poet). | |
| Hughes | Hughes, John (Eng. poet) (1677-1720) | |
| T. Hughes | Hughes, Thomas (Eng. author) (1823-1896) | |
| Huloet | Huloet, or Hulett, Richard. | |
| Humble | Humble, Wm. (Eng. geol.). | |
| Humboldt | Humboldt, von, Friedrich Henrich Alexander, Baron (Ger. nat.) (1769-1859) | |
| Hume | Hume, David (Scot. hist. and phil.) (1711-1776) | |
| The Humorist | The Humorist (essays upon several subjects, Lond., 1720, by Thomas Gordon) | |
| H. Humphrey | Humphrey, Heman (Am. clerg.) (1779-1861) | |
| Leigh Hunt | Hunt, Jas. Henry Leigh (Eng. poet and essayist) (1784-1859) | |
| R. Hunt | Hunt, Robert (Eng. scient. writer) (1807-1887) | |
| T. S. Hunt | Hunt, Thomas Sterry (Am. chem.) (1826-1892) | |
| Hunter | Hunter, Robert. | |
| Bp. Hurd | Hurd, Bp. Richard (Eng. author) (1720-1808) | |
| Hutcheson | Hutcheson, Francis (Irish metaph.) (1694-1746) | |
| Lady Hutchinson | Hutchinson, Lucy (Eng. writer) (1620-1659) | |
| Hutton | Hutton, Chas. (Eng. mathematician) (1737-1823) | |
| R. H. Hutton | Hutton, Richard Holt (Eng. writer) (1826-1897) | |
| Huxley | Huxley, Thos. Henry (Eng. nat.) (1825-1895) | |
| A. Hyatt | Hyatt, Alpheus (Am. naturalist) (1838-) | |
| R. Hyrde | Hyrde, Richard (Eng. trans. of Instruction of a Christian Woman, Lond., 1540, from the Lat. of L. Vives). |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Idler | Idler, The (Eng. periodical, 1758-1760), conducted by Johnson, Sir J. Reynolds, and B. Langton). | |
| Illust. London News | Illustrated London News (weekly journal, estab. 1842). | |
| Imp. Dict. | Imperial Dictionary (new ed., 1882). | |
| J. Ingelow | Ingelow, Jean (Eng. poet and nov.) (1820-1897) | |
| Internat. Cyc. | International Cyclopedia (Am. ed., N. Y. 1887). | |
| E. Irving | Irving, Edward (Scot. preacher) (1792-1834) | |
| W. Irving | Irving, Washington (Am. author) (1783-1859) | |
| Itard | Itard, Jean E. M. Gaspard (Fr. surg.) (1772-1838) | |
| C. A. Ives | Ives, Chas. Acton (Am. writer) (1856-) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Mrs. H. H. Jackson | Jackson, Mrs. Helen Hunt, known as "H. H." (Am. author) (1831-1885) | |
| T. Jackson | Jackson, Thomas (Dean of Peterborough) (1579-1640) | |
| Jacob (Law Dict.) | Jacob, Giles (Eng. legal writer) (1686-1744) | |
| R. Jago | Jago, Richd. (Eng. divine and poet) (1715-1781) | |
| James I. (1618) | James I. (king of Eng.) (1566-1625) | |
| James II. | James II. (king of Eng.) (1633-1701) | |
| James I. (of Scotland) | James I. of Scotland (1394?-1437) | |
| James II. of Scotland | James II. of Scotland (1430-1460) | |
| G. P. R. James | James, Geo. P. Rainsford (Eng. nov.) (1801-1860) | |
| H. James | James, Henry, Jr. (Am. author) (1843-) | |
| Mrs. Jameson | Jameson, Anna (Irish author) (1797-1860) | |
| R. Jameson | Jameson, Robert (Scot. naturalist) (1774-1854) | |
| Jamieson | Jamieson, John (Scot. lexicog.) (1759-1838) | |
| Janet | Janet, Paul (Fr. philosopher) (1823-) | |
| Jardine | Jardine, Sir William (Scot. nat.) (1800-1874) | |
| Jarman | Jarman, Thos. (Eng. legal writer) (1800?-1860) | |
| Jay | Jay, John (first chief just. of U. S.) (1745-1829) | |
| W. Jay | Jay, William (Am. author) (1789-1858) | |
| R. Jefferies | Jefferies, Richard (Eng. author) (1848-1887) | |
| Jefferson | Jefferson, Thomas (Pres. of U. S.) (1743-1826) | |
| Jeffrey | Jeffrey, Lord Francis (Scot. critic and essayist) (1773-1850) | |
| W. E. Jelf | Jelf, Wm. Edward (Eng. author) (1811-1875) | |
| Fleeming Jenkin | Jenkin, Henry Charles Fleeming (Brit. electrician) (1833-1885) | |
| Jenkins | Jenkins, Sir Leoline (Eng. statesm.) (1623-1685) | |
| Jennings | Jennings, James. (-1833) | |
| Jenyns | Jenyns, Soame (Eng. misc. author) (1705-1787) | |
| D. Jerrold | Jerrold, Douglas Wm. (Eng. author) (1803-1857) | |
| Jervas | Jervas, or Jarvis, Chas. (Brit. trans.) (ab. 1740) | |
| Jevons | Jevons, Wm. Stanley (Eng. econ.) (1835-1882) | |
| Jewel | Jewel, or Jewell, John (Eng. bp.) (1522-1571) | |
| Jodrell | Jodrell, Richard Paul (Eng. philol.) (1745-1831) | |
| Johnson | Johnson, Dr. Samuel (Eng. lexicog. and misc. writer) (1709-1784) | |
| Johnson's Cyc. | Johnson's Universal Cyclopædia (N. Y., 1886). | |
| K. Johnston | Johnston, Alex. Keith (Scot. geog.) (1804-1871) | |
| W. P. Johnston | Johnston, William Preston (Am. educator) (1831-1899) | |
| W. R. Johnston | Johnston, Walter Rogers (Am. writer) (1794-1852) | |
| Johnstone | Johnstone, John (Eng. physician) (1768-1836) | |
| Joint Rules of Congress, U. S. | Joint Rules of the Congress of the United States. | |
| Sir W. Jones | Jones, Sir Wm. (Eng. orientalist) (1746-1794) | |
| B. Jonson | Jonson, Ben (Eng. dramatist) (1574?-1637) | |
| Jordan | Jordan, Thos. (Eng. poet and actor) (-1685?) | |
| Jortin | Jortin, John (Eng. divine and essayist) (1698-1770) | |
| Journal H. of R. U. S. | Journal of the U. S. House of Representatives. | |
| Journal of the Senate, U. S. | Journal of the U. S. Senate. | |
| Jowett | Jowett, Benjamin (Eng. scholar) (1817-1893) | |
| Joye | Joye, or Gee, George (Eng. reformer and printer) (1492?-1553) | |
| Judd | Judd, Sylvester (Am. novelist) (1813-1853) | |
| Jukes | Jukes, Joseph Beete (Eng. geol.) (1811-1869) | |
| F. Junius | Junius, Franciscus (Eng. philol.) (1589-1677) | |
| Junius | Junius Letters (issued in Public Advertiser, 1769-1772, and attributed to Sir Philip Francis). |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Kames | Kames, Hen. Home, Ld. (Scot. phil.) (1696-1782) | |
| Kane | Kane, Elisha Kent (Am. explorer) (1820-1857) | |
| Karslake | Karslake, William Henry (Eng. divine, and writer on logic) (1825?-) | |
| Keary | Keary, Charles Francis. | |
| Keats | Keats, John (Eng. poet) (1795-1821) | |
| Keble | Keble, John (Eng. divine and poet) (1792-1866) | |
| Keightley | Keightley, Thomas (Brit. author) (1789-1872) | |
| Keill | Keill, John (Scot. math. and phil.) (1671-1721) | |
| Keith | Keith, Rev. Patrick. | |
| J. P. Kemble | Kemble, John P. (Eng. tragedian) (1757-1823) | |
| D. Kemp | Kemp, Dixon (Eng. naut. writer). | |
| Bp. Ken | Ken, Bp. Thomas (English hymn writer) (1637-1710) | |
| T. Kendall | Kendall, Timothy (English poet). | |
| G. Kennan | Kennan, George (Am. traveler) (1845-) | |
| Kennet | Kennet, Basil (Eng. class. writer) (1674-1714?) | |
| Bp. Kennet | Kennet, Bp. White (Eng. historian) (1660-1728) | |
| Kenney | Kenney, James (Irish dramatist) (1770-1849?) | |
| Kenrick | Kenrick, William (Eng. critic) (1720-1779) | |
| Kent | Kent, James (Am. jurist) (1763-1847) | w:Commentaries on American Law |
| Kepler | Kepler, Johann (Germ. astronomer) (1571-1631) | |
| Kerr | Kerr, Robert (Scot. historian) (1755-1813) | |
| Kersey | Kersey, John (Eng. math. and philol.). (1616?-1690?) | |
| Kettlewell | Kettlewell, John (Eng. divine) (1653-1695) | |
| F. S. Key | Key, Francis Scott (Am. poet) (1780-1843) | |
| Killingbeck | Killingbeck, John (Eng. prebendary) (fl. 1725) | |
| R. B. Kimball | Kimball, Richd. Burleigh (Am. nov.) (1816-1892) | |
| King | King, William (Eng. author) (1663-1712) | |
| Bp. King | King, Bp. Henry (Eng. divine) (1591-1669) | |
| Bp. J. King (1608) | King, Bp. John (Eng. divine) (1559-1621) | |
| King Alisaunder | King Alisaunder (a trans. from Latin of a part of the Romance of Alexander, ab. 1340.) | |
| King Horn | King Horn (prob. a trans. of Fr. romance of Horn & Rimenhild, before 1300.) | |
| C. Kingsley | Kingsley, Chas. (Eng. nov. and poet) (1819-1875) | |
| H. Kingsley | Kingsley, Henry (Eng. novelist) (1824?-1876) | |
| Kirby | Kirby, William (Eng. entomologist) (1759-1850) | |
| Kirby & Spence | Kirby, William, and Spence, W. | |
| Kirwan | Kirwan, Richard (Irish physicist) (1750-1812) | |
| Kitto | Kitto, John (Eng. biblical writer) (1804-1854) | |
| W. Kittredge | Kittredge, Walter (Am. song writer) (1832-) | |
| Knatchbull | Knatchbull, Sir Norton (Eng. author) (1601-1684) | |
| Knight | Knight, Edward Henry (Am. engineer). (1820?-1883) | Mechan. Dict. |
| C. Knight | Knight, Chas. (Eng. ed. and author) (1791-1873) | |
| Knolles | Knolles, Richard (Eng. author) (1545?-1610) | |
| Knowles | Knowles, James (Brit. educator, revised Walker's Dict., 1845) (1779?-1840) | |
| J. Knowles | Knowles, John. | |
| Sheridan Knowles | Knowles, Jas. Sheridan (Ir. dram.) (1784-1862) | |
| Bp. Knox | Knox, Bp. William (Ir. divine) (1760?-1831) | |
| John Knox | Knox, John (Scot. reformer) (1505-1572) | |
| V. Knox | Knox, Vicesimus (Eng. divine and essayist) (1752-1821) | |
| Kollock | Kollock, Henry (Am. clergyman) (1778-1819) | |
| J. Köstlin (Schaff-Herzog Encyc.) | Köstlin, Julius (German theologian, writer in Schaff-Herzog Encyc.) (1826-) | |
| Krauth | Krauth, Charles Porterfield (Am. divine and philosophical writer) (1823-1883) | |
| Krauth-Fleming | Krauth, C. P., and Fleming, Wm. | |
| W. Kühne | Kühne, W. (Ger. physiologist). | |
| Kyd | Kyd, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (fl. 1580) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Laing | Laing, Samuel (Eng. traveler) (1780-1868) | |
| Lamb | Lamb, Charles (Eng. essayist) (1775-1834) | |
| Lambarde | Lambarde, William (Eng. author) (1536-1601) | |
| Lambert | Lambert, John (Eng. traveler) (1775?-) | |
| Lament. of Mary Magdalene | Lamentation of Mary Magdalene (poem occas. ascr. to Chaucer). | |
| M. S. Lamson | Lamson, Mary Swift. | |
| Landois & Stirling | Landois, Leon. (Ger. physiol.) (1837-) Stirling, Wm. (Eng. physiol.) (?-) |
|
| Landor | Landor, Walter S. (Eng. author) (1775-1864) | |
| E. W. Lane | Lane, Edw. Wm. (Eng. orientalist) (1801-1876) | |
| Laneham | Laneham, Robert. | |
| A. Lang | Lang, Andrew (Eng. writer) (1844-) | |
| Langham | Langham, William (Eng. physician). | |
| Langhorne | Langhorne, John (Eng. divine) (1735-1779) | |
| J. Langley (1644) | Langley, John. | |
| S. P. Langley | Langley, Samuel P. (Am. astron.) (1834-) | |
| Ray Lankester | Lankester, Edwin Ray (Eng. geol.) (1847-) | |
| Lansdowne Ms. | Lansdowne Ms. (public records, state papers, correspondence, etc., in Brit. Museum, formerly belonging to the Marq. of Lansdowne, 1737-1805) | |
| Lardner | Lardner, Dionysius (Brit. sci. writer) (1793-1859) | |
| La Rochefoucauld (Trans) | La Rochefoucauld, François, duc de (French author) (1613-1680) | |
| Latham | Latham, Robert Gordon (Eng. philol. and lexicog.) (1812-1888) | |
| Latimer | Latimer, Hugh (Eng. reformer) (1472?-1555) | |
| Laud | Laud, William (Eng. abp.) (1573-1645) | |
| H. Laurens | Laurens, Henry (Am. statesman) (1724-1792) | |
| Lauson | Lauson, William. | |
| Bp. Lavington | Lavington, Bp. Geo. (Eng. divine) (1683-1762) | |
| Lavoisier | Lavoisier, Ant. Laurent (Fr. chem.) (1743-1794) | |
