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William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882), English historical novelist, c1835. Ainsworths works include Old St Paul s, The Tower of London and Windsor Castle. From Frasers Magazine, c1835

Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (1879-1945), English actor, c1912. Ainley in costume as Romeo in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63-12 BC), Roman statesman and naval and military commander. Agrippa was a friend, son-in-law, and deputy of the Emperor Augustus

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist, 1881. Agricola (christened Georg Bauer) was the author of De re metallica (Basel, 1555)

Georgius Agricola (1494-1555), German physician, mineralogist and metallurgist, c1890. Agricola (christened Georg Bauer) was the author of De re metallica

St Agnes and St Catherine of Alexandria. Agnes (right), patron saint of virgins, martyred c304, is shown with her emblem, a lamb

Agnes, Countess of Dunbar (1312?-1369), known as Black Agnes, 1338 (late 19th century) She is seen at the siege of Dunbar Castle in 1337-1338, which she defended when her husband, Patrick of Dunbar

Shelter built by the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Aar glacier, Switzerland, 1840 (1885). Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Shelter built by the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Aar glacier, Switzerland, 1842 (1885). Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Birthplace of the glaciologist Louis Agassiz, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885
Birthplace of Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, Motiers, Switzerland, 1885. Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, c1860. Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, 1883. Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, 1874. Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had been

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-born American naturalist and glaciologist, c1826 (1885). Agassizs studies of glaciers in the Alps led him to be the first to propose the theory that the Earth had

Alexandre Agassiz, Swiss-born American oceanographer, marine zoologist and mining engineer, 1883. Alexandre Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910)

Funerary mask of Agamemnon, legendary king of Mycenae, c1600-c1500 BC. According to Greek mythology, Agamemnon was king of Mycenae and the leader of the Greek expedition to Troy

Aesop, Greek fabulist, c1900
Aesop, Greek fabulist, 1493. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC

Aesop, Greek fabulist, 1493. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) by Hartmann Schedel

Aesop, Greek fabulist, c1480. Aesop may in fact only be a figure of legend, but according to Herodotus, he lived c620-560 BC. Frontispiece of William Caxtons edition of Fables of Aesop. (London c1480)

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850), English prince, late 18th century. The seventh son of King George III, Adolphus Frederick is depicted as a young man with a cricket bat

Saul Adler (1895-1966), Russian-born British medical scientist. He was an expert in tropical diseases and parasitology

Hermann Adler (1839-1911), German-born Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, c1894. He became Chief Rabbi of the united congregations of the British Empire in 1891 in succession to his father

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV, 1849
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-37). Engraving of Adelaide as a widow published 1849

Alfred Adler (1870-1937), Austrian psychiatrist. Adler was a member of the group of psychiatrists around Freud until he broke away in 1911 and developed his theory of Individual Psychology

Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen, German-born Queen-consort of William IV, 1832
Adelaide of Saxe-Coburg Meiningen (1792-1849), German-born Queen-consort of William IV of Great Britain (1830-1837), 1832

Joseph Addisons torchlight funeral in Westminster Abbey, 1719 (c1850). Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician

Joseph Addisons birthplace at Milston near Amesbury, Wiltshire. Joseph Addison (1672-1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. Artist: Thornthwaite
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, 1794. He was a friend of Richard Steele and Jonathan Swift and edited The Spectator with Steele in 1711-1712

Michel Adanson (1727-1806), French botanist and naturalist, c1880. Adanson was an early (pre-Linnaeus) exponent of the classification of plants by natural orders

Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, 1836. Artist: J Thomson
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist, poet, playwright and politician, 1836. He was a friend of Richard Steele and Jonathan Swift, and edited The Spectator with Steele in 1711-1712

Sherman Adams (1899-1986), American politician delivering a speech. Adams was elected to Congress in 1945, and was elected Governor of New Hampshire 1949

John Couch Adams (1819-92), English astronomer and mathematician, c1846. In 1845, in an attempt to resolve discrepancies in the predicted orbit of Uranus

John Couch Adams (1819-92), English astronomer and mathematician, 1881
John Couch Adams (1819-1892), English astronomer and mathematician, 1881. In 1845, in an attempt to resolve discrepancies in the predicted orbit of Uranus

John Adams (1735-1826), second President of the USA (1797-1801)

Alexander Adam (1741-1809) Scottish teacher and writer. Headmaster Watsons Hospital, Edinburgh, and of High School, Edinburgh (1768). Engraving after portrait by Raeburn

Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, English Liberal politician and educational reformer, c1890
Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland (1847-1926), English Liberal politician and educational reformer, c1890. Acland was instrumental in securing the raising of the compulsory education age of 11

John Abernethy (1764-1831), English surgeon and physiologist, 1842. Abernethy was a pupil of the prominent surgeon John Hunter

John Abernethy (1764-1831), English surgeon and physiologist. Artist: J Cochran
John Abernethy (1764-1831), English surgeon and physiologist. Abernethy was a pupil of the prominent surgeon John Hunter. Engraving after a portrait by Thomas Lawrence

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he became unpopular due to his perceived mismanagement of the Crimean War (1852-1856)

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he became unpopular due to his perceived mismanagement of the Crimean War (1853-1856)

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he reluctantly took Britain into the Crimean War (1853-1856)

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1860. The Earl of Aberdeen was British Prime Minister from 1852-1855 during the Crimean War

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, 1854. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, he reluctantly took Britain into the Crimean War

George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860), Scottish statesman, c1860. Artist: DJ Pound
George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860). Scottish statesman, c1860. British Prime Minister from 1852-1855, the Earl of Aberdeen was a supporter of Free Trade

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, at the Battle of Aboukir Bay, Egypt, 1801, (1833). Abercromby leading the successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria)

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Artist: John Kay
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish general, 1801. Abercromby served in the Seven Years War. He defeated the French at Alexandria (Aboukir Bay), on 21 March 1801, but died of his wounds

Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. Artist: H Robinson
Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801), Scottish soldier. General Abercromby led the successful Anglo-Turkish force against the French at Aboukir Bay (Alexandria) on 21 March 1801

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811-1885), British statesman, c1880. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1866-1868, and 1874-1876

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