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Also Known As Elizabeth Simpson
Born October 16, 1753 • Suffolk • England
Died August 1, 1821 (aged 67) • London • England
P.G. Wodehouse, 1945.
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British author
A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
British author
Joe Orton
British writer
David Garrick as Richard III
David Garrick
English actor, poet, and producer
George Colman, the Younger, engraving by T.G. Lupton after a painting by John Jackson
George Colman, the Younger
English playwright
Saint John Ervine
British dramatist
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
British novelist
D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
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Graham Greene
Graham Greene
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Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
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Galsworthy, oil painting by Rudolf Sauter, 1923; in the University of Birmingham Library, England
John Galsworthy
British writer
Noël Coward
Noël Coward
English playwright, actor, and composer
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Robert Shaw and Paul Scofield in A Man for All Seasons
Robert Shaw
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Mathews, Charles James
Charles James Mathews
English writer and comedian
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
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J. B. Priestley
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Pinero, detail of an oil painting by J. Mordecai, 1891; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
British dramatist
Caroline Norton, detail of an oil painting by John Hayter.
Caroline Norton
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Zangwill, Israel
Israel Zangwill
British author and Zionist leader