| Law | Law, Wm. (Eng. divine and author) (1686-1761) | |
| Bp. Law | Law, Bp. Edmund (Eng. divine) (1703-1787) | |
| James Law | Law, Jas. (Scot.-Am. veter. sci.). (1838-) | |
| G. A. Lawrence | Lawrence, Geo. Alf. (Eng. nov.) (1827-1876) | |
| Sir W. Lawrence | Lawrence, Sir Wm. (Eng. surgeon) (1783-1867) | |
| Laws of Massachusetts | Laws of Massachusetts. | |
| Layamon | Layamon's Brut (a poetical chronicle of Britain, 1210?). | |
| Layard | Layard, Sir A. H. (Eng. archæol.) (1817-1894) | |
| Laycock | Laycock, Thomas (Eng. physician) (1812-1876) | |
| S. M. Leake | Leake, Stephen M. (Eng. writer) (1702-1773) | |
| Lecky | Lecky, Wm. Edw. Hartpole (Brit. hist.) (1838-) | |
| J. LeConte | LeConte, Joseph (Am. geologist) (1823-1891) | |
| J. Ledyard | Ledyard, John (Am. traveler) (1751-1789) | |
| Lee | Lee, Nathaniel (Eng. dramatist) (1655?-1692) | |
| F. G. Lee | Lee, Frederick Geo. (Eng. divine) (1832-) | |
| J. Lee | Lee, James (Eng. botanist) (-1795) | |
| W. Lee | Lee, William (Irish clergyman) (1815-1883) | |
| Legend of Dido | Legend of Dido (poem formerly attrib. to Chaucer) | |
| Leibnitz | Leibnitz, von, Gottfried Wilh., Baron (Ger. philos. and math.) (1646-1716) | |
| Leidy | Leidy, Joseph (Am. naturalist) (1823-1891) | |
| Sir E. Leigh | Leigh, Sir Edward (Eng. theologian and linguist) (1602-1671) | |
| Abp. Leighton | Leighton, Abp. Robt. (Scot. divine) (1611-1684) | |
| Leland | Leland, John (Eng. antiquary) (1506?-1552) | |
| C. G. Leland | Leland, Chas. Godfrey (Am. author) (1824-) | |
| C. Leslie | Leslie, Charles (Brit. author) (1650?-1722) | |
| L'Estrange | L'Estrange, Sir Roger (Eng. polit. writer) (1616-1704) | |
| Letter dated Sept., 1543 | Letter dated Sept., 1543 (cited from Nares). | |
| C. Lever | Lever, Charles James (Irish nov.) (1806-1872) | |
| G. H. Lewes | Lewes, George Henry (Eng. philos.) (1817-1878) | |
| Lewin | Lewin, Thomas (Eng. author) (1805-1877) | |
| John Lewis | Lewis, John (Eng. divine and antiq.) (1675-1746) | |
| M. G. Lewis | Lewis, Mat. Gregory (Eng. author) (1775-1818) | |
| Sir G. C. Lewis | Lewis, Sir George Cornewall (Eng. statesman and author) (1806-1863) | |
| Liddell & Scott | Liddell, Hen. Geo. (1811-1898) Scott, Robt. (1811-1887) |
(Eng. clergymen and editors) [Greek-English lexicon, 7th ed.) |
| F. Leiber | Leiber, Francis (Am. publicist) (1800-1872) | |
| Life of A. Wood | Life of A. Wood (extracts from his diary and papers by T. Hearne and R. Rawlinson, 1663) | |
| Lightfoot | Lightfoot, John (Eng. theologian and rabbinical scholar) (1602-1675) | |
| J. B. Lightfoot | Lightfoot, Jos. Barber (Eng. comm.) (1828-1889) | |
| Lincoln | Lincoln, Abraham (Pres. of U. S.) (1809-1865) | |
| Bp. Lincoln | Williams, John (bp. of Lincoln and later abp. of York) (1582-1650) | |
| Mrs. Lincoln (Cook Book) | Lincoln, Mrs. D. A. | |
| Lindisfarne Ms. | Lindisfarne Ms. (an Anglo-Saxon Ms.) | |
| Lindley | Lindley, John (Eng. botanist) (1799-1865) | |
| Sir N. Lindley | Lindley, Sir Nathaniel (Eng. jurist) (1828-) | |
| Lingard | Lingard, John (Eng. historian) (1771-1851) | |
| Linnaeus | Sw. Linné, Carl von (Swedish bot.) (1707-1778) | |
| Mrs. E. Lynn Linton | Linton, Eliza Lynn (Eng. novelist) (1822-) | |
| W. J. Linton | Linton, Wm. J. (English-American engraver) (1812-1897) | |
| Lisle | Lisle, William (Eng. antiquarian) (-1637) | |
| J. Lister | Lister, Joseph (Eng. author) (1627-1709) | |
| Lithgow | Lithgow, William (Scot. traveler) (1583-1640) | |
| Littleton | Littleton, Sir Thomas (Eng. jurist) (1420?-1487) | |
| A. Littleton | Littleton, Adam (Eng. theol. writer and philologist) (1627-1694) | |
| Littré | Littré, Maximillien P. É. (Fr. philol.) (1801-1881) | |
| Livingstone | Livingstone, David (Scot. explorer) (1817-1873) | |
| Llewellyn | Llewellyn, Martin (Brit. poet). | |
| Lloyd | Lloyd, Robert (Eng. poet) (1733-1764) | |
| Bp. Lloyd | Lloyd, Bp. William (Eng. divine) (1627-1717) | |
| Humphrey Lloyd or Lloyd's MS., British Museum | Lloyd, Humphrey (Brit. physicist) (1800-1881) | |
| Locke | Locke, John (Eng. philosopher) (1632-1704) | |
| Lockhart | Lockhart, John G. (Scot. author) (1794-1854) | |
| Lockyer | Lockyer, Jos. Norman (Eng. astron.) (1836-) | |
| E. Lodge | Lodge, Edmund (Eng. writer) (1756-1839) | |
| T. Lodge | Lodge, Thos. (Eng. poet and dram.) (1556-1625) | |
| Logan | Logan, John (Scot. poet) (1748-1788) | |
| London Academy | London Academy, The (weekly journal, estab. 1869). | |
| London Athenæum | London Athenæum, The (weekly journal, estab. 1828). | |
| London Encyc. | London Encyclopædia (ed. by Thomas Curtis, 1826-1834). | |
| London Field | London Field, The (weekly journal, estab. 1853). | |
| London Graphic | London Graphic, The (weekly journal, estab. 1869). | |
| London Literary World | London Literary World, The (weekly journal, estab. 1869). | |
| London Punch | London Punch, The (weekly journal, estab. 1841). | |
| London Quart. Rev. | London Quarterly Review} (quarterly journal, estab. 1809). | |
| London Sat. Rev. | London Saturday Review, The (weekly journal, estab. 1855). | |
| London Spectator | London Spectator (weekly journal, estab. 1828). | |
| London Standard | London Standard (daily journal, estab. 1827) | |
| London Telegraph | London Telegraph (daily journal, estab. 1855). | |
| London Times | London Times (daily journal, estab. 1788). | |
| London Truth | London Truth (daily journal, estab. 1877). | |
| G. Long | Long, George (Eng. scholar) (1800-1879) | |
| Roger Long | Long, Roger (Eng. astron.) (1680-1770) | |
| Longfellow | Longfellow, Henry W. (Am. poet) (1807-1882) | |
| S. Longfellow | Longfellow, Samuel (Am. poet and essayist) (1819-) | |
| Lord (1630) | Lord, Henry (Eng. traveler). | |
| Loudon | Loudon, John Claudius (Scot. bot.) (1783-1843) | |
| T. R. Lounsbury | Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford (Am. scholar and author) (1838-) | |
| Loveday | Loveday, Robert. | |
| Lovelace | Lovelace, Richard (Eng. poet) (1618-1658) | |
| Lover | Lover, Samuel (Irish nov. and song writer) (1797-1868) | |
| Lowell | Lowell, James Russell (Am. poet and essayist) (1819-) | |
| M. A. Lower | Lower, Mark Antony (Eng. antiq.) (1813-1876) | |
| Lowndes | Lowndes, Wm. Thos. (Eng. bibliog.) (1800-1843) | |
| Lowth | Lowth, Bp. Robert (Eng. writer) (1710-1787) | |
| Lubbock | Lubbock, Sir John (Eng. scientist) (1834-) | |
| Lucar | Lucar, Cyprian (Eng. trans.). | |
| Luce | Luce, Stephen Bleecker. (1827-) | |
| Ludden | Ludden, Wm. (Am. mus. writer). (1823-) | |
| Ludlow | Ludlow, Edmund (Eng. republican leader) (1617?-1692) | |
| Lupton | Lupton, Thomas. | |
| Lydgate | Lydgate, John (Eng. poet) (1370?-1451?) | |
| Lyell | Lyell, Sir Charles (Brit. geologist) (1797-1875) | |
| Lyly | Lyly, John (Eng. dramatist) (1553?-1606) | |
| Lyman | Lyman, Chester Smith (Am. physicist and astron.) (1814-1890) | |
| Lyttelton | Lyttelton, Ld. Geo. (Eng. writer) (1709-1773) | |
| R. H. Lyttelton | Lyttelton, Richard Hen. (1854-) | |
| Ld. Lytton | Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George, Baron Lytton (Eng. novelist) (1803-1873) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Macaulay | Macaulay, Thos. Babington (Eng. historian and essayist) (1800-1859) | |
| J. McCarthy | McCarthy, Justin (Brit. hist. and nov.) (1830-) | |
| McCheyne | McCheyne, Robert M. (Scot. divine) (1813-1848) | |
| Gen. G. B. McClellan | McClellan, George Brinton (Am. general) (1826-1885) | |
| McClintock | McClintock, Sir Francis Leopold (Irish arctic explorer) (1819-) | |
| McCosh | McCosh, Jas. (Scot. metaph. in Am.) (1811-1894) | |
| M‘Culloch | M‘Culloch, John Ramsay (Scot. polit. economist) (1789-1864) | |
| J. M. M‘Culloch | M‘Culloch, Jas. Melville (Scot. educational writer) (1801-1883) | |
| G. MacDonald | MacDonald, George (Scot. novelist) (1824-) | |
| McElrath | McElrath, Thomas (Am. lawyer). (1807-1888) | |
| C. Mackay | Mackay, Charles (Brit. poet and essayist) (1814-1889) | |
| Mackeldey | Mackeldey, Ferdinand (Fr. legal writer). | |
| MacKellar | MacKellar, Thomas (author of American Printer) (1812-) | |
| McKendrick | McKendrick, John G. (Scot. physiol.) | |
| D. L. Mackenzie | Mackenzie, D. L. | |
| G. Mackenzie | Mackenzie, George (Scot. phys.) (-1726) | |
| Lord Mackenzie | Mackenzie, Lord Geo. (Scot. laywer) (1636-1691) | |
| Morell Mackenzie | Mackenzie, Sir Morell (Eng. physician) (1837-1892) | |
| T. Mackenzie | Mackenzie, Thomas (Scot. judge) (1807-1869) | |
| Sir J. Mackintosh | Mackintosh, Sir James (Brit. hist. and statesman) (1765-1832) | |
| MacKnight | MacKnight, James (Scot. divine) (1721-1800) | |
| Madison | Madison, James (Pres. of U. S.) (1751-1836) | |
| J. P. Mahaffy | Mahaffy, John Pentland (prof. Anc. Hist., Trinity Coll., Dublin) (1839-) | |
| Mahan | Mahan, Dennis Hart (Am. civ. eng.) (1802-1871) | |
| Ld. Mahon | Mahon, Philip Henry, Earl of Stanhope (Eng. historian) (1805-1875) | |
| Malcom | Malcom, Howard (Am. traveler) (1799-1879) | |
| Mallet | Mallet, David (Scot. poet) (1700-1765) | |
| Malone | Malone, Edm. (Ir. Shak. scholar) (1741-1812) | |
| Sir T. Malory | Malory, Sir Thos. (Brit. translator) (1430?-1471) | |
| Sir J. Mandeville | Mandeville, Sir John (Eng. traveler) (1300?-1372) | |
| Cardinal Manning | Manning, Henry Edward (Eng. cardinal) (1808-1892) | |
| Bp. Mannyngham | Mannyngham, Bp. Thomas. (-1722) | |
| Mansel | Mansel, Henry L. (Eng. philos.) (1820-1871) | |
| Lord Mansfield | Mansfield, William Murray, Lord (Eng. jurist) (1705-1793) | |
| Mantell | Mantell, Gideon A. (Eng. geol.) (1790-1852) | |
| F. A. March | March, Fr. Andrew (Am. philol.) (1825-) | |
| Mar. Dict. | Marine Dictionary (ed. by Wm. Falconer, 1769.). | |
| Markham | Markham, Gervase (Eng. poet) (1570?-1655?) | |
| Marlowe | Marlowe, Christopher (Eng. dram.) (1564-1593) | |
| Sir J. Marriot | Marriot, Sir James (Eng. judge) (fl. 1769) | |
| Marryat | Marryat, Frederick (Eng. naval officer and novelist) (1792-1848) | |
| G. P. Marsh | Marsh, Geo. Perkin (Am. philol. and diplomat) (1801-1882) | |
| Marshall | Marshall, John (Am. statesman) (1755-1835) | |
| W. Marshall | Marshall, William (Eng. bot. and agric. writer) (1745?-1819) | |
| Marston | Marston, John (Eng. poet) (1575-1634) | |
| Dean Martin | Martin, Edwd. (Dean of Ely) (-1662) | |
| H. N. Martin | Martin, Henry Newell (Am. biol.) (1848-) | |
| H. Martineau | Martineau, Harriet (Eng. writer) (1802-1876) | |
| J. Martineau | Martineau, Jas. (Eng. Unit. divine) (1805-1900) | |
| Martyn | Martyn, John (Eng. botanist) (1699-1768) | |
| Marvell | Marvell, Andrew (Eng. misc. author) (1621-1678) | |
| Mason | Mason, William (Eng. poet) (1725-1797) | |
