British antiquarian and author.After education at Harrow School, Cecil Torr matriculated on 7 June 1876 at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating there B.A. 1880 and M.A. 1883. He was admitted in 1879 at the Inner Temple and was called to the Bar in 1882.
He lived in Wreyland, Dartmoor and wrote Small Talk at Wreyland ; the first volume was an unexpected commercial success
English wood engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers
English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit
English author, one of the six aristocratic Mitford sisters noted for their sharply conflicting politics
English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge , and of Eton College . He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge .
James’s work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre
English novelist and poet
British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter
English explorer of Antarctica
