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• Browning (Moulton), Elizabeth Barrett    b. March 6, 1806  d. June 29, 1861
  Poet. Born Elizabeth Moulton-Barrett at Cohnadatia Hall in Durham, England,, family wealth from Jamaican sugar plantations gave Elizabeth and her eleven brothers and sisters a privileged childhood. In her teens, she contracted a lung disorder, the nature of which is still speculated upon, and was treated as an invalid by her parents. In 1826 she published ‘An Essay on Mind and Other Poems' anonymously. After her father suffered financial losses which forced him to sell the family estate, the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   
• Clough, Arthur Hugh   b. January 1, 1819  d. November 13, 1861
  English poet. Clough was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford. He wrote a great deal of poetry but only two volumes appeared during his lifetime: "The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich" (1848) and "Ambarvalia" (1849). His posthumous poems include “Amours de Voyage,” the dialogues “Dypsichus,” and the tales “Mari Magno.” Clough is best known for the short lyric, “Say not the struggle naught availeth.” His death at the age of 42 was much mourned by those who had known and expected much of him. (Bio by: MC)
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   
• Kirk, Alexander    b. November 26, 1888  d. March 23, 1979
  Politician. Kirk served as U.S. Minister to Egypt (1941), U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia (1941-1943), U.S. Ambassador to Greece (1943) and U.S. Ambassador to Italy (1944-1946).
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   
• Landor, Walter Savage    b. January 30, 1775  d. September 17, 1864
  Author. Walter Savage Landor was born in Warwick, the son of a wealthy doctor. He was educated at Rugby School, from which he was expelled, possibly for writing an indecent poem, and at Trinity College, Oxford, from which he was, again, expelled, this time for firing a gun into the room of a Tory undergraduate. After a quarrel with his father, he moved to Wales, with "one servant and a chest of books." His first volume of poems appeared the following year (1775). His father died in 1805, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   
• Mead Jr., Larkin Goldsmith   b. January 3, 1835  d. October 15, 1910
  Sculptor. He is probably best known as the designer of Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois, for which he also created a larger than life bronze statue of the President. The work was completed in 1874. Mead's other notable works include "America" (1868 to 1874) for the Soldiers Monument in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and the statue of Ethan Allen (1876) that is displayed in the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall. A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he settled in Florence, Italy...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   
• Parker, Theodore    b. August 24, 1810  d. May 10, 1860
  19th Century American Unitarian minister, theologian, Transcendentalist, and abolitionist.
  Cause of death: Tuberculosis
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   
• Powers, Hiram   b. July 29, 1805  d. June 27, 1873
  Artist. A neoclassical sculptor, his most famous work, "The Greek Slave," was possibly the most popular statue by an American in the 19th century. Born on a farm, the eighth of nine children, Powers grew up in near-poverty. His father died after moving the family to Ohio. With little formal schooling, Powers worked at a series of jobs in Cincinnati until, at age 17, he found work in a clock and organ factory, becoming a skilled artisan. About 1828, he began to study model-making at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Michael Walter)
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
  Plot: Tomb No. 1220
   
• Pyle, Howard    b. March 5, 1853  d. November 9, 1911
  Artist, Author.
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
  Plot: Columbarium
   
• Trollope, Frances   b. March 10, 1780  d. October 6, 1863
  Writer. Trollope is best known for her unflattering portrait of the young nation in "Domestic Manners of Americans," which she wrote after a living in the United States for three years. Among her most successful novels were "The Widow Barnaby" and "The Widow Married." By the time she died in 1863, Trollope had written forty books. (Bio by: MC)
  Cimitero Accatolico, Florence, Provincia di Firenze, Toscana, Italy
   

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