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  • 21Hogg, James, The Ettrick Shepherd — (1770 1835)    Hogg spent most of his youth and early manhood as a shepherd in Ettrick Forest in the Scottish Borders. He was almost entirely self educated, but was able to read the Bible and the catechism. Sir Walter Scott included some poems… …

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  • 22Hogg (crater) — lunar crater data latitude=33.6 N or S=N longitude=121.9 E or W=E diameter=38 km depth= Unknown colong=239 eponym=Arthur R. Hogg Frank S. HoggHogg is a lunar crater on the Moon s far side, relative to the Earth. It lies less than a crater… …

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  • 23Hogg, Douglas McGarel, 1st Viscount Hailsham of Hailsham — ▪ British lawyer and politician born Feb. 28, 1872, London, Eng. died Aug. 16, 1950, Carter s Corner Place, Sussex       British lawyer and politician, a prominent member of the Conservative Party in both the House of Commons and the House of… …

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  • 24Hogg, Quintin — ▪ British educator born Feb. 14, 1845, London, Eng. died Jan. 17, 1903, London  English philanthropist, social reformer, and founder of the Polytechnic, which became a model for later social and educational centres for underprivileged youth. For… …

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  • 25Hogg, Thomas Jefferson — ▪ English biographer born May 24, 1792, Norton, Durham, Eng. died Aug. 27, 1862, London       English writer best known as the first biographer of his friend Percy Bysshe Shelley (Shelley, Percy Bysshe).       Hogg first met Shelley at Oxford and …

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  • 26Hogg, James — (bautizado el 9 dic. 1770, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Escocia–21 nov. 1835, Altrive, Yarrow). Poeta escocés. Pastor de oficio, fue casi un autodidacta. Walter Scott descubrió y reveló el talento de Hogg cuando este le aportó material para su obra… …

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  • 27Hogg, James (The Ettrick Shepherd) — (1770 1835)    Poet, and writer of tales, belonged to a race of shepherds, and began life by herding cows until he was old enough to be trusted with a flock of sheep. His imagination was fed by his mother, who was possessed of an inexhaustible… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 28hogg — var. of HOG n. 3. * * * variant of hog * * * /hawg, hog/, n. Brit. hog (def. 5). * * * [hôg; häg] n. variant spelling of hog (sense 3) * * * hogg var. hog n.1 4 a …

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  • 29Hogg — var. of HOG n. 3. * * * variant of hog * * * /hawg, hog/, n. Brit. hog (def. 5). * * * [hôg; häg] n. variant spelling of hog (sense 3) * * * hogg var. hog n.1 4 a …

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  • 30Hogg — biographical name James 1770 1835 the Ettrick Shepherd Scottish poet …

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