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| 1. | Charles (“Elia” ), 1775–1834, English essayist and critic. |
| 2. | Harold A., 1892–1962, U.S. novelist. |
| 3. | Mary Ann, 1764–1847, English author who wrote in collaboration with her brother Charles Lamb. |
| 4. | William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1779–1848, English statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835–41. |
| 5. | Willis E(ugene), Jr., born 1913, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1955. |