| J. M. Mason | Mason, John Mitchell (Am. divine and orator) (1770-1829) | |
| J. Y. Mason | Mason, John Young (U. S. minister to France) (1799-1859) | |
| Mass. Records (1647) | Massachusetts Records, 1647. | |
| G. Massey | Massey, Gerald (Eng. poet) (1828-) | |
| W. Massey | Massey, Wm. Nathaniel (Eng. hist.) (1809-1881) | |
| Massinger | Massinger, Philip (Eng. dramatist) (1583-1640) | |
| Masson | Masson, David (Brit. author) (1822-) | |
| M. T. Masters | Masters, Maxwell Tylden (Eng. bot.) (1833-) | |
| R. Masters | Masters, Robert (Eng. historian) (1713-1798) | |
| Cotton Mather | Mather, Cotton (Am. theologian) (1663-1728) | |
| Mathias | Mathias, Thomas James (Eng. poet) (1750?-1835) | |
| Matthewes | Matthewes, A. (translator of Tasso's Aminta, 1628). | |
| Maunder | Maunder, Samuel (Eng. compiler) (1785-1849) | |
| Maundrell | Maundrell, Henry (Eng. traveler) (1650?-1710) | |
| Maury | Maury, Matt. F. (Am. nav. officer) (1806-1873) | |
| Clerk Maxwell | Maxwell, James Clerk (Brit. physicist) (1831-1879) | |
| May | May, Thomas (Eng. poet and trans.) (1594?-1650) | |
| Sir T. E. May | May, Sir Thomas Erskine (Eng. legal and parliamentary writer) (1815-1886) | |
| Maydman | Maydman, Henry. | |
| A. M. Mayer | Mayer, Alfred Marshall (Am. sci.) (1836-1897) | |
| Mayhew | Mayhew, Henry (Eng. author) (1812-1887) | |
| Mayne | Mayne, Robert Gray (Eng. surg.) (1808-1868) | |
| W. S. Mayo | Mayo, William Starbuck (Am. nov.) (1812-1895) | |
| Mease | Mease, James (Am. physician) (1771-1846) | |
| Medbery | Medbery, James Knowles. | |
| Mede | Mede, Joseph (Eng. divine) (1586-1638) | |
| Med. Repository | Medical Repository (New York med. journal, 1797-1824). | |
| Meissner | Meissner, Georg (Ger. physicist) (1829-) | |
| Melloni | Melloni, Macedonio (Ital. physicist) (1801-1854) | |
| Melmoth | Melmoth, Wm. (Eng. class. trans.) (1710-1799) | |
| Owen Meredith | Meredith, Owen, pseud of Ed. Robt. Bulwer-Lytton (Eng. poet) (1831-1891) | |
| H. A. Merewether | Merewether, Henry Alworth (Eng. lawyer) [Hist. of Boroughs, 1822) (-1864) | |
| C. Merivale | Merivale, Charles (Brit. historian) (1808-1893) | |
| C. H. Merriam | Merriam, Clinton H. (Am. ornith.) (1856?-) | |
| Meyrick (Ancient Armor) | Meyrick, Sir Samuel Rush (Eng. antiquary) (1783-1848) | |
| Mickle | Mickle, William Julius (Eng. poet) (1735-1788) | |
| Middleton | Middleton, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (1570?-1627) | |
| C. Middleton | Middleton, Conyers (Eng. controversialist) (1683-1750) | |
| Miege | Miege, Guy (Eng. lexicog.). . | |
| J. Mill | Mill, James (Eng. historian) (1773-1836) | |
| J. S. Mill | Mill, John Stuart (Eng. philosopher and polit. economist) (1806-1873) | |
| Miller | Miller, William Allen (Eng. chem.) (1817-1870) | |
| H. Miller | Miller, Hugh (Scot. geologist) (1802-1856) | |
| P. Miller | Miller, Philip (Eng. botanist) (1691-1771) | |
| S. Miller | Miller, Samuel (Am. divine) (1769-1850) | |
| Milles (MS. Devon Gloss.) | Milles, Jeremiah (Dean of Exeter) (1714-1784) | |
| S. J. Mills | Mills, Samuel John (Am. clerg.) (1783-1818) | |
| Milman | Milman, Henry Hart (Eng. hist.) (1791-1868) | |
| Milne | Milne, Colin (Scot. botanist) (1744?-1815) | |
| Milner | Milner, Joseph (Eng. church hist.) (1744-1797) | |
| Milnes | Milnes, Richard Monckton, Lord Houghton (Eng. trav. and poet) (1809-1885) | |
| Milton | Milton, John (Eng. poet) (1608-1674) | |
| Milward | Milward, Richard (-1680) | |
| Miner | Miner, Thomas (Am. physician) (1777-1841) | |
| C. S. Minot | Minot, Chas. Sedgwick (Am. biol.) (1852-) | |
| Minsheu | Minsheu, John (Eng. linguist) (16th-17th c.) | |
| Mir. for Mag. | Mirror for Magistrates (a collection of narratives by several poets). | |
| D. G. Mitchell | Mitchell, Donald G. (Am. author) (1822-) | |
| Mitford | Mitford, William (Eng. historian) (1744-1827) | |
| J. Mitford | Mitford, John (Eng. biographer and editor) (1781-1859) | |
| Miss Mitford | Mitford, Mary R. (Eng. writer) (1786-1855) | |
| Mivart | Mivart, St. George (Eng. biologist) (1827-1900) | |
| Mohs | Mohs, Friedr. (Ger. mineralogist) (1773-1839) | |
| Moir | Moir, David Macbeth (Scot. poet and novelist) (1798-1851) | |
| Mollett | Mollett, John W. | |
| R. Monro | Monro, Robert. | |
| Bp. Montagu | Montagu, Bp. Richd. (Eng. divine) (1578-1641) | |
| Col. G. Montagu | Montagu, Col. George (Eng. ornith.) (-1815) | |
| Lady M. W. Montagu | Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (Eng. writer) (1689-1762) | |
| Mrs. E. Montagu | Montagu, Eliz. R. (Eng. writer) (1720-1800) | |
| W. Montagu | Montagu, Walter. (1604-1677) | |
| J. Montgomery | Montgomery, James (Scot. poet) (1771-1854) | |
| Monthly Rev. | Monthly Review (Eng. journal, 1749-1845). | |
| Montrose | Montrose, James Graham, Marquis of (Scot. royalist) (1612-1650) | |
| Moore | Moore, Thomas (Brit. poet) (1779-1852) | |
| E. Moore | Moore, Edward (Eng. dramatist) (1712-1757) | |
| Moore (Encyc. of Music) | Moore, John Weeks (Am. musical writer) (1807-) | |
| Dr. H. More | More, Dr. Henry (Eng. philosopher) (1614-1687) | |
| Hannah More | More, Hannah (Eng. writer) (1745-1833) | |
| Sir T. More | More, Sir Thomas (Eng. philos.) (1478-1535) | |
| J. D. Morell | Morell, John D. (Eng. philos.) (1815-) | |
| L. H. Morgan | Morgan, Lewis Henry (Am. sci.) (1818-1881) | |
| Fynes Morison | Morison, Fynes (Eng. traveler) (1566-1614?) | |
| H. Morley | Morley, Henry (Eng. author) (1822-1894) | |
| J. Morley | Morley, John (Eng. polit. author) (1838-) | |
| C. Morris | Morris, Charles (Am. scientist). | |
| G. P. Morris | Morris, Geo. Perkins (Am. journ.) (1802-1864) | |
| R. Morris | Morris, Richard (Eng. philol.) (1833-1894) | |
| W. Morris | Morris, William (Eng. poet) (1834-1896) | |
| J. Morse | Morse, Jedidiah (Eng. poet) (1761-1826) | |
| J. H. Morse | Morse, James Herbert (Am. writer) (1841-) | |
| Morte d'Arthure | Morte d'Arthure (old alliterative poem, about 1360). | |
| Mortimer | Mortimer, John (Eng. writer on husbandry) (-1736) | |
| Morton (1632) | Morton, Thomas. (1590?-1646?) | |
| Bp. Morton | Morton, Bp. Thomas (Eng. theol.) (1564-1659) | |
| Moseley | Moseley, Hen. (Eng. mech. writer) (1801-1872) | |
| Mosheim | Mosheim, von, Johann Lorenz (Ger. theologian) (1694?-1755) | |
| Mother Goose | Songs for the Nursery, 1719. | |
| Motherwell | Motherwell, Wm. (Scot. poet) (1797-1835) | |
| Motley | Motley, John Lothrop (Am. hist.) (1814-1877) | |
| Motto of the Mackintoshes | Motto of the Mackintoshes (a Scottish clan). | |
| Mountfort | Mountfort, Wm. (Eng. dramatist) (1659-1692) | |
| Moxon | Moxon, Joseph (Eng. math.) (1627-1700) | |
| Mozley & Whiteley | Mozley, Herbert Newman. Whiteley, George Crispe. |
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| Muffett | Muffett, or Moufet, Thomas (Eng. physician) (1550?-1600?) | |
| Muirhead | Muirhead, Jas. (Scot. law writer) (-1889) | |
| Max Müller | Müller, Friedrich Max (Ger.-Eng. philol.) (1823-) | |
| Munday | Munday, Anthony (Eng. dramatist) (1554-1633) | |
| Murchison | Murchison, Sir R. I. (Brit. geol.) (1792-1871) | |
| Murdock | Murdock, James (Am. divine and scholar) (1776-1856) | |
| A. Murphy | Murphy, Arthur (Brit. dram. and essayist) (1727-1805) | |
| J. Murphy | Murphy, James Gracey (Irish Heb. scholar) (1808-) | |
| Dr. Murray | Murray, James Augustus Henry (Eng. lexicog. and philol.). (1837-) | |
| Lady Murray | Murray, Lady Griseld (Eng. writer) (1698-1759) | |
| Murray's Handbook of London | Murray, John, Jr. (Eng. publisher) (1808-1892) | |
| Mushet | Mushet, Robert (Eng. lawyer) (-1828) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Nares | Nares, Rob. (Eng. critic and theol.) (1753-1829) | |
| Nash | Nash, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (1564-1600) | |
| The Nation | Nation, The (N. Y. weekly journal, estab. 1865). | |
| National Rev. | National Review (Lond. journal, 1855-1864). | |
| Nature | Nature (Eng. weekly jour. of sci., estab. 1869). | |
| Naunton | Naunton, Sir Robert (Eng. author) (1563-1635) | |
| N. Brit. Review | North British Review (Edin. quarterly, 1844-1871). | |
| Neal | Neal, John (Am. misc. writer) (1793-1876) | |
| Neale | Neale, John Mason (Eng. divine, author, and trans. of hymns) (1818-1866) | |
| Nelson | Nelson, Horatio, Lord (Brit. adm.) (1758-1805) | |
| R. Nelson | Nelson, Robert (Brit. writer) (1656-1715) | |
| T. Nevile | Nevile, Thomas (Eng. translator) (fl. 1758) | |
| New American Cyc. | New American Cyclopedia (edited by G. Ripley and C. A. Dana, 1857). | |
| Newcomb | Newcomb, Simon (Am. math.) (1835-) | |
| Abp. Newcome | Newcome, Abp. Wm. (Eng. divine) (1729-1800) | |
| New England Tales | New England Tales (quoted fr. Bartlett's Americanisms). | |
| New English Dict. | New English Dictionary (edited by Dr. J. A. H. Murray). | |
| F. W. Newman | Newman, Fr. Wm. (Eng. author) (1805-1897) | |
| J. H. Newman | Newman, Cardinal John Henry (Eng. theologian and author) (1801-1890) | |
| Newton | Newton, Thomas (Eng. physician) (-1607) | |
| H. A. Newton | Newton, Hubert Anson (Am. math.) (1830-1896) | |
| J. Newton | Newton, John (Eng. clergyman) (1725-1807) | |
| Sir I. Newton | Newton, Sir Isaac (Eng. philos. and math.) (1642-1727) | |
| New York Times | New York Times (daily journal, estab. 1850). | |
| Nichol | Nichol, John Pringle (Brit. sci.) (1804-1859) | |
| Nichols | Nichols, John (Eng. antiquary) (1745-1826) | |
| J. R. Nichols | Nichols, James Robinson (Am. inventor and scientific writer) (1819-1888) | |
| W. Nichols | Nichols, William (Eng. divine) (1664-1712) | |
| Nicholson | Nicholson, Peter (Brit. architect) (1765-1844) | |
| Bp. Nicholson | Nicholson, Bp. Wm. (Eng. divine) (-1671) | |
| H. A. Nicholson | Nicholson, Henry A. (Eng. geol.) (1844-) | |
| W. Nicholson | Nicholson, William (Eng. chemist) (1758-1815) | |
| Nicolay & Hay (Life of Lincoln) | Nicolay, John Geo. (Am. author) (1832-) Hay, John (Am. author) (1839-) |
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| Nicolls | Nicolls, Thomas (Eng. translator). | |
| Abp. Nicolson | Nicolson, Abp. Wm. (Eng. divine) (1655-1727) | |
| Nordheimer | Nordheimer, Isaac (Ger. Hebrew scholar) (1809-1842) | |
| Norris | Norris, John (Eng. clergyman) (1658-1711) | |
| W. E. Norris | Norris, W. E. (Eng. novelist) (1847-) | |
| G. North (1575) | North, George (Eng. trans.). | |
| Ld. North | North, Frederick, second earl of Guilford (Eng. statesman) (1732-1792) | |
| R. North | North, Roger (Eng. writer) (1650-1733) | |
| Sir T. North | North, Sir Thomas (Eng. translator). | |
| North Am. Rev. | North American Review (Am. monthly, estab. 1815). | |
| North Brit. Rev. | North British Review (Edin. quarterly, 1844-1871). | |
