Nisbet, Hume 1849 1923 en 4 4182 James Hume Nisbet (August 8, 1849 - June 4, 1923) was a Scottish-Australian author and artist. Nisbet was born at Stirling, Scotland. At 16 years of age he came to Australia and stayed about seven years, during which he travelled widely. On returning to Scotland he was for eight years art master in the Watt College and the old school of arts. He travelled in Australia and New Guinea again during 1886, and paid another visit to Australia in 1895. He had studied painting under Sam Bough, R.S.A., but does not appear to have had any success; in a volume called Where Art Begins, published by him in 1892, he speaks with bitterness on the chances of success in painting. He gave most of his time to writing and published many volumes of verse, books on art and fiction. Several of his novels are coloured by his Australian experiences and appear to have had some success. Miller in his Australian Literature lists about 40 novels published between 1888 and 1905. During the next 10 years he published a few more books including Hathor and Other Poems, which appeared as the first volume of his poetic and dramatic works in 1905. There was another edition in 1908. Source: Wikipedia Burnett, Frances Hodgson 1849 1924 en 3 3713 Frances Hodgson Burnett (November 24, 1849 – October 29, 1924) was an Anglo-American playwright and author. She is best known for her children's stories, in particular The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, and Little Lord Fauntleroy. Strindberg, August 1849 1912 de 1 1619 Johan August Strindberg (* 22. Januar 1849 in Stockholm; † 14. Mai 1912 ebenda) war ein schwedischer Schriftsteller und Künstler. Er gilt als einer der wichtigsten schwedischen Autoren, besonders seine Dramatik ist weltbekannt. Von den 70er Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts bis zu seinem Tod dominierte er das literarische Schweden, war ständig umstritten und oft in persönliche Konflikte verwickelt. Zu seinem umfangreichen literarischen Werk gehören Romane, Novellen und Dramen, die zu den Klassikern schwedischer Literatur zählen. Quelle: Wikipedia Munro, John 1849 1930 en 1 881 Barr, Robert 1849 1912 en 1 860 Robert Barr (September 16, 1849 - October 21, 1912) was a British-Canadian novelist, born at Glasgow, Scotland. He immigrated to Upper Canada at age four and was educated in Toronto at Toronto Normal School. Barr was headmaster of the Central School, Windsor, Ontario, and in 1876 became a member of the staff of the Detroit Free Press, in which his contributions appeared under the signature "Luke Sharp." In 1881 he removed to London, to establish there the weekly English edition of the Free Press, and in 1892 founded The Idler magazine, choosing Jerome K. Jerome as his collaborator (wanting, as Jerome said, "a popular name"). He retired from the coeditorship in 1895. Riis, Jacob August 1849 1914 da 1 550 Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - May 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. He helped with the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. As one of the first photographers to use flash, he is considered a pioneer in photography. Source: Wikipedia