Elizabeth Barrett 1806-61; Eng. poet: wife of Robert John Moses
1855-1926; U.S. inventor of firearms Robert 1812-89; Eng. poet
See Browning in American Heritage Dictionary 4 British poet.
Overcoming ill health and the jealous objections of her
tyrannical father, she eloped to Italy with Robert Browning and
married him in 1846. Her greatest work, Sonnets from the
Portuguese (1850), is a sequence of love poems written to her
husband. , John Moses 1855-1926. American firearms inventor
whose designs include repeating rifles, automatic pistols, and a
machine gun dubbed “the Peacemaker” that was used in the
Spanish-American War and adapted for aerial warfare in World War
I. , Robert 1812-1889. British poet best known for dramatic
monologues such as “My Last Duchess,” “Fra Lippo Lippi,” and
“The Bishop Orders His Tomb.” His work, including his
masterpiece, The Ring and the Book (1868-1869), explored new
ways of using diction and poetic rhythm.