Papers of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers c1903-1948

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Papers of Sir Edmund Kerchever Chambers c1903-1948

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5 boxes

eng,

University of Birmingham Information Services, Shakespeare Institute Library

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Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever), 1866-1954

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Chambers, Edmund Kerchever, Sir

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Edmund Kerchever Chambers, born West Isley, Berkshire, 16 March 1866. Educated at Marlborough; Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Employed by the Education Department from 1892; served under Sir Robert Morant, permanent secretary to the newly constituted Board of Education, 1903-; became second secretary, 1921; resigned 1926. During his years as a civil servant he did much higher journalism and edited many editions of the English classics, especially Shakespeare. First president of the...