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Alexander Balloch Grosart, the Glossary

Alexander Balloch Grosart (18 June 182716 March 1899) was a Scottish clergyman and literary editor.^[1]

51 relations: Abraham Cowley, Andrew Marvell, Blackburn, Camden Society, Chetham Society, Dublin, Editing, Edmund Spenser, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Elizabethan era, Francis Quarles, Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, Gabriel Harvey, George Herbert, Henry Huth (bibliophile), Henry More, Henry Vaughan, Herbert Palmer (Puritan), John Davies (poet, born 1569), John Davies of Hereford, John Donne, John Eliot (statesman), Joseph Beaumont, Kinross, List of books for the "Famous Scots Series", Liverpool, Michael Bruce (poet), Nicholas Breton, Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, Philip Sidney, Puritans, Richard Baxter, Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Richard Crashaw, Richard Gilpin, Richard Sibbes, Robert Dover (Cotswold Games), Robert Fergusson, Robert Greene (dramatist), Roxburghe Club, Samuel Daniel, Scotland, Stirling, Theology, Thomas Brooks (Puritan), Thomas Dekker (writer), Thomas Fuller, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Traherne, United Presbyterian Church (Scotland), ... Expand index (1 more) »
British literary editors
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Scottish publishers (people)

Abraham Cowley

Abraham Cowley (161828 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618.

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Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell (31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678.

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Blackburn

Blackburn is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England.

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Camden Society

The Camden Society was a text publication society founded in London in 1838 to publish early historical and literary materials, both unpublished manuscripts and new editions of rare printed books.

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The Chetham Society "for the publication of remains historic and literary connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester" is a text publication society and registered charity (No. 700047) established on 23 March 1843.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.

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Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information.

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Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser (1552/1553 – 13 January O.S. 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the English language.

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Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (12 April 155024 June 1604), was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era.

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Elizabethan era

The Elizabethan era is the epoch in the Tudor period of the history of England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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Francis Quarles

Francis Quarles (about 8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most notable for his emblem book entitled Emblems.

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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke

Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628) was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who served in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.

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Gabriel Harvey

Gabriel Harvey (c. 1552/3 – 1631) was an English writer.

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George Herbert

George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England.

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Henry Huth (bibliophile)

Henry Huth (1815–1878) was an English merchant banker and prominent bibliophile.

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Henry More

Henry More (12 October 1614 – 1 September 1687) was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.

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Henry Vaughan

Henry Vaughan (17 April 1621 – 23 April 1695) was a Welsh metaphysical poet, author and translator writing in English, and a medical physician.

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Herbert Palmer (Puritan)

Herbert Palmer (1601–1647) was an English Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge.

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John Davies (poet, born 1569)

Sir John Davies (16 April 1569 (baptised)8 December 1626) was an English poet, lawyer, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1621.

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John Davies of Hereford

John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565 – July 1618) was a writing-master and an Anglo-Welsh poet.

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John Donne

John Donne (1571 or 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England.

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John Eliot (statesman)

Sir John Eliot (11 April 1592 – 27 November 1632) was an English statesman who was serially imprisoned in the Tower of London, where he eventually died, by King Charles I for advocating the rights and privileges of Parliament.

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Joseph Beaumont

Joseph Beaumont (13 March 1616 – 23 November 1699) was an English clergyman, academic and poet.

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Kinross

Kinross (Ceann Rois) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around south of Perth and around northwest of Edinburgh.

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List of books for the "Famous Scots Series"

This is a list of books published as the "Famous Scots Series" by the Edinburgh publishers, Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier, from 1896 to 1905.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.

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Michael Bruce (poet)

Michael Bruce (27 March 1746 – 5 July 1767) was a Scottish poet and hymnist.

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Nicholas Breton

Nicholas Breton (also Britton or Brittaine) (c. 1545/53 – c. 1625/6) was a poet and prose writer of the English Renaissance.

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Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier

Oliphant, Anderson and Ferrier was a Scottish publishing company based in the national capital Edinburgh.

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Philip Sidney

Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.

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Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".

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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork

Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English politician who served as Lord Treasurer of the Kingdom of Ireland.

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Richard Crashaw

Richard Crashaw (c. 1613 – 21 August 1649) was an English poet, teacher, High Church Anglican cleric and Roman Catholic convert, who was one of the major metaphysical poets in 17th-century English literature.

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Richard Gilpin

Richard Gilpin (baptised 23 October 1625 – 13 February 1700) was an English nonconformist minister and physician, prominent in the northern region.

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Richard Sibbes

Richard Sibbes (or Sibbs) (1577–1635) was an Anglican theologian.

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Robert Dover (Cotswold Games)

Robert Dover (1575/82–1652) was an English attorney, author and wit, best known as the founder and for many years the director of the Cotswold Olimpick Games.

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Robert Fergusson

Robert Fergusson (5 September 1750 – 17 October 1774) was a Scottish poet.

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Robert Greene (dramatist)

Robert Greene (1558–1592) was an English author popular in his day, and now best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greene's Groats-Worth of Witte, bought with a million of Repentance, widely believed to contain an attack on William Shakespeare.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Balloch_Grosart

Also known as A B Grosart, A. B. Grosart, A. Grosart, A.B. Grosart, AB Grosart, Alexander B. Grosart, Alexander Grosart, Dr AB Grosart, Grosart.

, University of Edinburgh.

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British literary editors

Clergy from Stirling

Contributors to the Dictionary of National Biography

Ministers of the United Presbyterian Church (Scotland)

Scottish publishers (people)

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