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Burney, Charles

(Encyclopedia) Burney, Charles, 1726–1814, English music historian, composer, and organist. His General History of Music (1776–89; 2d ed. 1935) was one of the first important music histories in…

Burney, Fanny

(Encyclopedia) Burney, Fanny, later Madame D'ArblayMadame D'Arblaydärblāˈ [key], 1752–1840, English novelist, daughter of Charles Burney, the composer, organist, and music scholar. Although she…

King's Lynn

(Encyclopedia) King's Lynn, town (1991 pop. 37,323), Norfolk, E England, on the Great Ouse River near its influx into The Wash, an inlet of the North Sea. Its large harbor serves foreign as well as…

Dobson, Austin

(Encyclopedia) Dobson, Austin (Henry Austin Dobson), 1840–1921, English poet and essayist. From 1856 to 1901 he was employed in the Board of Trade. His volumes of light verse include Vignettes in…

Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson

(Encyclopedia) Burnett, Frances Eliza HodgsonBurnett, Frances Eliza Hodgsonbərnĕtˈ [key], 1849–1924, American author, b. Manchester, England. In 1865 she went to Knoxville, Tenn., with her family.…