Staunton, Howard

Staunton, Howard, a famous chess-player; was an Oxford man, and led a busy life as a journalist and miscellaneous writer in London; won the chess championship in 1843, and did much to extend the scientific study of the game by various publications, “The Chess-Player's Handbook,” &c.; was also held in high repute as a Shakespearian scholar; published well-annotated editions of Shakespeare's works and a facsimile of the first folio (1810-1874).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

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Stars, The
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Staten Island
States-General
States-Rights
Stationers' Hall
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Statius, Publius Papinius
Staubbach
Staunton, Howard
Stavanger
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Steel, Sir John
Steele, Sir Richard
Steen, Jan
Steevens, George
Stein, Baron von
Stein, Charlotte von
Steinmetz, Carl Friedrich von
Steinthal, Heymann