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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Juliana Berners
Born: 1388
Bio: Juliana Berners, O.S.B., , English writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting, is said to have been prioress of the Priory of St Mary of Sopwell, near St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Known for:
- Book of Saint Albans (1486)
- A Treatise of Fishing with an Angle (1496)