Richmond, Oliffe, 1881-1977
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Oliffe Legh Richmond (1881-1977) was educated at Eton and King's College, matriculating in 1900. He was elected a Fellow of the College in 1905 and a College Lecturer in 1909. During the First World War he served in the Artists' Rifles and as an Intelligence Officer at the War Office and the Italian Headquarters. In 1919 he was appointed Professor of Humanity (Latin) at Edinburgh University. His ingenious theories about the structure of Propertius' elegies and the system of 'Lettercraft', allegedly used by authors to conceal information in their writing, are now generally discredited
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| referencedIn | Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Letters to Sir William Rothenstein from various correspondents, 1900-1945. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Adelman, Seymour, 1906-. Letters : from various correspondents, 1940-1962. | Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library | |
| referencedIn | John N. Pym Collection of Percy Lubbock letters to Oliffe Richmond with his Evening in Italy and other material | Houghton Library |
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| nieceOrNephewOf | Lubbock, Percy, 1879-1965 | person |
| correspondedWith | Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945 | person |
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Birth 1881
Death 1977
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