Owen Collection 18th-20th century

Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967

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Poet and writer Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, near Matfield in Kent. His mother, Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, was from a prominent family of sculptors and artists, while his father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon, came from a wealthy Jewish merchant family. His father left home when he was seven and died soon after, so Siegfried and his brothers, Michael and Hamo, were raised solely by their mother. Educated at Marlborough College (1902-4), Sassoon read law at Cl...

Owen family

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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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Robert (Von Ranke) Graves was born in London in 1895. He attended King's College School and Rokeby School, Wimbledon, Copthorne School, Sussex, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1907-14. In 1926, he received a B. Litt. From St. John's College, Oxford. He was the author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autobiographies, historical novels, essays, librettos, criticism, short stories, and children’s books. Graves also translated and edited a number of works. He died in 1985 in Deya, Majorca, Sp...

Owen William Harold 1897-1971

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Wilfred Owen and Harold Owen

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Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was one of the best known poets of the First World War. See the Dictionary of National Biography, the Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive ( http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap ), and Jon Stallworthy's Wilfred Owen (London, 1974) and The Complete Poems and Fragments (London, 1983) for details of Owen's life and work. Wilfred's younger brother (William) Harold Owen (1897-1971) wrote about his brother, himself and the family in two (auto)biographical accounts: Journey from Obs...

Gunston family

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Owen, Wilfred Edward Salter, 1893-1918

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Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974

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Blunden was an English poet and scholar. From the description of Edmund Blunden papers, 1921-1952 (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612727624 Edmund Blunden, English poet and university teacher. His highly acclaimed biography of Shelley was published in 1946. From the description of Edmund Blunden manuscript material : 8 items, ca. 1945-1955 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76945001 From the guide to the Edmund Blunden manuscript ma...