Emerson, Frances White, 1860-1957.

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William Augustus White (1843-1927) was an American investment banker, book collector, and a great collector of William Blake and of Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights. Upon his death in 1927, his daughter, Frances White Emerson (1860-1957), inherited his collection. Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982) was a British surgeon and literary scholar, and was the brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes. Geoffrey Keynes published on and collected materials of William Blake. It was this interest that brought him into contact with William Augustus White and later with Frances White Emerson. In 1917, Keynes married Margaret Elizabeth (Darwin) Keynes (1890-1974).

From the description of Frances White Emerson correspondence with Geoffrey Keynes, 1919-1944. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612810906

William Augustus White (1843-1927) was an American investment banker, book collector, and a great collector of William Blake and of Elizabethan and Jacobean playwrights. Upon his death in 1927, his daughter, Frances White Emerson (1860-1957), inherited his collection.

Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982) was a British surgeon and literary scholar, and was the brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes. Geoffrey Keynes published on and collected materials of William Blake. It was this interest that brought him into contact with William Augustus White and later with Frances White Emerson. In 1917, Keynes married Margaret Elizabeth (Darwin) Keynes (1890-1974).

From the guide to the Frances White Emerson correspondence with Geoffrey Keynes, 1919-1944., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

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associatedWith Blake, William, 1757-1827 person
associatedWith British Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Catholic Church. corporateBody
associatedWith Fogg Art Museum. corporateBody
correspondedWith Frances White Emerson person
associatedWith Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir, 1863-1952, person
associatedWith Keynes, Geoffrey, 1887-1982. person
associatedWith Keynes, Margaret Elizabeth, person
associatedWith Nonesuch Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Rosenbach Company. corporateBody
associatedWith White, William Augustus, 1843-1927, person
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Great Britain
United States
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Book collecting
English poetry
Poets, English
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Birth 1860

Death 1957

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