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48 people matching these criteria:

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Linguists and translators


Gerald ('Gerry') Altmann

Gerald ('Gerry') Altmann

1960-
Psychologist; expert in the psychology of language; professor
Sitter in 1 portrait
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
Robert Campbell

Robert Campbell

1814-1868
Advocate; translator of hymns
Sitter in 1 portrait
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
Philemon Holland

Philemon Holland

1552-1637
Translator
Sitter in 4 portraits
John Hoole

John Hoole

1727-1803
Writer and translator
Sitter in 6 portraits
Johann Christian Hüttner

Johann Christian Hüttner

1765?-1847
Author and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait
Thomas Johnes

Thomas Johnes

1748-1816
Translator, farmer, landscape architect; owner of the Hafod estate and politician; MP for Cardiganshire and Radnorshire
Sitter associated with 1 portrait
Richard Roberts Jones

Richard Roberts Jones

1780-1843
Linguist
Sitter in 2 portraits
Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper

Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper

1924-2021
Translator; editor; private secretary
Sitter in 1 portrait
Cecil Henry Meares

Cecil Henry Meares

1877-1937
Lieutenant-Colonel, linguist and Antarctic explorer
Sitter in 3 portraits
Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth

Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth

1596-1661
Translator
Sitter in 8 portraits
Matthias Pasor

Matthias Pasor

1599-1658
Mathematician, linguist and theologian
Sitter in 1 portrait
Prince Paul Alexandrovitch Chavchavadze

Prince Paul Alexandrovitch Chavchavadze

1899-1971
Writer and translator
Sitter in 3 portraits
Christopher Pitt

Christopher Pitt

1699-1748
Poet and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait
Lady Cynthia Rosalie Postan (née Keppel)

Lady Cynthia Rosalie Postan (née Keppel)

1918-2017
Plantswoman, writer, research historian, translator and collector of porcelain; wife of Sir Michael Moissey Postan
Sitter in 2 portraits
('E.H.') Hartley Ramsden

('E.H.') Hartley Ramsden

1904-1993
Art historian, curator, critic and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait
No individual image available for this person

Sir Arthur Cyril Richmond

1879-1968
Civil servant and translator
Sitter in 5 portraits
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

1633?-1685
Poet and translator of Horace
Sitter in 2 portraits
Charles Hubert Sisson

Charles Hubert Sisson

1914-2003
Poet, civil servant and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Robert Stapleton (Stapylton)

Sir Robert Stapleton (Stapylton)

circa 1607-1669
Playwright and translator
Sitter associated with 12 portraits
Josuah Sylvester

Josuah Sylvester

1563-1618
Poet and translator of Du Bartas
Sitter in 2 portraits
Arthur William Symons

Arthur William Symons

1865-1945
Poet, translator, critic and editor
Sitter in 7 portraits
William Taylor

William Taylor

1765-1836
Critic and translator
Sitter in 1 portrait