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Linguists and translators


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Cecil Henry Meares

Cecil Henry Meares

1877-1937
Lieutenant-Colonel, linguist and Antarctic explorer
Sitter in 3 portraits
William Tyndale

William Tyndale

circa 1494-1536
Translator of the Bible
Sitter associated with 10 portraits
Sarah Austin (née Taylor)

Sarah Austin (née Taylor)

1793-1867
Translator
Sitter in 3 portraits
Edgar Alfred Bowring

Edgar Alfred Bowring

1826-1911
Translator, civil servant and Liberal politician
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir John Bowring

Sir John Bowring

1792-1872
Political economist, traveller and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sitter in 18 portraits
Alec Brown

Alec Brown

1900-1962
Novelist, translator and linguist
Sitter in 13 portraits
Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey)

Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey)

1865-1960
Author and translator
Sitter associated with 34 portraits
Roy Campbell

Roy Campbell

1901-1957
Poet and translator
Sitter in 12 portraits
Derwent Coleridge

Derwent Coleridge

1800-1883
Writer, linguist and educationalist
Sitter in 3 portraits
Amos Simon Cottle

Amos Simon Cottle

1766-1800
Translator and poet
Sitter in 1 portrait
Frank L. Dash

Frank L. Dash

Translator
Sitter in 5 portraits
Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon

Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon

1821-1869
Writer and translator; daughter of Sarah Austin
Sitter in 1 portrait
Samuel Dyer

Samuel Dyer

1725-1772
Writer and translator
Sitter in 4 portraits
James Elphinstone

James Elphinstone

1721-1809
Schoolmaster and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait
Elisaveta Fen (Lydia Jackson (née Lidiia Vitalevna Zhiburtovich))

Elisaveta Fen (Lydia Jackson (née Lidiia Vitalevna Zhiburtovich))

1899-1983
Novelist, autobiographer, translator and child pyschologist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Edward Fitzgerald

Edward Fitzgerald

1809-1883
Poet and translator of 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám'
Sitter in 4 portraits
No individual image available for this person

Stephen Henry Foot

1887-1966
Bursar and housemaster of Eastbourne College, translator and journalist
Sitter in 5 portraits
Sir John Harington

Sir John Harington

baptised 1560-1612
Wit and writer; translator of 'Orlando Furioso'
Sitter in 10 portraits
Robert Harrison

Robert Harrison

1715-1802
Mathematician and linguist
Sitter in 1 portrait
Edward Craven Hawtrey

Edward Craven Hawtrey

1789-1862
Provost of Eton College and translator of verse
Sitter in 1 portrait

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