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Mistress of Lord Byron, writing her own biographical accounts of him.

Wheatstone made several important contributions numerous branches of science, such as optics. However, his name has been most closely connected with the electric telegraph.

Italian patriot and military leader.

Italian politician and economist.

Archivist and historian.

American draughtsman and engraver. Active in Philadelphia.

Essayist and poet, one of the first American authors to achieve international fame.

Irish novelist and socialite.

Engraver, mainly in line.

German naturalist and explorer who made major contributions to various sciences, including geology, geomagnetism, and meteorology.

American diplomat.

Born in 1841 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, where he was a Fellow from 1864 to 1867 and president of the Oxford Union in 1864. He was ordained deacon in 1867 and priest the following year. He married Mary Freeman, the daughter of an Archdeacon of Exeter when he became Headmaster of Durham School. He was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Newcastle from 1882 to 1884 when he returned to Winchester, where he was Headmaster until 1901. He was Archdeacon of Winchester from 1903 to 1920, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester from 1903 to 1915; and Canon of Winchester from 1906 until 1920.