APPENDIX B 



BIOGRAPHICAL TABLES 



Appendix B contains all the facts on which the study was 

 based, and other facts which were collected because of their 

 interest, though not used in the study. A blank in any column 

 indicates that information was lacking. From left to right the 

 columns contain : the date of birth and of death of each littera- 

 teur; his name; occupation; fields of literary activity; place 

 of birth and of death; degree of kinship to other literati; 

 father's occupation; education; economic condition of parents 

 during childhood and youth; early religious training; number 

 of brothers and sisters in the family, including the litterateur 

 himself; birth-rank among the brothers and sisters; conjugal 

 condition ; number of children. 



The names are arranged chronologically. The date of birth 

 of any individual can be found in Appendix D, where the names 

 appear in alphabetical order. 



Names of literati of talent as distinguished from those of 

 merit are indicated by an asterisk (*). The names of literary 

 women are printed in italics. 



In a few cases a blank in the occupation column means that 

 the man of letters had so many occupations that no one or 

 two could be picked out as of particular importance. There 

 was also considerable difficulty in determining the occupation 

 of literary women. Very few could be classed as authors in 

 the sense that they gained a livelihood by the pen. It is 

 probable that the majority for whom no profession could be 

 determined were housewives. 



The fields of literary activity are indicated by the abbrevia- 

 tions devised by Odin. 1 They are : 



1 Cf. supra, p. 21. 

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