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 (Edward James) Mortimer Collins, and Mrs Frances Collins, his widow
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Works published: Fiction : Novels; also Poetry, Journalism Career: Journalist for the Leamington Mercury and the Plymouth Mail; Editor of the Nottingham Guardian Applications: 20 Apr 1867 (withdrawn), 22 May 1869 (£80), 20 May 1874 (£50), 22 Jan 1877 (£50 - to Frances Collins) Note: Frances C...
Major Francis Doyne Dwyer, and Mrs Marie Gabrielle Theresia Dwyer, his widow
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Military Career: Major in the Austrian Service Applications: 21 May 1869 (£50), 31 May 1872 (£30), 31 Jan 1881 (£50 - to Marie Gabrielle Theresia Dwyer)
Mr John William Jackson, and Mrs Elizabeth Barclay Jackson, his widow
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Works published: Non-Fiction : Ethnology, Anthropology Career: Mesmerist; Phrenologist Applications: 6 Mar 1872 (£40), 28 Dec 1872 (£50 - to Elizabeth Barclay Jackson)
Mr Henry Kingsley, and Mrs Sarah Maria Kingsley Kingsley, his widow
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Works published: Fiction : Novels; also Journalism Applications: 1 Nov 1872 (£100), 3 Feb 1875 (£50), 3 May 1876 (£60 - Henry Kingsley died before receiving the grant), 30 Apr 1877 (Sarah Maria Kingsley Kingsley; rejected), 31 Dec 1888 (£50 - to Sarah Maria Kingsley Kingsley)
Mrs Emily Margaret Brooks, widow of Mr Charles William Shirley Brooks
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Works published: Various : Drama, Fiction, Journalism Career: Editor of the Literary Gazette, Home News and Punch; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries Applications: 24 Mar 1874 (£100)
Mr Samuel Highley, and Miss Sarah Alexandra Alice Highley, his daughter
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Works published: Scientific : Geology, Microscopy; also Non-Fiction, Reference, Sport, works on Theatre, Journalism Career: Scientific publisher; Proprietor of the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science; Editor of the Fishing Gazette, The Library of Science and Art, the British Journal of P...
Dr Gustavus Louis Morris Strauss (also written Gustave Louis Maurice Strauss)
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Works published: Various : Non-Fiction, Grammars, Memoir, Fiction, Journalism Career: Ph.D. from Berlin, Journalist; Founder member of the Savage Club; Poor brother of the Charterhouse from 1879 Applications: 1 May 1876 (£40), 6 Mar 1878 (£30), 3 Jun 1879 (£40)
Mr William Davenport Adams, and Mrs Caroline Estelle Davenport Adams, his widow
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Works published: Journalism : also Non-Fiction, Compilations, Editions, Criticism Career: Editor of the Glasgow Daily News, the Greenock Advertiser, the Nottingham Guardian and the Derby Mercury; Literary editor and drama critic of the Globe Applications: 5 Jun 1876 (rejected), 6 Nov 1877 (£25...