| Northbrooke | Northbrooke, John (Eng. divine). | |
| A. Norton | Norton, Andrews (Am. theologian) (1786-1852) | |
| Nott | Nott, Josiah clark (Am. ethnol.) (1804-1873) | |
| Nugæ Antiq. | Nugæ Antiquæ (prose and poetry fr. Sir J. Harrington and others). |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Oakeley | Oakeley, Fred. (Eng. R. C. clerg.). (1802-1880) | |
| O'Brien | O'Brien, John (prof. at Mount St. Mary's college, Md.) (-1879) | |
| Observer | The Observer, The (Eng. serial, 1785-90). | |
| Occleve | Occleve, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1370?-1454?) | |
| Odling | Odling, William (Eng. chemist) (1829-) | |
| J. O'Donovan | O'Donovan, John (Irish archæol.) (1809-1861) | |
| O. Eng. Oath of Allegiance | Old English Oath of Allegiance (quoted by Blackstone). | |
| Ogilvie | Ogilvie, John (Scot. lexicog.). (1797-1867) | |
| O'Keefe | O'Keefe, or O'Keeffe, John (Irish dramatist) (1747-1833) | |
| Oldenburg | Oldenburg, Hen. (Ger.-Eng. writer) (1615?-1678) | |
| Oldham | Oldham, John (Eng. poet) (1653-1683) | |
| Oldys | Oldys, William (Eng. bibliographer) (1696-1761) | |
| Oley | Oley, Barnabas (Eng. divine) (-1686) | |
| L. Oliphant | Oliphant, Lawrence (Eng. traveler) (1829-1888) | |
| Mrs. Oliphant | Oliphant, Margaret O. Wilson (Brit. writer) (1828-1897) | |
| T. L. K. Oliphant | Oliphant, Thomas Lawrence Kingston (Eng. writer) (1831-) | |
| Orfila | Orfila, Mateo José B. (Fr. chem.) (1787-1853) | |
| Ormulum | Ormulum, The (an imperfect series of homilies, about 1200). | |
| Orrery | Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of (Eng. writer) (1707-1762) | |
| Osborne | Osborne, Francis (Eng. writer) (1589?-1659) | |
| Otway | Otway, Thos. (Eng. dram. and poet) (1651-1685) | |
| Overbury | Overbury, Sir Thos. (Eng. author) (1581-1613) | |
| Owen | Owen, Richard (Eng. naturalist) (1804-1892) | |
| Owen (Epigrams) | Owen, John (Brit. writer) (1560-1622) | |
| C. Owen | pseud. of Mrs. Helen A. Nitsch (Am. writer on cookery) (-1889) | |
| Oxf. Gloss. | Oxford Glossary of Architecture, 1845 (later ed. cited as Parker). |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packard | Packard, Alpheus S., Jr. (Am. nat.) (1839-) | ||
| Page | Page, David (Brit. geologist) (1814-1879) | ||
| T. N. Page | Page, Thomas Nelson (Am. author) (1853-) | ||
| Paget | Paget, Sir James (Eng. surgeon) (1814-1899) | ||
| Pagitt | Pagitt, Ephraim (Eng. author) (1575-1647) | ||
| Painter (Palace of Pleasure) | Painter, William (Eng. compiler) (-1594) | ||
| Paley | Paley, Wm. (Eng. theologian) (1743-1805) | ||
| Palfrey | Palfrey, John Gorham (Am. hist.) (1796-1881) | ||
| F. T. Palgrave | Palgrave, Fr. T. (Eng. art critic) (1824-1897) | ||
| Sir F. Palgrave | Palgrave, Sir Francis (Eng. hist.) (1788-1861) | ||
| W. G. Palgrave | Palgrave, W. Gifford (Eng. traveler) (1826-1888) | ||
| Pall Mall Gazette | Pall Mall Gazette (Eng. daily journal, estab. 1865). | ||
| Ld. Palmerston | Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3d viscount (Eng. statesman) (1784-1865) | ||
| Palsgrave | Palsgrave, John (Eng. linguist) (1480?-1554) | ||
| Papin | Papin, Denis (French physicist) (1647-1714) | ||
| Sir W. Parish | Parish, Sir Woodbine (Eng. diplom.) (1796-1882) | ||
| Park | Park, Sir James Allen (Brit. jurist) (1763-1838) | ||
| Prof. Park | Park, Edwards Amasa (Am. theol.) (1808-) | ||
| R. Park | Park, Roswell (Am. author) (1807-1869) | ||
| Parker | Parker, John Henry (Eng. archæol.). (1806-1884) | ||
| Abp. Parker | Parker, Abp. Matt. (Eng. divine) (1504-1575) | ||
| Bp. Parker | Parker, Bp. Samuel (Eng. divine) (1640-1687) | ||
| Martin Parker | Parker, Martin (Eng. poet). | ||
| T. Parker | Parker, Theodore (Am. theologian) (1810-1860) | ||
| Parkhurst | Parkhurst, John Luke (Am. gram.) (1795?-1850) | ||
| Parkman | Parkman, Francis, Jr. (Am. hist.) (1823-1893) | ||
| Parliamentary History (1648) | Parliamentary History, 1648 (cited from Richardson's Dict.). | ||
| Parnell | Parnell, Thomas (Brit. poet) (1679-1718) | ||
| Parr | Parr, Bartholomew. (1750-) | Med. Dict., Lond., 1809] | |
| R. Parr | Parr, Richard (Eng. divine) (1617-1691) | ||
| S. Parr | Parr, Sam. (Eng. crit. and scholar) (1747-1825) | ||
| Parsons | Parsons, Theophilus (Am. jurist). (1797-1882) | ||
| Parth. Sacra (1633) | Parthenia Sacra; or, Myst. Garment of the Sacred Parthenes; by Hen. Hawkins. | ||
| Paston | Letters of the Paston family of Norfolk (a record of social customs of 15th century, edited by Sir J. Fenn, 1787). | ||
| Pastor Fido (1602) | Pastor Fido (written by G. B. Guarini, 1537-1612, tr. by Fanshawe). | ||
| W. Pater | Pater, Walter Horatio (Eng. writer) (1839-1894) | ||
| Bp. Patrick | Patrick, Bp. Symon (Eng. com.) (1626-1707) | ||
| W. Pattison | Pattison, William (Eng. poet) (1706-1727) | ||
| Paulding | Paulding, James K. (Am. author) (1779-1860) | ||
| J. Payn | Payn, James (Brit. writer) (1830-1898) | ||
| Payne | Payne, John Howard (Am. dram.) (1791-1852) | ||
| P. Cyc. | Penny Cyclopædia (ed. by Chas. Knight, 1833-1858). | ||
| Peacham | Peacham, Henry the elder (Eng. painter and author) (1546-1634) | The Garden of Eloquence | |
| Bp. Peacock | Peacock, Bp. Reginald (Brit. prel.) (1390-1460?) | ||
| Bp. Pearce | Pearce, Bp. Zachary (Eng. divine) (1690-1774) | ||
| Bp. Pearson | Pearson, Bp. John (Eng. theol.) (1613-1686) | ||
| C. H. Pearson | Pearson, Chas. Henry (Eng. hist.) (1830-) | ||
| Peele | Peele, George (Eng. poet) (1558?-1597?) | ||
| Pegge | Pegge, Samuel (Eng. antiquary) (1704-1796) | ||
| Pegge (1814) | Pegge, Samuel (Eng. writer) (1731-1800) | ||
| J. Peile | Peile, John | ||
| Pennant | Pennant, Thomas (Brit. zoölogist) (1726-1798) | ||
| Pepys | Pepys, Samuel (Eng. diarist) (1632-1703) | ||
| Percival | Percival, James Gates (Am. poet and geologist) (1795-1856) | ||
| Percy | Percy, Thomas (Eng. bishop) (1729-1811) | ||
| Percy's Reliques | Percy's Reliques (a collection of old lyrics, ed. by Bishop Percy, 1765) | ||
| Pereira | Pereira, Jonathan (Eng. physician) (1804-1853) | ||
| Jacob Perkins | Perkins, Jacob (Am. inventor) (1766-1849) | ||
| Perkins | Perkins, William (Eng. divine) (1558-1602) | ||
| Perrier | Perrier, Edmond (Fr. naturalist) (1844-) | ||
| Perry | Perry, William (Eng. lexicographer). | ||
| Peters | Peters, Richard, Jr. (Am. biog.) (1780-1848) | ||
| H. Peters | Peters, Hugh (Eng. divine) (1599-1660) | ||
| J. P. Peters | Peters, John Punnett (Am. trans.) (1852-) | ||
| Petherick | Petherick, John (Brit. traveler) (1820?-) | ||
| Sir P. Pett | Pett, Sir Peter (Eng. polit. writer) (1630-) | ||
| Pettie | Pettie, George (1548?-1589) | ||
| Sir W. Petty | Petty, Sir Wm. (Eng. polit. econ.) (1623-1687) | ||
| Phaer | Phaer, Thos. (Brit. phys. and poet) (-1560) | ||
| Philips | Philips, Ambrose (Eng. poet) (1671-1749) | ||
| J. Philips | Philips, John (Eng. poet) (1676-1708) | ||
| Phillips | Phillips, Willard (Am. jurist) (1784-1873) | ||
| E. Phillips | Phillips, Edward (Eng. lexicog.) (1630-1698?) | ||
| W. Phillips | Phillips, William (Brit. geologist) (1773-1828) | ||
| Wendell Phillips | Phillips, Wendell (Am. orator) (1811-1884) | ||
| Pickering | Pickering, Tim. (Am. statesman) (1745-1829) | ||
| J. Pickering | Pickering, John (Am. philologist) (1777-1846) | ||
| Pierpont | Pierpont, John (Am. poet) (1785-1866) | ||
| Piers Plowman | Vision of Piers Plowman (Satirical poem of 14th cent., by Wm. Langland, or Langley). | ||
| Piffard | Piffard, Henry Granger (Am. physician). | ||
| C. C. Pinckney | Pinckney, Chas. C. (Am. statesman) (1746-1825) | ||
| Pinel | Pinel, Philippe (Fr. physician) (1745-1826) | ||
| Pinkerton | Pinkerton, John (Scot. author) (1758-1826) | ||
| Pitkin | Pitkin, Timothy (Am. historian) (1766-1847) | ||
| Pitman | Pitman, Isaac (Eng. phonographer) (1813-1897) | ||
| Pitt | Pitt, William (Eng. statesman) (1759-1806) | ||
| C. Pitt | Pitt, Christopher (Eng. poet. trans.) (1699-1748) | ||
| Plaifere | Plaifere, John (Eng. divine) (-1608) | ||
| Planché | Planché, James R. (Eng. dramatist) (1796-1880) | ||
| Plautus (Trans. 1694) | Plautus (Trans. 1694) (Eng. translation by Lawrence Echard, 1671-1730) | ||
| Playfair | Playfair, John (Scot. math. and physicist) (1748-1819) | ||
| Lyon Playfair | Playfair, Lyon (Eng. chemist) (1819-1898) | ||
| Plumptre | Plumtre, Edward H. (Eng. clerg.) (1821-1891) | ||
| E. Pocock | Pocock, Edward (Eng. orientalist) (1604-1691) | ||
| Pococke | Pococke, Bp. Richard (Eng. trav.) (1704-1765) | ||
| Poe | Poe, Edgar Allan (Am. poet) (1809-1849) | ||
| Poem in Essex Dialect | John Noakes and Mary Styles (a poem exhibiting the localisms peculiar to Essex, Lond., 1839). | ||
| Pole | Pole, Wm. (Eng. musician and sci.) (1814-) | ||
| Pollok | Pollok, Robert (Scot. poet) (1798-1827) | ||
| J. N. Pomeroy | Pomeroy, John Norton (Am. legal writer) (1828-1885) | ||
| Pomfret | Pomfret, John (Eng. poet) (1667-1703) | ||
| Madame de Pompadour | Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de (Fr. marchioness) (1721-1764) | ||
| H. W. Poole | Poole, Hen. Ward (Am. mus. writer) (1825-) | ||
| R. S. Poole | Poole, Reginald S. (Eng. archæol.) (1832-1895) | ||
| Poor Robin's Almanack | Poor Robin's Almanack (Eng. almanac, 1663-1828) | ||
| Pope | Pope, Alexander (Eng. poet) (1688-1744) | ||
| Pop. Sci. Monthly | Popular Science Monthly (N. Y. magazine, estab. 1872). | ||
| Porson | Porson, Richd. (Eng. Gr. scholar) (1759-1808) | ||
| Porter | Porter, Noah (Am. metaphysician) (1811-1892) | ||
| E. Porter | Porter, Ebenezer (Am. divine) (1772-1834) | ||
| Porteus | Porteus, Beilby (Eng. bishop) (1731-1808) | ||
| Pothier | Pothier, Robert Joseph (Fr. jurist) (1699-1772) | ||
| Abp. Potter | Potter, Abp. John (Eng. prelate) (1674-1747) | ||
| F. Potter | Potter, Francis (Eng. mechanician) (1594-1678) | ||
| B. Powell | Powell, Baden (Eng. philosopher) (1796-1860) | ||
| Sir John Powell | Powell, Sir John (Eng. judge) (1633?-1696) | ||
| Pownall | Pownall, Thomas (Eng. antiquary) (1722-1805) | ||
| P. Plowman | See Piers Plowman. | ||
| Praed | Praed, Winthrop M. (Eng. poet) (1802-1839) | ||
| Pref. to Book of Com. Prayer | Preface to Book of Common Prayer. | ||
| Prescott | Prescott, Wm. Hickling (Am. hist.) (1796-1859) | ||
| Preston | Preston, John (Eng. divine) (1587-1628) | ||
| T. Preston | Preston, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (-1598) | ||
| Price | Price, Richard (Brit. finan. writer) (1723-1791) | ||
| Price (1610) | Price, Daniel (Eng. divine) (1579?-1631) | ||
| Prichard | Prichard, James C. (Eng. ethnol.) (1786-1848) | ||
| Prideaux | Prideaux, John (Eng. divine) (1578-1650) | ||
