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• Dixon, Thomas (1831–80), cork cutter and grocer.
• Dixon, William Hepworth (1821–79), journalist, writer, and traveller. He edited The Athenæum from 1853 to 1869. In AB-5, AB-6.
• Dobell, Sydney Thompson (1824–74), (pseud. “Sydney Yendys”), poet and literary scholar.
• Domett, Alfred (1811–87), writer and premier of New Zealand. In AB-2, AB-5, AB-6. See biographical sketch.
• Donne, John (1572–1631), poet and Church of England clergyman.
• Donoughmore, Lady, see Hutchinson, Thomasina Jocelyn Hely-.
• Doran, Florence Lascelles (afterwards Holtz, 1842–1901), dau. of John Doran (1807–78), writer and literary editor, and his wife, Emma Mary Harrington (née Gilbert, 1809–98).
• Dow, William Alexander (d. 1848, aged 41), lawyer and early friend of RB. In AB-2.
• Dowglass, Frances (née Pollock, d. 1843, aged 57), correspondent.
• Dowglass, Frances (“Fanny”) Jones (1808–59), correspondent. In AB-1, AB-3, AB-4.
• Dowson, Christopher, Jr. (1807–48), early friend of RB. In AB-2.
• Drayton, Michael (1563–1631), poet.
• Droin, Moïse (1806–97), French Evangelical Protestant minister.
• Drummond, Maria (née Kinnaird, 1810–91), prominent socialite and hostess. In AB-5, AB-6.
• Dryden, John (1631–1700), poet, playwright, and critic.
• Du Potet de Sennevoy, Jean (1796–1881), Baron, French estericist and author.
• Du Quaire, Frances Mary (née Blackett, 1822–95), friend and correspondent. In AB-3, AB-4, AB-5, AB-6, AB-7.
• Dudevant, Amantine Lucile Aurore (née Dupin, 1804–76), (pseud. “George Sand”), French novelist and memoirist. In AB-3, AB-4.
• Duff, Anna Julia Grant (née Webster, 1838–1915), author and wife of M. E. Grant Duff (1829–1906).
• Duff, M. E. Grant, (1829–1906), politician and author. In AB-4, AB-5, AB-6.
• Dufferin, Lady, see Blackwood, Hariot Georgina Hamilton-Temple-.
• Dufferin, Lord, see Blackwood, Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-.
• Dulcken, Henry William (1832–94), translator and children’s writer.
• Dumas, Alexander (père), (1802–70), French writer and playwright.
• Dumas, Alexandre (fils), (1824–95), French writer and dramatist.