Letter from A L Rowse and letters from Eric Partridge to Daniel George 1950-1953

Bunting, D. G. (Daniel George), 1890-1967

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Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903-1997), historian, poet, diarist, biographer and critic, was born in Tregonissey near St. Austell, Cornwall, to Dick Rowse (china-clay worker) and Annie Vaston. He attended St. Austell grammar school and won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, gaining a first class honours degree in history in 1925 when he was also elected Fellow of All Souls, Oxford (the first man from a working-class background to do so). It was during this period that he established s...

Rowse, A.L. (Alfred Leslie), 1903-1997

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Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903-1997), historian, poet, diarist, biographer and critic, was born in Tregonissey near St. Austell, Cornwall, to Dick Rowse (china-clay worker) and Annie Vaston. He attended St. Austell grammar school and won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford, gaining a first class honours degree in history in 1925 when he was also elected Fellow of All Souls, Oxford (the first man from a working-class background to do so). It was during this period that he established s...

Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979

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Born New Zealand, migrated to Australia, M̀an of Letters', writer on language, particularly English. From the description of Letter and leaflet. 1963-1964. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225828305 Eric Honeywood Partridge (1894-1979), author and lexicographer, was born in New Zealand, and was the son of John Thomas Partridge, grazier, and his wife Ethel Norris. In 1907 the family moved to Brisbane, Australia, where Partridge was educated at Toowoomba grammar scho...

George, Daniel, 1890-1967

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