Results 341 - 360 of 481 Author Index

Owen, William I Owen (Junr.) I, 1837–1886, Foreign Office clerk; only son of Sir Richard Owen. Attended Westminster School, thereafter studied in Germany. In 1869 appointed to Foreign Office clerkship; held the position to time of his death. Died by drowning, in Kingston, Surrey.

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Oxenford, John I Oxenford l, 1812–1877, dramatist, translator, critic. Almost entirely self-educated; articled to solicitor; turned to writing. Contributed to Punch, Ainsworth's, lllus. London News, Westm. Rev., Cornhill, Macmillan's, and other periodicals; also to Knight's Penny Cyclopaedia and George Cruikshank's Table-Book. Reviewer of German works for Athenaeum; dramatic critic for almost thirty years for The Times. Wrote some ninety pieces for the stage – farces, comedies, serio-comic dramas, libretti – some of them original pieces, others translations or adaptations. Noted for his scholarly translations from Spanish, Italian, French, and German literature, as from Calderón, Boiardo, Molière, Goethe. 

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Journalist, civil servant and social reformer.

Parr, Harriet I Miss Lee, Miss Parr l, 1828–1900, novelist. Born and educated in York. Contributed to Titan, National Magazine, People's Magazine, and other periodicals. One of her stories in Victoria Regia. Under pseudonym "Holme Lee" published between 1854 and 1883wme thirty novels and collections of stories, e.g., Maude Tulbot, Gilbert Massenger, Kathie Brande, Sylvan Halt's Daughter, Legends from Fairy Land; some of novels very popular in lending libraries. Under her own name, published three historical and biographical works. Described by Allingham, who met her at a social gathering in 1868, as looking "like a quiet little old-maidish governess" (Diary, p. 178).

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Parry, John Docwra I J. D. Parry, substituted for original entry Unknown correspondent l, b. ca, 1799; prob. date of death [1845 or after â€“ D.N.B.]. Divine, misc. writer; native of Bedfordshire. B.A. Cambridge, 1.824; M.A. 1827. Curate of Aspley Guise, Beds., 1827; of Brighton, 1833. In preface to one of his works, wrote of the discouragement under which he laboured; a passage in one of his letters to Sir Robert Peel, cited in Alumni Cantab., mentions his poverty and distress and his lack of success in the church; Alumni Cantab. suggests that he had perhaps been unfrocked. Contributed articles, and at least one poem, to Gent. Mag.; contributed to Builder, furnishing to the periodical "perhaps, the greatest amount of statistics in connection with the city churchyards that has yet appeared" (Builder, Sept. 19, 1846). Sometime editor of Portsmouth Herald. Compiled anthology of ballads, The Legendary Cabinet, 1829; and The Anthology: ... Selections Adapted to the Amusement and Instruction of Youth, 1830; in both, included his ballad ''EIla''; in the second, also his "Grecian Epitaph." Author of Select Illustrations, Historical and Topographical, of Bedfordshire, 1827; History and Description of Woburn and Its Abbey, 1831 (and part reissued in same year as A Guide to Woburn Abbey); An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Coast of Sussex, 1833, dedicated by permission to King William and Queen Adelaide. In Urban Burial. An Account of the London Churchyards, with Suggestions for Joint Parochial Cemeteries, 1847, reprinted some of items he had contributed to Builder. Dickens had a copy of the pamphlet in his library (Stonehouse, Catalogue, p. 89).

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Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton I Coventry Patmore, Patmore l, 1823–1896, poet, critic. Privately educated. Assistant in printed books department, British Museum, 1846–65. Contributed to North Brit. Rev., the Germ, Edin. Rev., Macmillan's, Pall Mall Gazette, St. James's Gazette, and other periodicals. Published Poems, 1844; Tamerton Church-Tower, 1853; the four parts of The Angel in the House, 1854–62 in book form; The Unknown Eras, 1877; Amelia, 1878; collections of some of his periodical articles, e.g., Principle in Art, 1889, and Religio Poetae, 1893.

