Papers of T.D.N. Besterman 20th century

Besterman, Theodore, 1904-1976

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Johnson, John de Monins, 1882-1956

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Johnson, John de Monins, 1882-1956. Printer to the University, at the University Press, Oxford. From the description of [Letter] 1936 June 6, Oxford [to] R.M. Dawkins, Oxford / John Johnson. - 1936. (University of Oxford). WorldCat record id: 44833687 ...

Frazer, James George, 1854-1941

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Scottish anthropologist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Trinity College, Cambridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, 1925 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270751681 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Sir George Grahame, 1928 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270751685 ...

Mitford, Nancy, 1904-1973

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Nancy Freeman-Mitford was a British novelist and biographer. She is best known for her series of novels about upper-class life in England and France including THE PURSUIT OF LOVE (1945), and DON'T TELL ALFRED (1960). She also wrote four well-received, well-researched popular biographies of Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, Voltaire, and Frederick the Great. Mitford managed the bookshop on Curzzon Street in London, during World War II, and moved to Paris in 1945 where she died. From the...

Frazer, Lady (Lily Grove), -1941

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T. D. N. Besterman

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Theodore Deodatus Nathaniel Besterman (1904-76) was a psychical researcher, bibliographer and benefactor to the university. He funded the establishment of the Voltaire Foundation in 1955, and the Voltaire Room of the Taylor Institution in 1975. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details. From the guide to the Papers of T.D.N. Besterman, 20th century, (University of Oxford, Taylor Institution Library) ...