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Excerpt from The Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 10: 1981-1985; With an Index Covering the Years 1901-1985 in One Alphabetical Series In conclusion, we have embarked upon a volume which contains biographies of those people who have inadvertently been omitted from the dnb in the past. Gerard Manley Hopkins, whose fame was posthumous, is an example. If any readers have sought and failed to find in the dnb a biography of someone whom they think ought to have been included, please will they write to the address below, giving reasons for their subject's candidature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.