| H. Prideaux | Prideaux, Humphrey (Eng. hist.) (1648-1724) | ||
| Priestley | Priestley, Joseph (Eng. chem. and physicist) (1733-1804) | ||
| Prior | Prior, Matthew (Eng. poet) (1664-1721) | ||
| Dr. Prior | Prior, Richard Chandler Alexander (1809-) | ||
| Pritchard | Pritchard, Andrew (Eng. naturalist) (1804-1882) | ||
| R. A. Proctor | Proctor, Richard A. (Eng. astron.) (1837-1888) | ||
| Prompt. Parv. | Promptorium Parvulorum (Eng.-Lat. Dict., by Geoffrey the Grammarian, 1440). | ||
| Proudfit | Proudfit, Alexander M. (Am. divine) (1770-1843) | ||
| Prout | Prout, William (Eng. med. chemist) (1786-1850) | ||
| Pryce | Pryce, Wm. (Eng. min. and archæol.) (fl. 1790) | ||
| Pugin | Pugin, Augustus N. W. (Eng. arch.) (1812-1852) | ||
| Puller | Puller, Timothy (Brit. divine) (-1693) | ||
| Punch | See London Punch. | ||
| Purchas | Purchas, Samuel (Eng. compiler of travels) (1578-1628?) | ||
| The Puritan (1607) | The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (an anon. play). | ||
| Puttenham | Puttenham, George (Brit. writer) (1532?-1600?) | ||
| H. J. Pye | Pye, Henry James (Eng. poet) (1745-1813) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Quain | Quain, Richard (Brit. physician) (1816-1887) | |
| Quain's Anat. | Quain, Jones (Eng. anatomist) (1795-1851) | |
| Quarles | Quarles, Fr. (Eng. poet) (1592-1644) | |
| Quart. Rev. | Quarterly Review (Eng. periodical, founded 1809). | |
| Queen of Corinth | Queen of Corinth (a play by Massinger, Fletcher, etc.) | |
| Quincy | Quincy, John (Eng. medical writer) (-1723) | |
| Josiah Quincy | Quincy, Josiah (Am. statesman) (1772-1864) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Bp. Rainbow | Rainbow, Bp. Edward (Eng. divine) (1608-1684) | |
| Sir W. Raleigh | Raleigh, Sir Walter (Eng. statesman and navigator) (1552-1618) | |
| Rambler | Rambler, The (Eng. periodical, 1750-1752). | |
| Ramsay | Ramsay, Allan (Scot. poet) (1685-1758) | |
| D. Ramsay | Ramsay, David (Am. historian) (1749-1815) | |
| E. B. Ramsay | Ramsay, Edward B. (Scot. clerg.) (1793-1872) | |
| J. Randolph | Randolph, John (Am. politician) (1773-1833) | |
| T. Randolph | Randolph, Thos. (Eng. dramatist) (1605-1634) | |
| Rankine | Rankine, W. J. Macquorn (Scot. mechanician) (1820-1872) | |
| Rawle | Rawle, Wm. (Am. lawyer and scholar) (1759-1836) | |
| G. Rawlinson | Rawlinson, George (Eng. historian) (1815-) | |
| Sir H. Rawlinson | Rawlinson, Sir Henry Creswicke (Eng. orientalist) (1810-1895) | |
| Ray | Ray, John (Eng. nat. and compiler) (1628-1705) | |
| Rayer | Rayer, Pierre François Olive (Fr. medical writer) (1793-1867) | |
| Raymond | Raymond, Rossiter Worthington (Am. engineer). (1840-) | |
| H. Read | Read, Henry (Am. author) (1808-1854) | |
| Charles Reade | Reade, Charles (Eng. novelist) (1814-1884) | |
| Compton Reade | Reade, Compton (Eng. novelist) (1834?-) | |
| J. Reading | Reading, John (Eng. divine) (1588-1677) | |
| Rees | Rees, Abraham (Eng. cyclopedist) (1743-1825) | |
| T. Reeve (1657) | Reeve, Thomas (English divine). | |
| Reid | Reid, Thomas (Scot. metaphysician) (1710-1796) | |
| Remedy of Love | Remedy of Love (a poem attributed to Chaucer) | |
| I. Remsen | Remsen, Ira (Am. chemist) (1846-) | |
| Rep. Sec. of War (1860) | Report of the Secretary of War, U. S., for 1860. | |
| Rev. Ver. | Revised version of the Bible, 1884. | |
| Bp. Reynolds | Reynolds, Bp. Edw. (Eng. divine) (1599-1676) | |
| Sir J. Reynolds | Reynolds, Sir Joshua (Eng. portrait painter) (1723-1792) | |
| Rhemish Trans. | Rhemish translation of the New Testament, 1582. | |
| Rich. the Redeless | Richard the Redeless (a poem by Wm. Langland, or Langley, 1399). | |
| Richardson | Richardson, Samuel (Eng. nov.) (1689-1761) | |
| Richardson (Dict.) | Richardson, Charles (Eng. lexicographer) (1775-1865) | |
| B. W. Richardson | Richardson, Benjamin Ward (Eng. physician) (1828-) | |
| Bp. Richardson | Richardson, Bp. John (Eng. theol.) (1579?-1654) | |
| J. Richardson | Richardson, Jonathan (Eng. painter and author) (1665?-1745) | |
| Rider's Dict. (1640) | Rider, John (1562?-1632) | |
| Ridley | Ridley, Nicholas (Eng. bishop) (1500?-1555) | |
| Riemann | Riemann, Hugo (Ger. mus. writer) (1849-) | |
| Rivers | Rivers, Antony Widvile, or Woodville, Earl of (Eng. class. transl.) (1442-1483) | |
| Robert of Brunne | See Brunne. | |
| R. of Gloucester | Robert of Gloucester (Eng. antiq. historian) (fl. 13th. c.) | |
| Robertson | Robertson, William (Scot. historian) (1721-1793) | |
| F. W. Robertson | Robertson, Fred Wm. (Eng. clerg.) (1816-1853) | |
| G. C. Robertson | Robertson, Geo. Croom (Scot. phil.) (1842-) | |
| Robinson | Robinson, John. | |
| Canon Robinson | Robinson, Chas. K. (Eng. divine). | |
| E. Robinson | Robinson, Edward (Am. philol.) (1794-1863) | |
| E. G. Robinson | Robinson, Ezekiel G. (Am. divine) (1815-) | |
| Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875) | Robinson, F. K. (Eng. scholar). | |
| Robynson (More's Utopia) | Robynson, Raphe (Eng. translator) (fl. 1651) | |
| Rochefoucauld | See La Rochefoucauld. | |
| Rochester | Rochester, John Wilmot, second earl of (Eng. courtier) (1647?-1680) | |
| Rockstro | Rockstro, Wm. S. (Eng. mus. writer). | |
| Rogers | Rogers (quoted from Johnson's Dict.). | |
| D. Rogers | Rogers, Daniel (Eng. divine) (1573-1652) | |
| J. Rogers (1839) | Rogers, John (of St. John's Coll., Cambridge). | |
| J. Rogers | Rogers, J. (writer in Eng. Mechanic, London, 1869). | |
| S. Rogers | Rogers, Samuel (Eng. poet) (1763-1855) | |
| Thorold Rogers | Rogers, James Edwin Thorold (Eng. political economist) (1823?-) | |
| Roget | Roget, Peter Mark (Eng. physiologist) (1779-1869) | |
| J. Rolland | Rolland, John (Scot. poetical trans.) | |
| G. Rolleston | Rolleston, George (Eng. physiol.) (1829-1881) | |
| Romilly | Romilly, Sir Sam. (Eng. statesman) (1757-1818) | |
| Rom. of R. | Romaunt of Rose (Eng. trans. of French romance, formerly attrib. to Chaucer). | |
| T. Roosevelt | Roosevelt, Theodore (Am. author) (1858-) | |
| H. Roscoe | Roscoe, Henry (Eng. jurist) (1799-1836) | |
| H. E. Roscoe | Roscoe, Henry Enfield (Eng. chem.) (1833-) | |
| Roscoe & Schorlemmer | Roscoe, Henry E. Schorlemmer, Carl. |
|
| Roscommon | Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, Lord (Eng. poet) (1633?-1684) | |
| Ross | Ross, Alexander (Brit. theologian) (1590-1654) | |
| A. Ross (1778) | Ross, Alexander (Scot. poet) (1699-1784) | |
| J. Ross | Ross, James. | |
| Sir J. Ross | Ross, Sir John (Brit. admiral and arctic navigator) (1777-1856) | |
| J. J. Rousseau | Rousseau, Jean Jacques (Fr. philos.) (1712-1778) | |
| Rowe | Rowe, Nicholas (Eng. dramatist) (1673-1718) | |
| S. Rowlands | Rowlands, Samuel (Brit. poet) (1573?-1634?) | |
| Rowley | Rowley, Wm. (Eng. actor and dram.) (fl. 17th c.) | |
| Ruddiman | Ruddiman, Thomas (Scot. scholar) (1674-1758) | |
| Rush | Rush, James (Am. physician and philanthropist) (1786-1869) | |
| Ruskin | Ruskin, John (Eng. writer on art) (1819-1900) | |
| Sir W. O. Russell | Russell, Sir William Oldnall (Eng. legal writer) (1785?-1833) | |
| W. C. Russell | Russell, William Clark (Eng. nov.) (1844-) | |
| W. H. Russell | Russell, Wm. Howard (Brit. journ.) (1821-) | |
| Bp. Rust | Rust, Bp. George (Eng. divine) (-1670) | |
| Ruxton | Ruxton, Geo. Fred. Aug. (Eng. trav.) (1821-1848) | |
| Rycaut | Rycaut, Sir Paul (Eng. traveler and diplomatist) (1630-1700) | |
| Rymer | Rymer, Thomas (Eng. antiquary) (1639?-1713) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Sachs | Sachs, Julius (Ger. botanist) (1832-) | |
| Sackville | Sackville, Thomas, first earl of Dorset (Eng. poet) (1527-1608) | |
| Sir E. Sackville | Sackville, Sir Edw. (Eng. statesman) (1590-1652) | |
| Saintsbury | Saintsbury, George Edward Bateman (Eng. literary historian) (1845-) | |
| G. A. Sala | Sala, George Augustus Henry (Eng. journalist and author) (1828-1895) | |
| J. Salkeld | Salkeld, John (Brit. clergyman) (1575-1659) | |
| Salmagundi | Salmagundi (a series of papers, 1807, by Wm. Irving, Washington Irving, and J. K. Paulding) | |
| Salmon | Salmon, Nathaniel (Eng. antiquary) (1676-1742) | |
| Abp. Sancroft | Sancroft, Abp. William (Eng. divine) (1616-1693) | |
| Bp. Sanderson | Sanderson, Bp. Robt. (Eng. divine) (1587-1663) | |
| Sandys | Sandys, Geo. (Eng. trav. and poet) (1577-1643) | |
| Abp. Sandys | Sandys, Abp. Edwin (Eng. divine) (1519-1588) | |
| Sir E. Sandys | Sandys, Sir Edwin (Eng. writer) (1561-1629) | |
| Sir M. Sandys | Sandys, Sir Miles (Eng. writer) (1600-) | |
| C. S. Sargent | Sargent, Chas. Sprague (Am. bot.) (1841-) | |
| Sat. Rev., or Saturday Review | Saturday Review (a London weekly journal, estab. 1855). | |
| Saunier | Saunier, Claudius (Fr. mechanician). | |
| Savage | Savage, Richard (Eng. poet) (1698-1743) | |
| M. W. Savage | Savage, Marmion W. (Brit. novelist) (1815?-1872) | |
| W. Savage | Savage, William (Eng. printer) (1771-1843) | |
| Savile | Savile, Sir Henry (Eng. math. and classical scholar) (1549-1622) | |
| J. G. Saxe | Saxe, John Godfrey (Am. poet) (1816-1887) | |
| A. B. Saxton | Saxton, Andrew B. (Am. poet). | |
| Say | Say, Thomas (Am. naturalist) (1787-1834) | |
| Sayce | Sayce, Archibald Henry (Eng. orientalist) (1846-) | |
| Schaeffer | Schaeffer, Chas. Fred. (Am. theol.) (1807-1880) | |
| Schaff | Schaff, Philip (Am. theologian) (1819-1893) | |
| Schaff-Herzog Encyc. | Schaff, Philip (1819-1893) Herzog, John Jacob (1805-1882) |
|
| Schmidt | Schmidt, Alex. (German scholar) (1816-) | |
| Schoolcraft | Schoolcraft, Henry R. (Am. ethnol.) (1793-1864) | |
| Scientific American | Scientific American (N. Y. weekly, estab. 1846). | |
| Sclater (1654) | Sclater, William (Eng. clergyman). | |
| P. L. Sclater | Sclater, Philip Lutley (Eng. nat.) (1829-) | |
| R. Scot | Scot, Reginald (Eng. writer against superstition) (1545-1599) | |
| Scott | Scott, Joseph N. (Eng. lexicog.) (-1773) | |
| Dr. J. Scott | Scott, Dr. John (Eng. divine) (1638-1694) | |
| H. L. Scott | Scott, Henry L. (Am. mil. officer) (1814-1886) | |
| J. Scott of Amwell | Scott, John, of Amwell (Eng. poet) (1730-1783) | |
| Sir W. Scott | Scott, Sir Walter (Scot. novelist and poet) (1771-1832) | |
| T. Scott | Scott, Thomas (Eng. commentator) (1747-1821) | |
| William Scott | Scott, William (fl. 1750-1804) | |
| F. L. Scribner | Scribner, F. Lamson. | |
| Scudamore | Scudamore, Edward. | |
| Barnas Sears | Sears, Barnas (Am. scholar) (1802-1880) | |
| Secker | Secker, Thomas (Eng. archbishop) (1693-1768) | |
| J. Seed | Seed, Jeremiah (Eng. divine) (-1747) | |
| J. R. Seeley | Seeley, John Robert (Eng. author) (1834-1895) | |
| P. J. Selby | Selby, Prideaux J. (Brit. ornith.) (1780?-1867) | |