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Patterson, Robert Hogarth I Mr. R. H. Patterson, Mr. Paterson, H. Pattison l, 1821–1886, journalist, misc. writer. Born in Edinburgh; educated as civil engineer, but turned to newspaper work. Contributed to Blackwood's (more than eighty articles), Bentley's Misc., Dublin Univ. Magazine, North Brit. Rev., Edin. Rev., and other periodicals. Edited Edinburgh Advertiser, 1852–58. In 1858 became editor of the Press, London; thereafter proprietor. Later, editor of the Globe and the Glasgow News. Was long a conspicuous figure in Conservative journalism. Gained reputation as financial expert. Author of The New Revolution; or, The Napoleonic Policy in Europe, 1860; books on capital and finance, and other subjects; also a lyrical drama, Robespierre, 1877. Espinasse (Literary Recollections, p. 403) stated that some of Patterson's books "made even the currency question interesting."

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Payn, James I J. Payne, Payne, Payn I, 1830–1898, novelist. Student at Eton and at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. B.A. Cambridge, 1853. While undergraduate, brought out two volumes of poems; also began sending verse and prose to periodicals, e.g., Bentley's Misc., Chambers's, H.W. Decided to make writing his career. Co-editor, thereafter editor, of Chambers's, 1858-74, first in Edinburgh, then in London; editor of Cornhill, 1883-96. Reader for Smith, Elder & Co.; literary adviser to the firm. Author of almost fifty novels, among the best known being Lost Sir Massingberd and By Proxy. Many of his novels serialized in Chambers's; others in Once a Week, Belgravia, Canadian Monthly, Longman's Magazine, Cornhill, Good Words. At Her Mercy, Halves, and What He Cost Her serialized in A.Y.R. under editorship of Charles Dickens, Jr. Published collections of the stories that he had contributed to periodicals; also several volumes of essays collected from Nineteenth Century, The Times, Cornhill, lllus, London News, and other periodicals.

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Pearson, H. O. Not identified. The contributor writes in the person of a shy bachelor who in 1855 joins a Hullah singing class (conducted by one of Hullah's deputies) through which he meets the lady who later becomes his wife. ''What can I recommend better to the inhabitants of small towns and villages in general," he writes, "than a Hullah singing class." Payment for the contribution made by cheque.

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Peppé, Mr. I Mr. Peppé, Pepé l. Not identified. Of the two forms of the contributor's name recorded in the Office Book, the correct one is evidently "Peppé"; in the entry for the first item ["The Crocodile Battery", II, 540–43. March 1, 1851], the name is written "Pepé," then overwritten to read "Peppé" ; for the second item ["A Fuqueer's Curse", III, 310–12. June 21, 1851], the name stands as "Pepé." According to his articles, the contributor had been some time in England, then lived in India with his brother in an English settlement; mentions specifically having lived in a northwest province in the summer of 1846. Was in England at the time of writing for H.W., as indicated by the Office Book notation that payment for the second article was "Handed by W.H.W." Was interested in electric apparatuses; both articles deal with his exploits with galvanic batteries. Had some education; refers to books of travel that he has read and quotes two lines from Paradise Lost. His use of the Americanism "snag" (the meaning of which he explains) may indicate that he had been in the U.S. Is a repulsive person who finds satisfaction in blowing crocodiles to bits and in horsewhipping a fakir. 
      Harper's reprinted both contributions, without acknowledgment to H.W.

Author: Anne Lohrli; © University of Toronto Press, 1971 

Perrott, Miss. Not identified. "Died in India" [IX, 33–34. Feb. 25, 1854] is addressed to the friends and family of a young woman who died in "a strange alien land"; it offers them the consolation that she found death more welcome than life and that she is now with the angels, watching over her loved ones on earth. In the event that her name was misspelled in the Office Book, the contributor may be Marianne Parrott, writer of scripture stories and moral tales in verse and prose for children, and occasional contributor to periodicals.

Author: Anne Lohrli; © University of Toronto Press, 1971 

Phipps, Edmund I Phipps (Ed.) I, 1808–1857, barrister-at-law, writer; younger brother of Lord Normanby. B.A. Oxford, 1828; M.A. 1831. Admitted at Inner Temple; called to the bar, 1832. Went the Northern Circuit. Recorder of Scarborough, later of Doncaster. Contributed to New Monthly. Wrote two pamphlets on monetary crisis, 1847, 1848; and one on trusts, 1854. Translated Henrik Hertz's King Rene's Daughter. Wrote Memoirs of the Political and Literary Life of Robert Plumer Ward, 1850.

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Postans, Robert Baxter, prob. I Postans I, 1787–1892, naval man, journalist. In naval service of East India Co. to 1840. Associated with the founding of Punch; contributed prose and verse to the periodical; also pen and ink sketches. Contributed to Bentley's Misc. Was close friend of George Hodder and Henry Mayhew. 

