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Jane Porter (3 December 1775 – 24 May 1850) was an English historical novelist, dramatist and literary figure. [1] [2] Her bestselling novels, Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) and The Scottish Chiefs (1810) are seen as among the earliest historical novels in a modern style and among the first to become bestsellers. They were abridged and remained ...
In 1944, when Jane first appeared nude in the cartoon, she was credited with 'inspiring' the 36th Division to advance six miles into Burma. [1] [4] In 1948, Pett's assistant Michael Hubbard took over the Jane cartoons. Chrystabel Leighton-Porter began a music hall striptease-act based on the Jane character which toured army bases around the ...
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Jane March's film credits; Year Title Role Notes 1992 The Lover: The Young Girl 1994 Color of Night: Rose/Bonnie/Richie 1996 Never Ever: Amanda Murray [9] 1997 Provocateur: Sook Hee [10] 1998 Tarzan and the Lost City: Jane Porter [11] 2000 Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula: Lidia [12] 2005 Beauty and the Beast (a.k.a. Blood of Beasts ...
The sister of Jane Porter and Robert Ker Porter, she was probably born on 17 December 1778 and was baptized in Salisbury on 25 December 1778. [1] She spent her infancy in Durham, England, the home town of her mother. Her father, William Porter (1735–1779), served as an army surgeon for 23 years and died before she was a year old.
Jane Austen (/ ˈ ɒ s t ɪ n, ˈ ɔː s t ɪ n / OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the ...
The Livingston family of New York is a prominent family that migrated from Scotland to the Dutch Republic, and then to the Province of New York in the 17th century. Descended from the 4th Lord Livingston, [1] its members included signers of the United States Declaration of Independence (Philip Livingston) and the United States Constitution (William Livingston).
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