| Selden | Selden, John (Eng. statesman) (1584-1654) | |
| J. M. Sewall | Sewall, Jona. Mitchell (Am. poet) (1748-1808) | |
| A. Seward | Seward, Anna (Eng. writer) (1747-1809) | |
| W. H. Seward | Seward, Wm. H. (Am. statesman) (1801-1872) | |
| Shaftesbury | Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, third earl of (Eng. writer) (1671-1713) | |
| J. C. Shairp | Shairp, John C. (Brit. scholar) (1819-1885) | |
| Shakespeare | Shakespeare, Wm. (Eng. dramatist) (1564-1616) | |
| Sharp | Sharp, John (Eng. prelate) (1644-1714) | |
| G. Sharp | Sharp, Granville (Eng. abolitionist) (1734-1813) | |
| S. Sharp | Sharp, Samuel (Eng. surgeon) (-1778) | |
| S. Sharpe | Sharpe, Samuel (Eng. bib. scholar) (1799-1881) | |
| G. Shaw | Shaw, George (Eng. naturalist) (1751-1813) | |
| Shedd | Shedd, Prof. Wm. Greenough Thayer (Am. theologian) (1820-1894) | |
| Sheldon | Sheldon, Richard (Eng. divine). | |
| Shelford | Shelford, Robert. | |
| M. W. Shelley | Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (Eng. novelist) (1797-1851) | |
| Shelly | Shelly, Percy Bysshe (Eng. poet) (1792-1822) | |
| Shelton | Shelton, Thomas (Eng. translator of Don Quixote) (1580?-) | |
| Shenstone | Shenstone, William (Brit. poet) (1714-1763) | |
| Sherburne | Sherburne, Sir Edward (Eng. poet and translator) (1618-1702) | |
| Sheridan | Sheridan, Richard B. B. (Brit. dramatist) (1751-1816) | |
| Dr. Sheridan | Sheridan, Dr. Thomas (Brit. elocutionist and lexicographer) (1721-1788) | |
| P. H. Sheridan | Sheridan, Philip H. (Am. general) (1831-1888) | |
| Sir A. Sherley | Sherley, Sir Anthony (Eng. trav.) (1565-1630) | |
| Bp. Sherlock | Sherlock, Bp. Thomas (Eng. divine) (1678-1761) | |
| Gen. W. T. Sherman | Sherman, Wm. Tecumseh (Amer. general) (1820-1891) | |
| Sherwood | Sherwood, Robert. | |
| Shipley | Shipley, Orby (Eng. eccl. writer) (1832-) | |
| T. Shipman | Shipman, Thomas (Eng. dramatist) (fl. 17th c.) | |
| Shirley | Shirley, James (Eng. dramatist) (1594?-1666) | |
| J. V. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, John V. (Am. phys.) | |
| Sir J. Shore | Shore, Sir John (Eng. writer) (1751-1834) | |
| Shuckford | Shuckford, Sam. (Eng. historian) (-1754) | |
| Algernon Sidney | Sidney, Algernon (Eng. patriot) (1622?-1683) | |
| Sir H. Sidney | Sidney, Sir Henry (Eng. statesman) (-1586) | |
| Sir P. Sidney | Sidney, Sir Philip (Eng. statesman) (1554-1586) | |
| Siemens | Siemens, Karl Wilhelm (Ger. nat. philosopher in England) (1823-1883) | |
| The Silkworms (1599) | Silkworms and their Flies, The; described in verse by T. M. (said to be Thomas Muffett or Moufet) | |
| Silliman | Silliman, Benj., Sr. (Am. physicist) (1779-1864) | |
| Simmonds | Simmonds, Peter Lund. | |
| Sir J. Y. Simpson | Simpson, Sir Jas. Young (Scot. phys.) (1811-1870) | |
| Sinclair | Sinclair, Sir J. (Scot. statistician) (1754-1835) | |
| A. P. Sinnett | Sinnett, A. P. (Eng. writer) | |
| Skeat | Skeat, Walter Wm. (Eng. philol.) (1835-) | |
| Skelton | Skelton, John (Eng. poet) (1460?-1529) | |
| P. Skelton | Skelton, Philip (Brit. divine) (1707-1787) | |
| Skinner | Skinner, Stephen (Eng. philologist) (1623-1667) | |
| T. H. Skinner | Skinner, Thomas H. (Am. divine) (1791-1871) | |
| Smalridge | Smalridge, George (Eng. bishop) (1663-1719) | |
| Smart | Smart, Benj. H. (Eng. lexicog.) (1787?-1872) | |
| C. Smart | Smart, Christopher (Eng. poet) (1722-1770) | |
| Smee | Smee, Alfred (Eng. electrician) (1818-1877) | |
| Smiles | Smiles, Samuel (Scotch biographer) (1816-) | |
| A. Smith | Smith, Adam (Brit. polit. economist) (1723-1790) | |
| Alex. Smith | Smith, Alexander (Scotch poet) (1831-1867) | |
| Capt. John Smith | Smith, John (Eng. adventurer) (1579-1632) | |
| C. J. Smith | Smith, Charles John (Eng. gram. and lexicog.) (1819?-1872) | |
| Dr. John Smith | Smith, John (Eng. physician) (1630-1679) | |
| Dr. W. Smith | Smith, Wm. (Eng. class. scholar) (1813-1893) | |
| E. Smith | Smith, Edmund (Eng. poet) (1688-1710) | |
| G. B. Smith | Smith, Geo. Burnett (Eng. essayist) (1841-) | |
| Goldwin Smith | Smith, Goldwin (Eng. historian) (1823-) | |
| H. Smith | Smith, Horace (Eng. author) (1779-1849) | |
| J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants) | Smith, John (curator of Kew Gardens) (1798?-1888) | |
| J. & H. Smith | Smith, James (1775-1839) Smith, Horace |
(joint authors of Rejected Addresses, 1812) |
| J. P. Smith | Smith, John Pye (Eng. divine) (1774-1851) | |
| J. W. Smith | Smith, John Wm. (Eng. legal writer) (1809-1845) | |
| M. R. Smith | Smith, Mary L. Reilly (Am. poetess) (1842-) | |
| Percy Smith | Smith, Hen. Percy (Eng. compiler) (1826?-) | |
| S. F. Smith | Smith, Samuel Fr. (Am. divine) (1808-1895) | |
| Sir T. Smith | Smith, Sir Thomas (Eng. scholar) (1514-1577) | |
| S. S. Smith | Smith, Sam. Stanhope (Am. divine) (1750-1819) | |
| Sydney Smith | Smith, Sydney (Eng. essayist) (1771-1845) | |
| Smollett | Smollett, Tobias George (Brit. nov.) (1721-1771) | |
| Smyth | Smyth, William Henry (Eng. naval officer) (1788-1865) | |
| Somerville | Somerville, William (Eng. poet) (1677-1742) | |
| South | South, Robert (Eng. divine and author) (1631-1716) | |
| Southern | Southern, Thos. (Brit. dramatist) (1660?-1746) | |
| Southey | Southey, Robert (Eng. poet) (1774-1843) | |
| Southwell | Southwell, Robert (Eng. poet) (1560-1595) | |
| Soyer | Soyer, Alexis (French cook) (1800?-1858) | |
| W. Spalding | Spalding, William (Scotch logician) (1809-1859) | |
| Sparks | Sparks, Jared (Am. historian) (1789-1866) | |
| Spectator | Spectator, The (Eng. periodical edited by Addison, Steele and others, 1711-1714) | |
| Speed | Speed, John (Eng. historian) (1542?-1629) | |
| Spelman | Spelman, Sir Henry (Eng. antiq.) (1562-1641) | |
| Spence | Spence, Ferrand (English trans.) | |
| J. Spence | Spence, Joseph (Eng. critic) (1698?-1768) | |
| H. Spencer | Spencer, Herbert (Eng. philos.) (1820-) | |
| I. S. Spencer | Spencer, Ichabod S. (Am. divine) (1798-1854) | |
| J. Spencer | Spencer, John (Eng. divine) (1630-1695) | |
| Spenser | Spenser, Edmund (Eng. poet) (1552?-1599) | |
| Spotswood | Spotswood, or Spotiswood, John (Scot. eccl. hist.) (1565-1639) | |
| C. Sprague | Sprague, Charles (Am. poet) (1791-1875) | |
| W. B. Sprague | Sprague, Wm. Buell (Am. divine) (1795-1876) | |
| Sprat | Sprat, Thomas (Eng. bp. and hist.) (1636-1713) | |
| G. Spring | Spring, Gardiner (Am. clergyman) (1785-1873) | |
| E. G. Squier | Squier, Ephraim George (Am. archæologist) (1821-1888) | |
| Stackhouse | Stackhouse, Thos. (Eng. clerg.) (1680-1752) | |
| A. Stafford | Stafford, Anthony Ambrose (Eng. writer) (-1641) | |
| Stainer & Barrett | Stainer, John (1840- ) Barrett, W. A. (1835-) |
(joint editors of Mus. Dict.) |
| Stallo | Stallo, John B.}} (Am. physicist) (1823-) | |
| A. P. Stanley | Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn (Dean of Westminster) (1815-1881) | |
| T. Stanley | Stanley, Thomas (Eng. philos. and poet) (1625-1678) | |
| H. Stansbury | Stansbury, Howard (Am. civil engineer) (1806-1863) | |
| Stanyhurst | Stanyhurst, Richard (Brit. historian and poet) (1545?-1618) | |
| Stapleton | Stapleton, Thomas (Eng. divine) (1535-1598) | |
| Starkie | Starkie, Thos. (Eng. legal writer) (1782-1849) | |
| State Papers | State Papers (of Gr. Brit. and Ir.) | |
| State Trials | State Trials (of Gr. Brit. and Ir.) | |
| Statutes of Mass. | Statutes of Massachusetts | |
| T. Staveley | Staveley, Thos. (Eng. eccl. writer) (-1683) | |
| Stedman | Stedman, John Gabriel (Brit. military officer) (1745-1797) | |
| E. C. Stedman | Stedman, Edmund C. (Am. poet) (1833-) | |
| Steele | Steele, Sir Richard (Eng. essayist) (1676-1729) | |
| Steevens | Steevens, Geo. (Eng. commentator) (1736-1800) | |
| Stephen | Stephen, Henry John (Eng. legal writer) (1787-1864) | |
| J. F. Stephen | Stephen, James Fitzjames (Eng. legal writer) (1829-1894) | |
| Leslie Stephen | Stephen, Leslie (Eng. literary hist.) (1832-) | |
| Sir J. Stephen | Stephen, Sir James (Eng. historian) (1789-1859) | |
| Stepney | Stepney, George (Eng. poet and statesman) (1663-1707) | |
| Sterling | Sterling, John (Brit. essayist) (1806-1844) | |
| Sternberg | Sternberg, Geo. M. (Am. army surg.) (1838-) | |
| Sterne | Sterne, Lawrence (Eng. humorous writer) (1713-1768) | |
| Sternhold | Sternhold, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1500?-1549) | |
| J. Stevens | Stevens, John (Eng. translator) (1660?-1726) | |
| R. L. Stevenson | Stevenson, Robert L. (Scot. author) (1850-1894) | |
| Stewart | Stewart, Dugald (Scotch metaph.) (1753-1828) | |
| B. Stewart | Stewart, Balfour (Brit. physicist) (1828-) | |
| E. Stiles | Stiles, Ezra (Am. divine and hist.) (1727-1795) | |
| J. Still | Still, John (Eng. divine and author) (1543-1607) | |
| Bp. Stillingfleet | Stillingfleet, Bp. Edward (Eng. divine) (1635-1699) | |
| Stillman (The Horse in Motion) | Stillman, J. D. Babcock (Am. physician) (1819-) | |
| Stirling | Stirling, Wm. Alex. (Scot. poet) (1580-1640) | |
| J. H. Stirling | Stirling, James Hutchinson (Scot. critic and philosopher) (1820-) | |
| W. Stith | Stith, William (Am. historian) (1689-1755) | |
| R. H. Stoddard | Stoddard, Richd. Hen. (Am. poet) (1825-) | |
| Stokes | Stokes, Geo. Gabriel (Brit. physicist) (1819-) | |
| D. Stokes (1659) | Stokes, David (Eng. orientalist) (fl. 17th c.) | |
| Stonehenge | (pseud. of J. H. Walsh) | |
| Stormonth | Stormonth, James (Scotch philol. and lexicog.) (1825-1882) | |
| Story | Story, Joseph (Am. jurist) (1779-1845) | |
| Bp. Story | Story, Bp. Josiah (Irish divine) (1679?-1757) | |
| Stow | Stow, John (Eng. antiquary) (1525?-1605) | |
| Stowe | Stowe, Calvin Ellis (Am. clerg.) (1802-1886) | |
| Mrs. Stowe | Stowe, Harriet Beecher (Am. writer) (1811-1896) | |
| Lord Stowell | Stowell, William Scott, Lord (Eng. judge) (1745-1836) | |
| Stower | Stower, Charles (Eng. printer) (1779?-1816) | |
| Earl of Strafford | Strafford, Thos. Wentworth, Earl of (Eng. statesman) (1593-1641) | |
| Strauss | Strauss, David Friedr. (Ger. theol.) (1808-1874) | |
| Strutt | Strutt, Joseph (Eng. antiquary) (1749-1802) | |
| Strype | Strype, John (Eng. biographer) (1643-1737) | |
| G. Stuart | Stuart, Gilbert (Scot. historian) (1742-1786) | |
| M. Stuart | Stuart, Moses (Am. theologian) (1780-1852) | |
| Stubbes | Stubbes, Philip (British writer) | |
| Stubbs | Stubbs, William (Eng. historian) (1825-) | |
| Stukeley | Stukeley, Wm. (Eng. antiquary) (1687-1765) | |
| Suckling | Suckling, Sir John (Eng. poet) (1610-1641) | |
| J. Sully | Sully, James (Eng. metaphysician) (1842-) | |
| Summary on Du Bartas (1621) | Summary on Du Bartas (tr. fr. the French by Thomas Lodge, Lond., 1621) | |
