Mrs Agnes Cooper Cumming, widow of Mr Joseph George Cumming
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Works published: History : Antiquarian, also Scientific, Geology, Non-Fiction, Biography, Journalism Career: Schoolmaster; Professor of Classical Literature and Geology at Queen's College Birmingham; Vicar of St John's Bethnal Green; Fellow of the Geological Society Applications: 28 Nov 1868 (...
Works published: Various : History, Fiction, Drama, Journalism Career: Editor of The Index; Assistant Editor of the Evening Standard Applications: 1 Dec 1868 (£30), 4 Jul 1870 (£25), 1 Mar 1883 (£60), 27 Nov 1884 (£35), 30 Dec 1885 (£30), 28 May 1887 (£40), 27 Oct 1888 (£40)
Works published: Various : Non-Fiction, Compilations, History, Journalism, Scientific Career: Assistant to Sir Richard Phillips; Editor of The Mirror; Sub-editor of the Illustrated London News; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Applications: 9 Jan 1869 (£75), 1 Jun 1870 (£50), 9 Jan 1872 (...
Mrs Flora Macdonald Smith, widow of Mr Alexander Smith
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Works published: Poetry : also Non-Fiction, Essays, Editions Career: Journalist; Secretary of Edinburgh University Applications: 12 Jan 1869 (£100), 2 Jun 1872 (rejected)
Mrs Katharine Elizabeth Wills, widow of the Reverend Dr James Wills
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Works published: Poetry : also Non-Fiction, Biography, Lectures, Religious, Journalism Career: D.S.; Rector of Attanagh, Kilkenny; Donnellan Lecturer at Dublin Applications: 27 Jan 1869 (£50)
Mr Charles Welsh Mason, and Mrs Julia Harrison Mason, his widow
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Works published: Fiction : Novels; also Poetry, Journalism Career: B.A. from Pembroke College Cambridge; Curate of Betws-y-Coed Applications: 29 Jan 1869 (£25), 3 May 1875 (£50 - to Julia Harrison Mason) Note: Father of Charles Henry Allan Welsh Mason (see Loan 96 RLF 1/2588).
Works published: Non-Fiction : Memoir; also Fiction, Journalism Career: Actor; Editor of the Culinary Art Magazine Applications: 3 Mar 1869 (rejected) Note: Suspected by Octavian Blewitt of being a pseudonym for Douglas Stewart (see Loan 96 RLF 1/1611 and Loan 96 RLF 1/1780/6).