Manchester, England/manchester252Previous | Home | NextRichard Cobden (1804-1865) was a manufacturer and liberal politician and statesman. Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a writer, best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Robert Peel (1788-1850) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859) was best known for his Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, an autobiography about addiction and its effects. Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869) was famous for his Roget's Thesaurus. |
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