| Charles Sumner | Sumner, Charles (Am. statesman) (1811-1874) | |
| W. G. Sumner | Sumner, Wm. Graham (Am. polit. economist) (1840-) | |
| L. Sunderland | Sunderland, LeRoy (Am. essayist) (1802-1885) | |
| Surrey | Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of (Eng. poet) (1516?-1547) | |
| Swedenborg | Swedenborg, Emanuel (Sw. philos.) (1688-1772) | |
| H. Sweet | Sweet, Henry (1845?-) | |
| Swift | Swift, Jonathan (Brit. author) (1667-1745) | |
| Z. Swift | Swift, Zephaniah (Am. jurist) (1759-1823) | |
| Swinburne | Swinburne, Algernon Chas. (Eng. poet) (1837-) | |
| H. Swinburne | Swinburne, Henry (Eng. traveler) (1752-1803) | |
| John Swinton | Swinton, John (Scot. journ. in Am.) (1830-) | |
| Sydenham | Sydenham, Floyer (Eng. essayist and translator) (1710-1787) | |
| Syd. Soc. Lex. | Sydenham Society Lexicon | |
| Sylvester | Sylvester, Joshua (Eng. poet, and translator of Du Bartas) (1563-1618) | |
| J. J. Sylvester | Sylvester, James Jos. (Eng. math.) (1814-) | |
| E. Symmons | Symmons, Edward (Eng. Royalist) (fl. 1648) | |
| J. A. Symonds | Symonds, John Addington (Eng. writer) (1840-1893) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Tait | Tait, Peter Guthrie (Brit. physicist and mathematician) (1831-) | |
| H. F. Talbot | Talbot, Wm. Henry Fox (Eng. antiq. and philol.) (1800-1877) | |
| Tale of a Usurer | Tale of a Usurer (title of a tale in English Metrical Homilies, about 1330, edited by John Small, Edin., 1862) | |
| Tale of Beryn | Tale of Beryn (title of a spurious tale of 15th cent.) | |
| Tale of Gamelyn | Tale of Gamelyn (called also Coke's T. of G., and formerly attrib. to Chaucer) | |
| Talfourd | Talfourd, Sir Thomas Noon (Eng. poet and essayist) (1795-1854) | |
| Tate | Tate, Nahum (Eng. poet) (1652-1715) | |
| Tatham | Tatham, Edward (Eng. divine) (1749-1834) | |
| Tatler | Tatler, The (Eng. periodical conducted by Steele, Addison and others) (1709-1711) | |
| Taylor (1630) | Taylor, John (Eng. "Water Poet") (1580-1654) | |
| A. S. Taylor | Taylor, Alfred Swaine (Eng. legal writer) (1806-1880) | |
| B. Taylor | Taylor, Bayard (Am. traveler and author) (1825-1878) | |
| H. Taylor | Taylor, Sir Henry (Eng. dramatist and essayist) (1800-1886) | |
| I. Taylor | Taylor, Isaac (Eng. divine and philosopher) (1787-1865) | |
| I. Taylor (with name of work) | Taylor, Isaac (English clergyman) (1829-) | |
| Jer. Taylor | Taylor, Jeremy (Eng. bishop and author) (1613-1667) | |
| John Taylor (1755) | Taylor, John (Eng. clergyman and law writer) (1703-1766) | |
| N. W. Taylor | Taylor, Nathaniel Wm. (Am. theol.) (1786-1858) | |
| W. Taylor | Taylor, William (Eng. author) (1765-1836) | |
| Sir W. Temple | Temple, Sir Wm. (Eng. statesman) (1628-1699) | |
| Tennent | Tennent, Sir James Emerson (Brit. author) (1794-1869) | |
| Tennyson | Tennyson, Alfred (Eng. poet) (1809-1892) | |
| Terence in English (1614) | Terence in English (trans. by Richard Bernard, 1567?-1641) | |
| Bp. Terrot | Terrot, Bp. Chas. Hughes (English commentator) (1790-1872) | |
| E. Terry | Terry, Edward (Eng. traveler) (1590?-1660?) | |
| Testament of Love | Testament of Love (anon. prose treatise, about 1400) | |
| Thackeray | Thackeray, Wm. M. (Eng. nov.) (1811-1863) | |
| Theobald | Theobald, Lewis (Eng. scholar) (1688-1744) | |
| Thirlwall | Thirlwall, Connop (Eng. divine) (1797-1875) | |
| Thodey | Thodey, Samuel (Brit. divine). | |
| Thomas (Med. Dict.) | Thomas, Joseph (Am. physician and editor) (1811-1891) | |
| T. G. Thomas | Thomas, Theodore Gaillard (Am. physician) (1831-) | |
| R. Thompson | Thompson, Robert | |
| S. Thompson | Thompson, Silvanus (Eng. physicist) | |
| W. Thompson (1745) | Thompson, William (Eng. poet) (1718?-1766) | |
| Thomson | Thomson, James (Scotch poet) (1700-1748) | |
| Thomson & Tait | Thomson, Sir Wm. Tait, Peter G. |
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| Abp. Thompson | Thompson, William (Eng. divine) (1819-1890) | |
| J. Thomson | Thomson, James (Brit. math. and physicist) (1822-1892) | |
| Sir W. Thomson | Thomson, Sir William (Brit. physicist and mathematician) (1824-) | |
| W. M. Thomson | Thomson, Wm. McClure (Am. divine) (1806-) | |
| Thoreau | Thoreau, Henry David (Am. naturalist and writer) (1817-1862) | |
| T. B. Thorpe | Thorpe, Thomas Bangs (Am. artist and author) (1815-1878) | |
| Thudichum | Thudichum, John Louis Wm. (Eng. chemist and pathologist) | |
| Thynne | Thynne, Francis (Eng. herald and antiquary) (1545?-1608?) | |
| Tickell | Tickell, Thomas (Eng. poet and essayist) (1686-1740) | |
| C. P. Tiele (Encyc. Brit.) | Tiele, Cornelis Petrus (Dutch hist. writer) (1830-) | |
| Tiffany | Tiffany, Chas. Louis (Am. jeweler) (1812-) | |
| Tillotson | Tillotson, John (Eng. archbishop) (1630-1694) | |
| Todd | Todd, Henry John (Eng. biog. and editor) (1763-1845) | |
| H. A. Todd | Todd, Henry A. (Am. educator) (1854?-) | |
| Todd & B. | Todd, Robert Bently (1809-1860) Bowman, Sir William (1816-1893??) |
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| Todhunter | Todhunter, Isaac (Eng. math.) (1820-1884) | |
| Tomlins | Tomlins, Thomas Edlyne (Eng. legal writer) (1762-1841) | |
| Tomlinson | Tomlinson, Chas. (Eng. physicist) (1808-1897) | |
| Tooke | Tooke, John Horne (Eng. philol.) (1736-1812) | |
| T. Tooke | Tooke, Thos. (Eng. polit. economist) (1774-1858) | |
| W. Tooke | Tooke, Wm. (Eng. writer) (1774-1820) | |
| Tooker | Tooker, William (Eng. divine) (-1620) | |
| Toone | Toone, Wm. (Eng. compiler) | |
| Topsell | Topsell, Edward (English writer) (fl. 1607) | |
| Totten | Totten, Benjamin J. (Am. naval officer) (1806-1877) | |
| Tovey | Tovey, Charles (Eng. wine merchant) | |
| Towneley Myst. | Towneley Mysteries (ab. 1450) | |
| G. Townsend | Townsend, George (Eng. divine and author) (1788-1857) | |
| J. Trapp | Trapp, Joseph (Eng. poet and essayist) (1679-1747) | |
| Travis | Travis, John (Eng. surgeon, cited from Penny Cyc.) | |
| Trench | Trench, Abp. Richard Chenevix (Brit. poet and scholar) (1807-1886) | |
| W. S. Trench | Trench, Wm. Steuart (Brit. author) (1808-1872) | |
| Trendelenburg | Trendelenburg, Friedrich Adolf (Ger. philosopher) (1802-1872) | |
| Trevelyan | Trevelyan, George Otto (Eng. politician and author) (1838-) | |
| Trial of the Regicides | Trial of the Regicides (cited in State Trials, 1660) | |
| A. Trollope | Trollope, Anthony (Eng. novelist) (1815-1882) | |
| Mrs. Trollope | Trollope, Frances Milton (Eng. author) (1780-1863) | |
| Troubles of Queen Elizabeth (1639) | If you know not me, you know nobody, or Troubles of Queen Elizabeth (an historical play written by Thomas Leywood, 1639) | |
| J. T. Trowbridge | Trowbridge, John T. (Am. author) (1827-) | |
| Trumbull | Trumbull, John (Amer. satirical poet) (1750-1831) | |
| B. Trumbull | Trumbull, Benjamin (Am. divine and author) (1735-1820) | |
| A. Tucker | Tucker, Abraham (Eng. megaphysician, pseud. E. Search) (1705-1774) | |
| J. Tucker | Tucker, Josiah (Brit. divine) (1711-1799) | |
| Tully | Tully, William (Am. physician) (1785-1859) | |
| Turbervile | Turbervile, George (Eng. poet) (1530-1600?) | |
| R. Turnbull | Turnbull, Robert (Scotch-Amer. clergyman) (1809-1877) | |
| Turner | Turner, Edward (Eng. chemist) (1797-1837) | |
| Turner | Turner, Wm. (Eng. phys. and nat.) (-1568) | |
| S. Turner | Turner, Sharon (Eng. historian and philologist) (1768-1847) | |
| Tusser | Tusser, Thos. (Eng. poet and agricultural writer) (1515?-1580?) | |
| Prof. H. Tuttle | Tuttle, Herbert (Am. hist. writer) (1846-) | |
| Sir R. Twisden | Twisden, Sir Roger (Eng. antiq.) (1597-1672) | |
| Two N. Kins. | Two Noble Kinsmen (a play ascr. to Shakespeare and Fletcher) | |
| Tylor | Tylor, Edward Burnett (Eng. archæologist and ethnologist) (1832-) | |
| Tyndale | Tyndale, William (Eng. reformer, and translator of the Bible) (1484-1536) | |
| Tyndall | Tyndall, John (Brit. physicist) (1820-1893) | |
| D. A. Tyng | Tyng, Dudley A. (Am. lawyer) (1760-1829) | |
| Tyrwhitt | Tyrwhitt, Thomas (Eng. critic) (1730-1786) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Udall | Udall, Nicholas (Eng. teacher and dramatist) (1506-1564) | |
| Upton (Tactics) | Upton, Emory (Am. major general) (1839-1881) | |
| Ure | Ure, Andrew (Scotch chemist) (1778-1857) | |
| Urquhart | Urquhart, Sir Thomas (Scotch politician). (1605?-1660) | |
| U. S. Census | United States Census, 1880 | |
| U. S. Const. | United States Constitution. See Constitution | |
| U. S. Disp. | United States Dispensory | |
| U. S. Int. Rev. Statutes | United States Internal Revenue Statutes | |
| U. S. Pharm. | United States Pharmacopœia | |
| Usher | Usher, James (Eng. archbishop) (1580-1656) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Vanbrugh | Vanbrugh, Sir John (Eng. dram.) (1666-1726) | |
| H. Van Laun | Van Laun, Henri (Fr. tr. in Eng.) | |
| Vattel (Trans.) | Vattel, de, Emmeric (Swiss publicist) (1714-1767) | |
| E. Vaughan | Vaughan, Edmund (Eng. divine) (1611?-1669?) | |
| H. Vaughan | Vaughan, Henry (Brit. poet) (1621-1695) | |
| R. Vaughan | Vaughan, Rowland (Brit. trans.) (fl. 17th c.) | |
| R. A. Vaughan | Vaughan, Robert Alfred (Eng. poet and reviewer) (1823-1857) | |
| Vegetius (Trans.) | Vegetius, Flavius Renatus (Lat. military writer) (fl. 385) | |
| Venner | Venner, Tobias (Eng. physician) (1577-1660) | |
| A. E. Verrill | Verrill, Addison Emery (Am. zool.) (1839-) | |
| Verstegan | Verstegan, Richard (Eng. antiq.) (-1635?) | |
| Vicars | Vicars, John (Eng. divine and trans.) (1582-1652) | |
| Virchow | Virchow, Rudolf (Ger. physiol.) (1821-) | |
| Vives | Vives, Juan Luis (Sp. scholar) (1462-1540) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Waddell | Waddell, John Alex. Low (civil engineer) (1854-) | |
| B. F. Wade | Wade, Benjamin Franklin (Am. statesman) (1800-1878) | |
| Wagner | Wagner, Rudolf Johannes (Ger. chemist) (1823-1880) | |
| W. Wagstaffe | Wagstaffe, William (Eng. phys.) (1685-1725) | |
| Wake | Wake, William (Eng. archbishop) (1672-1737) | |
| Wakefield | Wakefield, Gilbert (Eng. theol.) (1756-1801) | |
| Walker | Walker, John (Eng. lexicographer) (1732-1807) | |
| Dr. Walker (1678) | Walker, Anthony (Eng. divine) (1629?-1700?) | |
| F. A. Walker | Walker, Francis Amasa (Am. political economist) (1840-1897) | |
| A. R. Wallace | Wallace, Alfred Russell (Eng. traveler and ornitholigist) (1822-) | |
| D. M. Wallace | Wallace, Donald Mackenzie (Scotch author). (1841-) | |
| L. Wallace | Wallace, Lewis (Am. author) (1827-) | |
| Waller | Waller, Edmund (Eng. poet) (1605-1687) | |
| Wallis | Wallis, John (Eng. mathematician and grammarian) (1616-1703) | |
| Walpole | Walpole, Horace (Eng. author) (1717-1797) | |