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Power, Marguerite A. I Miss Power I, 1815?–1867, writer. Contributed to Book of Beauty and Keepsake during years that the two annuals were edited by her aunt Lady Blessington; edited Keepsake, 1851–57. Contributed to Illus. London News, Once a Week, and other periodicals. Wrote memoir of Lady Blessington; five novels; a narrative poem in blank verse; Arabian Days and Nights, 1863, an account of a winter's residence in Egypt.

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Priestley, Sir Wlliiam Overend I Dr. Priestley l, 1829–1900, physician. Studied at King's College, London; also at other institutions. M.R.C.S. England, 1852; M.D. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1853; F.R.C.P. Edinburgh, 1858; F.R.C.P. London, 1864. Held appointments at various hospitals and universities as lecturer on midwifery, professor of obstetric medicine, consulting physician on obstetrics. Private practice included persons of Royalty. Hon. LL.D. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1884; knighted 1893. Elected M.P. for Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrews, 1896. Published medical works.

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Prince, John Critchley I Mr. Prince, Prince l, 1808–1866, poet, known as the "Bard of Hyde," the "poet of the people," the "factory bard." Born in Lancashire, son of a reed-maker for weavers; brought up to his father's uncertain trade. Had scanty schooling; read avidly whatever books he could get. Made precarious living as factory hand and shopkeeper, and by sale of his books and proceeds from begging-letters. According to Axon, was "a thorough Bohemian of the shabbiest type" (Cheshire Gleanings, p. 22); died in extreme poverty. Contributed verses to fugitive publications, to Manchester and Preston newspapers, People's Journal, Eliza Cook's Journal. Editor, 1845–51, of Loyal Ancient Shepherds' Quarterly Magazine. Author of Hours with the Muses, 1841; 6th ed., 1857; and four other volumes of verse .

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Prince Smith, Mrs Auguste (Sommerbrod), prob. I Miss Prince Smith l. John Prince Smith, 1774?–1822, law reporter (D.N.B.), was survived by a son and a daughter. If the Office Book designation "Miss" is correct, the contributor was the daughter of John Prince Smith.

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Procter, Bryan WaIler I Mr. Procter, W. B. Procter, Procter l, 1787–1874, poet. Educated at Harrow. Studied law. Practised as solicitor in London; served as commissioner of lunacy, 1832–61. Contributed to Literary Gazette, London Magazine, Athenaeum, Fraser's, Edin. Rev., and other periodicals; also to annuals. Published, under pseudonym "Barry Cornwall," Dramatic Scenes and Other Poems, 1819; and, in next four years, three additional volumes of dramatic, narrative, and lyric verse; Mirandola, 1821, a tragedy, performed at Covent Garden; English Songs, 1832. Wrote Life of Edmund Kean, Memoir of Lamb; prefatory memoir to works of Ben Jonson and of Shakespeare. With Forster, edited Selections from the Poetical Works of Robert Browning, 1863. Knew almost all his literary contemporaries – from William Lisle Bowles, whom he met in 1805, to Swinburne, who in 1868 sent him a tribute in verse; much loved for his kindliness, his generosity, his unassuming good nature.

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Procter, Adelaide Anne I Miss Berwick, Miss Adelaide Procter (Mary Berwick), Miss Procter (Mary Berwick), Miss Procter, Procter (Miss) I, 1825–1864. poet; daughter of Bryan Waller Procter (see separate entry). Grew up in literary atmosphere at home where eminent writers were frequent guests. Early began writing verses, some of which circulated in MS among her friends. Contributed verse to Book of Beauty, to both of Dickens's periodicals, Cornhill, Good Words; both verse and prose to English Woman's Journal. Published two collections of Legends and Lyrics, 1858, 1861; and, on behalf of a charity, A Chaplet of Verses, 1862. Edited the Victoria Regia, 1861, in which she.included one of her poems.

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R., S. Not identified. The initials appear in the Office Book and also as signature to the writer's contribution, which is in the form of a letter to the editor. The writer states that the method of preventing colliery explosions proposed in "A Remedy for Colliery Explosions," Dec. 18, 1850, is but a partial and uncertain method; he endorses the system of Government inspection urged in the editorial comment at the end of the article "A Coal Miner's Evidence," Dec. 7, 1850. No payment recorded for the contribution. 

Author: Anne Lohrli; © University of Toronto Press, 1971