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Born February 22, 1801 • England
Died October 7, 1886 (aged 85) • England
Subjects Of Study English language

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William Barnes, portrait by G. Stuckey, c. 1870; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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George Sandys, engraving after a portrait by Cornelius Janssen; frontispiece to Relation of a Journey (1615)
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Broome, engraving by J.-M. Delattre after a portrait by D. Heins, 18th century
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