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Organisations (1)
- Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Dorchester, Dorset
Persons (28)
- Abbot-Anderson, Sir Maurice, (1861-1938), Knight, physician and botanist
- Ackland, Valentine, (1906-1969), poet
- Almack, Theodora Francis, (1890-1963), Dorset naturalist and local historian
- Asquith, Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn, (1887-1960), writer and editor
- Barnes, William, (1801-1886), Dorset Poet
- Barrie, Sir James Matthew, (1860-1937), 1st baronet, playwright, novelist Kirriemuir, Angus
- Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle, (1867-1962), Knight, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, bibliographer
- Dale, James Charles, (1791-1872), Entomologist
- Day, Cyril Douglas, (1885-1968), Physician and Naturalist Dorchester, Dorset
- Downman, Edward Andrews, (d 1931), Anglican clergyman and antiquary
- Drury, Godfrey Dru, (1880-1956), Physician and Antiquary
- Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson, (1834-1896), Artist and Novelist
- Ellis, Arthur Erskine, (b 1902), naturalist
- Fowler, Joseph, (1872-1958), schoolmaster, antiquary and geologist
- Glennie, Edward Aubrey, (1889-1980), Brigadier
- Haines, Frederick Merlin, (1898-1964), Botanist
- Henniker, Florence Ellen Hungerford, (1855-1923), novelist
- Lang, William Dickson, (1878-1966), Geologist and Entomologist
- Lisney, Arthur Adrian, (1907-1963), Entomologist
- Mansel-Pleydell, John Clavell, (1817-1902), Antiquary and Naturalist
- Masefield, John Edward, (1878-1967), poet
- Muntz, Elizabeth Wood, (1894-1977), sculptor
- Muntz, Isabelle Hope, (1907-1981), Novelist and Antiquary
- Powys, Llewelyn, (1884-1939), Author
- Prideaux, William de Courcy, (1862-1923), archaeologist and genealogist
- Richardson, Nelson, (1855-1925), entomologist
- Symons, Arthur William, (1865-1945), editor, critic and poet
- Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer, (1890-1976), Knight, archaeologist