Dorothy Wordsworth

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Born	December 25, 1771 • Cockermouth • England
Died	January 25, 1855 (aged 83) • Westmorland • England

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Frances Burney

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Thomas Creevey

English politician

Evelyn Waugh

English author

George Grossmith

British comedian

Henry Crabb Robinson

British diarist

Bruce Frederick Cummings

British author

Samuel Pepys

English diarist and naval administrator

James Boswell

Scottish biographer

George Fox

English religious leader

Evelyn, oil painting by Robert Walker, 1648

John Evelyn

English author

Fanny Kemble

British actress

Sir Harold Nicolson

British diplomat and author

Isaac Casaubon

French scholar

Simon Gray

British dramatist

Elizabeth Mavor

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Samuel Sewall

British colonial merchant

James Agate

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Laurie Doherty

English tennis player

Reggie Doherty

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