Rutty, John
(1698–1775), physician, writer, diarist, and historian of Irish quakers, was born 25 December 1698 in Wiltshire, to quaker parents John and Esther Rutty. He may have been orphaned young, for he spoke of spending the ages 13 to 18 at various schools,then being ‘…...
Snoddy, Theodore John ('Theo') (1922–2008), art critic and historian, was born in Lurgan
hospital, Co. Armagh, on 30 November 1922, one of two sons of John Snoddy and his
wife Emily Elizabeth (née Sinton), residing at that date in Boconnel House, Lurgan. Emily
Sinton was the daughter…...
Webb, Maria
(1804–73), philanthropist and author, was born at Peartree Hill, near Lisburn, Co. Antrim, youngest child among two sons and one daughter of Thomas Lamb and his wife Dorothy, both members of the Religious Society of Friends. She was largely self-educated. In 1828 she…...