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Born April 1569 • England
Died December 8, 1626 (aged 57)
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Isaac Butt
Irish leader
Curran, portrait by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Philpot Curran
Irish statesman
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Roger Boyle, 1st earl of Orrery
Irish magnate and author
Thomas Osborne Davis, detail of an engraving
Thomas Osborne Davis
Irish author
Caroline Norton, detail of an oil painting by John Hayter.
Caroline Norton
British writer
Holinshed, Raphael: Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande
Raphael Holinshed
English chronicler
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Abraham Fraunce
English poet
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Sean O’Faolain
Irish author
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Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
lord chief justice of England
1st Baron Plunket, engraving by David Lucas, 1844, after a painting by Richard Rothwell
William Conyngham Plunket, 1st Baron Plunket
British-Irish lawyer
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Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh
president of Ireland
John Mortimer, c. 1971.
Sir John Mortimer
British writer and lawyer
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Thomas Addis Emmet
Irish lawyer
Blake, Edward
Edward Blake
Canadian statesman
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English author
Engraved portrait of John Milton by Jacob Houbraken, showing Milton with shoulder-length hair, a lace collar, and period clothing, facing forward in an oval frame.
John Milton
English poet, pamphleteer, and historian
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
British author, philosopher, and statesman
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet
Painting of Oliver Cromwell in black armor with a white sash, standing outdoors as a young attendant in red helps adjust his armor.
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman

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