Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914

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Birth 1832-10-12
Death 1914-06-06
English,

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English critic and poet.

From the description of Letter signed : Putney, to John Payne, 1909 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661256

From the description of Autograph letter signed : The Pines, to Lewis Melville, 1908 Oct. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270661246

Theodore Watts-Dunton was an English poet, novelist, and literary critic.

From the description of Theodore Watts-Dunton collection of papers, 1872-1912. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122465636

From the guide to the Theodore Watts-Dunton collection of papers, 1871-1914, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

Theodore Watts-Dunton was an author and critic, perhaps best known for his notable literary friendships. Born in Huntingdonshire and educated at Cambridge, he worked in the office of his solicitor father, and became a solicitor himself; he gave up the practice to devote his life to literature. He wrote literary criticism, poetry, and the popular novel Aylwin, and was a popular columnist noted for his critical acumen. He also formed close friendships with Dante Gabriel Rossetti and later Algernon Charles Swinburne; he acted as Swinburne's agent, and later had the poet move in with him to care for his poor health and alcoholism.

From the description of Theodore Watts-Dunton letters, 1892-1913. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 76756330

Theodore Watts-Dunton, novelist and critic, was educated at Cambridge and practiced as a solicitor in London. Watts-Dunton published contributions to The Athenaeum; wrote some Shakespearean criticism; wrote a volume of poetry and a novel, Aylwin (1898), which includes a thinly disguised portrait of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. He also maintained an interest in gypsy life and edited George Borrow's Lavengro (1893) and The Romany rye (1900).

From the description of Letters, 1905 Mar. 27. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122381261

Theodore Watts-Dunton was an English pre-Raphaelit critic and poet. He is best remembered as the friend and caregiver of poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, whom he rescued from alcoholism.

From the description of Theodore Watts-Dunton collection, 1878-1914. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 244787936

Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832-1914) was an English critic and poet. He was close friends with English poets Alfred Lord Tennyson, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Algernon Charles Swinburne.

William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) was an English writer and critic, brother to poets Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and a founding member of the group known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

From the guide to the Theodore Watts-Dunton Letters, 1884-1912, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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  • Publishers and publishing
  • Authors, English
  • Critics
  • English poetry
  • Poets, English
  • Poets, English
  • Literature
  • Male authors, English
  • Poetry
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  • Poets

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  • England (as recorded)

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