Category Archives: Biographies

Who was Who during the Regency period.

George Stubbs

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: June 11, 2013

Equine Painter George Stubbs was a close friend of Ozias Humphry, known for his paintings of Edward Austen-Knight, as well as the Rice Portrait.

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Philip Astley: Father of the modern circus

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: May 14, 2013

Sstley silhouette from his System of Equestrian Education, 1802

Jane Austen mention’s Astley’s Amphitheatre in both her letters and in Emma…

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Robert Fulton and the Development of Modern Naval Warfare

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: April 9, 2013

Engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first successful steamboat

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Jemima Nicholas, Heroine of Fishguard

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: March 12, 2013

The battle of Fishguard has been memorialized in The Last Invasion Tapestry, the work of more than 70 women, who stitched for over 2 years to complete the project.

or “The Welsh Heroine”

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Catherine Anne Hubback (1818 -1877)

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: February 13, 2013

Jonathan Rowe looks at Catherine Anne Hubback for the Brislington Conservation & Historical Society

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Eugène François Vidocq: Misérables Inspiration

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: January 11, 2013

Victor Hugo’s inspiration for both Jean Valjean and Inspector Javert in his immortal classic, Les Misérables.

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Isaac Watts: Author of Joy to the World

Posted by Laura Boyle | Published: December 11, 2012

Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing. The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, based on Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was [...]