Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834-1903

Augustus J.C. Hare was born in Rome, privately educated before going to Oxford, and lived most of his life abroad before retiring to England. He wrote books about places, guidebooks to cities and important places in England and Italy, and a memoir, Memories of a quiet life (1872-76). He was a gifted artist who illustrated many of his own books, a book and picture collector, and a fashionable man-about-town.

From the description of Augustus J.C. Hare letter to Mrs. Portal, 1896 June 16. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 61387449

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