Images Dated 28th February 2006

Autographs of Eminent Persons, 19th century

Autographs of Eminent Persons, 19th century. Signatures of famous Britons from an encyclopaedia: Sir Ralph Abercromby, soldier; J C Adams, astronomer; Roger Ascham, scholar; W Edmonstone Aytoun, poet; Sir Samuel Baker, explorer; Sir Charles Barry, architect; Cardinal Beaton, churchman; G T Beauregard, American soldier; J P Berzelius, chemist; Sir David Brewster, scientist; Robert Boyle, philanthropist; John Bright, orator; Sir Benjamin Brodie, physician; Charlotte Brontosaurus, novelist; Lord Henry Brougham, orator; Thomas Brown, metaphysician; Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer; George Buchanan, scholar; Francis Buckland, naturalist; John Bunyan, allegorist; Samuel Butler, satirist; William Camden, antiquary; Thomas Campbell, poet

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Lord Chancellors of Great Britain, 1877

Lord Chancellors of Great Britain, 1877. Portraits of: John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon; Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux; Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham; John Singleton Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst; Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (Lord Loughborough)

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Martin Luther, German theologian and Augustinian monk, 19th century

Martin Luther, German theologian and Augustinian monk, 19th century. Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521 and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms. Under the protection of the Elector of Saxony, Luther produced a German translation of the Bible, and he went on to found the Lutheran Protestant Church

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