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See also:GROSART, See also:ALEXANDER BALLOCH (1827-1899) , Scottish divine and See also:literary editor, the son of a See also:building contractor, was See also:born at See also:Stirling on the 18th of See also:June 1827. He was educated at See also:Edinburgh University, and in 1856 became a Presbyterian See also:minister at Kinross. In 1865 he went to See also:Liverpool, and three years later to See also:Blackburn. He resigned from the See also:ministry in 1892, and died at See also:Dublin on the 16th of See also:March 1899. Dr Grosart is chiefly remembered for his exertions in reprinting much rare Elizabethan literature, a See also:work which he undertook in the first instance from his strong See also:interest in Puritan See also:theology. Among the first writers whose See also:works he edited were the Puritan divines, See also:Richard Sibbes, See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Brooks and See also:Herbert See also:Palmer. See also:Editions of See also:Michael See also:Bruce's Poems (1865) and Richard See also:Gilpin's Demonologia sacra (1867) followed. In 1868 he brought out a bibliography of the writings of Richard See also:Baxter, and from that See also:year until 1876 he was occupied in reproducing for private subscribers the " See also:Fuller Worthies Library," a See also:series of See also:thirty-nine volumes which included the works of Thomas Fuller, See also:Sir See also:John See also:Davies, See also:Fulke Greville, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Vaughan, See also:Andrew Marvell, See also:George Herbert, Richard See also:Crashaw, John See also:Donne and Sir See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Sidney. The last four volumes of the series were devoted to the works of many little known and otherwise inaccessible authors. His Occasional Issues of Unique and Very Rare Books (1875–1881) is of the utmost interest to the See also:book-See also:lover. It included among other things the Annalia Dubrensia of See also:Robert See also:Dover. In 1876 still another series, known as the " See also:Chertsey Worthies Library," was begun. It included editions of the works of See also:Nicholas See also:Breton, See also:Francis See also:Quarles, Dr See also:Joseph See also:Beaumont, See also:Abraham See also:Cowley, Henry More and John Davies of See also:Hereford. Grosart was untiring in his See also:enthusiasm and See also:energy for this See also:kind of work. The two last-named series were being produced simultaneously until 1881, and no sooner had they been completed than Grosart began the " Huth Library," so called from the bibliophile Henry Huth, who possessed the originals of many of the reprints. It included the works of Robert See also:Greene, Thomas See also:Nash, See also:Gabriel See also:Harvey, and the See also:prose tracts of Thomas See also:Dekker. He also edited the See also:complete works of See also:Edmund See also:Spenser and See also:Samuel See also:Daniel. From the See also:Townley See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall collection he reprinted several See also:MSS. and edited Sir John See also:Eliot's works, Sir Richard See also:Boyle's See also:Lismore Papers, and various publications for the Chetham Society, the See also:Camden Society and the See also:Roxburghe See also:Club. Dr Grosart's faults of See also:style and occasional inaccuracy do not seriously detract from the immense value of his work. He was unwearied in searching for rare books, and he brought to See also:light much interesting literature, formerly almost inaccessible.
End of Article: GROSART, ALEXANDER BALLOCH (1827-1899)
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