| Walsh | Walsh, Robert (Am. author and journalist) (1784-1859) | |
| J. H. Walsh | Walsh, John Henry (Eng. writer on sports, pseud. Stonehenge) (1810-1888) | |
| W. Walsh | Walsh, William (Eng. poet) (1663-1707) | |
| Walton | Walton, Izaak (Eng. writer). (1593-1683) | |
| Bp. Warburton | Warburton, Bp. Wm. (Eng. author) (1698-1779) | |
| Ward | Ward, John (Eng. writer) (1679?-1758) | |
| A. W. Ward | Ward, Adolphus William (Eng. writer) (1837-) | |
| Bp. Ward | Ward, Bp. Seth (Eng. divine) (1617?-1689) | |
| E. Ward | Ward, Edward (Eng. poet) (1660?-1731) | |
| L. F. Ward | Ward, Lester Frank (Am. scientific writer). (1841-) | |
| Mrs. Humphry Ward | Ward, Mrs. Humphry (Eng. author) (1851-) | |
| R. P. Ward | Ward, Robert Plumer (Eng. statesman and jurist) (1765-1846) | |
| Samuel Ward | Ward, Samuel (Eng. theologian) (-1643) | |
| T. Ward | Ward, Thomas (Eng. writer) (1652-1708) | |
| W. H. Ward | Ward, William Hayes (Am. Assyriologist) (1835-) | |
| W. Warde | Warde, William. | |
| Warner | Warner, William (Eng. poet) (1558?-1608?) | |
| C. D. Warner | Warner, Charles Dudley (Am. author) (1829-1900) | |
| Warren | Warren, Samuel (Brit. author) (1807-1877) | |
| J. Warton | Warton, Joseph (Eng. poet) (1722-1800) | |
| T. Warton | Warton, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1728-1790) | |
| Wase | Wase, Christopher (Eng. classical scholar) (-1690) | |
| E. Washburn | Washburn, Emory (Am. lawyer) (1800-1877) | |
| Washington | Washington, George (Pres. U. S.) (1732-1799) | |
| E. Waterhouse | Waterhouse, Edward (Eng. author) (1619-1670) | |
| Waterland | Waterland, Daniel (Eng. author) (1688-1740) | |
| Waterton | Waterton, Charles (Eng. naturalist) (1782-1865) | |
| Bp. Watson (1805) | Watson, Bp. Richard (Eng. divine) (1737-1816) | |
| Sir T. Watson | Watson, Sir Thomas (Eng. phys.) (1792-1882) | |
| W. Watson | Watson, William (Eng. author) (-1603) | |
| Watts | Watts, Henry (Eng. chemist) (1825-1884) | |
| I. Watts | Watts, Isaac (Eng. divine and poet) (1674-1748) | |
| R. Watts | Watts, Robert (Am. anatomist) (1812-1867) | |
| Wayland | Wayland, Francis (Amer. moral philosopher) (1796-1865) | |
| Weale | Weale, John (Eng. editor and publisher) (1791-1862) | |
| D. Webster | Webster, Daniel (Am. statesman and orator) (1782-1852) | |
| J. Webster | Webster, John (Eng. dramatist) (16th-17th c.) | |
| Wedgwood | Wedgwood, Hensleigh (Eng. philol.) (1805-) | |
| Weever | Weever, John (Eng. antiquarian) (1576-1632) | |
| Weisbach | Weisbach, Julius (Ger. math.) (1806-1871) | |
| Sir A. Weldon | Weldon, Sir Anthony (Eng. author) (1590?-1656?) | |
| J. S. Wells | Wells, John Soelberg (Eng. opthalmologist) | |
| Welsford | Welsford, Henry (Eng. author) (1810-) | |
| Welwood | Welwood, James (Scotch physician) (1652-1716) | |
| Wesley | Wesley, John (Eng. founder of Methodism) (1703-1791) | |
| West | West, Richard (Eng. poet) (-1742) | |
| G. West | West, Gilbert (Eng. poet and translator) (1706?-1756) | |
| B. F. Westcott | Westcott, Brooke Foss (Eng. biblical scholar) (1825-) | |
| Westminster Catechism | Westminster Shorter Catechism | |
| Westm. Rev. | Westminster Review (a Lond. quarterly, founded 1824) | |
| Wharton | Wharton, Francis (Am. jurist) (1820-1889) | |
| Wharton (Law Dict.) | Wharton, John J. S. (Eng. barrister and legal writer) (1816?-1867) | |
| H. Wharton | Wharton, Henry (Eng. divine) (1664-1695) | |
| Whately | Whately, Richard (abp. of Dublin) (1787-1863) | |
| W. Whately | Whately, William (Eng. divine) (1583-1639) | |
| Wheaton | Wheaton, Henry (Am. publicist and diplomatist) (1785-1848) | |
| Wheatstone | Wheatstone, Sir Charles (Eng. physicist) (1802-1875) | |
| Whewell | Whewell, William (Eng. philos. and scholar) (1794-1866) | |
| B. Whichcote | Whichcote, Benj. (Eng. divine) (1610?-1683) | |
| E. P. Whipple | Whipple, Edwin Percy (Am. essayist and critic) (1819-1886) | |
| Whishaw | Whishaw, James (Eng. lawyer). | |
| Whiston | Whiston, William (Eng. divine and mathematician) (1667-1752) | |
| Whitaker | Whitaker, Tobias (Eng. phys.). (fl. 1620-1671) | |
| J. Whitaker | Whitaker, John (Eng. divine and antiq.) (1735-1808) | |
| Whitby | Whitby, Daniel (Eng. divine) (1638-1726) | |
| Gilbert White | White, Gilbert (Eng. divine and naturalist) (1720-1793) | |
| James White | White, Jas. (Brit. divine and hist.) (1806-1862) | |
| James White | White, James (Eng. veterinary surgeon). | |
| R. G. White | White, Richard Grant (Am. author) (1821-1885) | |
| Whitefoot | Whitefoot (in posth. works of Sir Thomas Browne) | |
| Whitehead | Whitehead, William (Eng. poet) (1715-1785) | |
| P. Whitehead | Whitehead, Paul (Eng. poet and satirist) (1709?-1774) | |
| Whitelocke | Whitelocke, Bulstrode (Eng. statesman) (1605-1676) | |
| Whiter | Whiter, Walter (Eng. lexicog.). | |
| Whitgift | Whitgift, John (Eng. archbishop) (1530-1604) | |
| Whiting | Whiting, Nicholas. | |
| Whitlock | Whitlock, Richard (Eng. phys.) (1616?-1673?) | |
| J. D. Whitney | Whitney, Josiah Dwight (Am. geol.) (1819-1896) | |
| Mrs. Whitney | Whitney, Adeline D. Train (Am. author) (1824-) | |
| W. D. Whitney | Whitney, William Dwight (Am. philologist) (1827-1894) | |
| Whittier | Whittier, John Greenleaf (Am. poet) (1807-1892) | |
| Whitworth | Whitworth, George Clifford. | |
| J. Whitworth | Whitworth, Joseph (Eng. mechanician) (1805?-1887) | |
| Whole Duty of Man | Whole Duty of Man (author unknown) | |
| Wilberforce | Wilberforce, Wm. (Eng. philanthropist and statesman) (1759-1833) | |
| B. G. Wilder | Wilder, Burt Green (Am. anatomist and physiologist) (1841-) | |
| Wilhelm | Wilhelm, Thomas | |
| W. Wilkie | Wilkie, William (Scotch epic poet) (1721-1772) | |
| Bp. Wilkins | Wilkins, Bp. John (Eng. divine) (1614-1672) | |
| D. Wilkins | Wilkins, David (Eng. author) (1685-1745) | |
| Wilkinson | Wilkinson, Sir John Gardner (Eng. Egyptologist) (1797-1875) | |
| William of Palerne | William of Palerne (a poem in the Midland dialect, partly trans. from the French, about 1350) | |
| G. H. Williams | Williams, George Huntington (Am. mineralogist) (1856?-) | |
| H. M. Williams | Williams, Helen Maria (Eng. author). (1762-1827) | |
| M. Williams | Williams, Monier (Eng. orientalist) (1819-) | |
| Sir R. Williams | Williams, Sir Roger (Eng. mil. hist.) (-1595) | |
| S. W. Williams | Williams, Samuel Wells (Am. Chinese scholar) (1812-1884) | |
| Willis | Willis, Nathaniel Parker (Am. poet and journalist) (1806-1867) | |
| Willis & Clements (The Platinotype) | Willis, W., Jr. Clements |
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| Wilson | Wilson, Erasmus (English medical writer) (1809-1884) | |
| Arthur Wilson | Wilson, Arthur (Eng. historian) (1596-1652) | |
| D. Wilson | Wilson, Daniel (Brit. archæologist) (1816-1892) | |
| G. Wilson | Wilson, George (Scotch chemist and physician) (1818-1859) | |
| H. B. Wilson | Wilson, Henry Bristow (Eng. divine and author) (1803-1888) | |
| J. L. Wilson | Wilson, John Leighton (Am. missionary) (1809-1884) | |
| John Wilson | Wilson, John (Am. printer and author). (1802-1868) | |
| Prof. Wilson | Wilson, John (Scotch author, pseud. Christopher North) (1785-1854) | |
| Sir T. Wilson | Wilson, Sir Thomas (English statesman) (1520?-1581) | |
| Gov. Winthrop | Winthrop, John (Governor of Mass. Colony) (1588-1649) | |
| Sir R. Winwood | Winwood, Ralph (Eng. statesman) (1564?-1617) | |
| Wirt | Wirt, William (Am. lawyer) (1772-1834) | |
| Wiseman | Wiseman, Richard (Eng. surgeon) (fl. 17th c.) | |
| Card. Wiseman | Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick Stephen (Eng. cardinal) (1802-1865) | |
| Withals (1608) | Withals, John. | |
| Wither | Wither, George (Eng. poet) (1588-1667) | |
| Withering | Withering, William (Eng. writer on natural science) (1749-1799) | |
| W. Withington | Withington, William (Am. clergyman and writer) | |
| Wit's Recreations (1654) | Wit's Recreations (1654) (a compilation of poems and epigrams, attrib. to George Herbert) | |
| Wodhull | Wodhull, Michael (Eng. poet) (1740-1816) | |
| Wodroephe | Wodroephe, John. | |
| Wolcott | Wolcott, John (Eng. satirist) (1738-1819) | |
| O. Wolcott | Wolcott, Oliver (Am. statesman) (1760-1833) | |
| C. Wolfe | Wolfe, Charles (Irish poet) (1791-1823) | |
| Wollaston | Wollaston, William (Eng. divine and author) (1659-1724) | |
| T. V. Wollaston | Wollaston, Thomas Vernon | |
| W. H. Wollaston | Wollaston, William Hyde (Eng. naturalist and philosopher) (1766-1828) | |
| Wolsey | Wolsey, Thomas (Eng. cardinal and statesman) (1471-1530) | |
| Wood | Wood, Alphonso (Am. botanist) (1810-1881) | |
| Wood | Wood, Anthony. (1632-1695) | |
| H. C. Wood | Wood, Horatio C. (Am. physician) (1841-) | |
| J. G. Wood | Wood, John George (English naturalist) (1827-1889) | |
| Wood & Bache | Wood, George B. (1797-1879) Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) |
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| J. Woodbridge | Woodbridge, John (Eng. clergyman in America) (1614-1691) | |
| Woodward | Woodward, John (Eng. geologist) (1665-1728) | |
| S. Woodworth | Woodworth, Samuel (Am. poet) (1785-1842) | |
| Woolsey | Woolsey, Theodore Dwight (Am. clergyman and author) (1801-1889) | |
| Bp. Woolton | Woolton, Bp. John (1535?-1593?) | |
| Wordsworth | Wordsworth, William (Eng. poet) (1770-1850) | |
| C. Wordsworth | Wordsworth, Christopher (Eng. divine) (1807-1885) | |
| John Worthington | Worthington, John (Eng. writer) (1618-1671) | |
| Sir H. Wotton | Wotton, Sir Henry (Eng. diplomatist and author) (1568-1639) | |
| W. Wotton | Wotton, William (Eng. divine, critic and historian) (1666-1726) | |
| Woty | Woty, William (Eng. poet). (-1791) | |
| Wraxall | Wraxall, Sir Nathaniel Wm. (Eng. author) (1751-1831) | |
| Bp. Wren | Wren, Bp. Matthew (Eng. divine) (1585-1667) | |
| Wright | Wright, Thomas (Eng. antiquary) (1810-1877) | |
| Wyatt | Wyatt, Thomas (Eng. poet) (1503-1542) | |
| Wycherley | Wycherley, William (Eng. dramatist) (1640?-1715) | |
| Wyclif | Wyclif, John (Eng. reformer, and translator of the Bible) (1324?-1384) | |
| Sir J. Wynne | Wynne, Sir John (Brit. writer) (1553-1626) |
| Abbreviation | Full Name | Work? |
|---|---|---|
| Yarrell | Yarrell, William (Brit. naturalist) (1784-1856) | |
| Yelverton | Yelverton, Sir Henry (Eng. writer) (1566-1630) | |
| Miss Yonge | Yonge, Charlotte Mary (Eng. novelist) (1823-) | |
| Youatt | Youatt, Wm. (Eng. veterinary surgeon) (1777-1847) | |
| Young | Young, Edward (Eng. poet) (1684-1765) | |
| C. A. Young | Young, Charles Augustus (Am. astronomer) (1834-) | |
| J. Young | Young, John (Scotch divine) (1806-1880) | |
| Yule | Yule, Henry (Brit. geographer) (1820-1889) |