Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore collection of papers 1841]-1948 1841-1892

Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude, 1847-1922

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Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born in England on October 11, 1847 to Thomas James and Christiana (Weller) Thompson. Alice and her sister Elizabeth received their education from their father and were brought up primarily in the English countryside and Italy. Alice was encouraged to write poetry by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, to whom she was introduced by family friend Aubrey de Vere. Alice became a poet, and Elizabeth became a painter. In 1868, Alice was received into the Catholic Church a...

Thompson, Francis Joseph, 1859-1907

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Francis Joseph Thompson was born on December 18, 1859 in Lancashire, England, to Charles and Mary Turner Morton Thompson. Thompson's sisters Mary (later Sister Mary Austin) and Margaret were born in 1861 and 1863, respectively. After Mary Turner’s death, Charles Thompson married Anne Richardson and had one more son, Norbert. Both of Francis Thompson's parents were converts to Roman Catholicism, joining the faith in support of Cardinal Newman as a result of the Oxford Movement. Beginning in 18...

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodson was born in England at Daresbury, Cheshire, to Charles Dodgson, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Frances Jane Lutwidge on January 27, 1832. In 1851, Dodgson matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1855 was appointed to a mathematical lectureship in that college, of which he remained a member for the rest of his life. A lifelong interest in writing, combined with a predisposition for story telling, word play, and games, led to a unique liter...

Dobell, Sydney, 1824-1874

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Brett, John, 1831-1902

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English painter. From the description of Letters, 1874-1897. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80587623 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to the editor of The Observer, 1885 Mar. 25. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875811 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified child, 1887 Nov. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875807 English landscape artist John Brett was born near Reigate, S...

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...

Charles, Philarete

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Patmore, Coventry, 1823-1896

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Coventry Patmore was a British poet. He was appointed assistant in the printed book department of the British Museum in November 1846 and retired some time after 1865. From the description of Coventry Patmore letters and photograph, 1842-1865. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38273331 English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to William Makepeace Thackeray, 1863 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 27...

Patmore, Derek, 1908-1972

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Derek Patmore (1908- ), British author and designer, lineal descendant of Victorian poet Coventry Patmore and son of author Briget Patmore. From the description of Derek Patmore papers 1928-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863323 British author, playwright, editor, and journalist. Patmore was born in England (1908), the son of John Deighton and Ethel Elizabeth "Brigit" Morrison-Scott Patmore, and a great-grandson of British author Coventry Pat...

Freeman, John, 1880-1929

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John Freeman, British poet and critic, published his first work, Twenty poems in 1909. He subsequently published 10 more volumes of poetry. Freeman has written several works of literary citicism including, The moderns (1916) Herman Melville (1926), and several introductions. He has also published reviews in journals including the Bookman, The Spectator and the London Mercury. Freeman was awarded the Hawthornden Prize for Best Work in Imaginative Literature, published in 1920. From th...

Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955

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French diplomat, poet and dramatist. From the description of L'homme et son désir, 1917. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80272306 The ballet L'homme et son desir, based on a text by Paul Claudel, was created for Nijinsky, with music by Darius Milhaud, choreography by Claudel, and sets and costumes by Audrey Parr. The ballet was composed in 1917 while Claudel was French minister to Brazil and Darius Milhaud served as his secretary. From the descri...

Patmore, P. G. (Peter George), 1786-1855

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Patmore was an English author and editor. Philippart was an English military historian. From the description of Letters to John Philippart, 1837-1854. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77947959 From the guide to the Peter George Patmore letters to John Philippart, 1837-1854., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917

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The controversial bibliographer Harry Buxton Forman was best known for his work on Shelley, Keats, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as for collaborating with Thomas J. Wise (1859-1937) in the creation of numerous literary forgeries. From the description of Harry Buxton Forman volumes, ca. 1892-1907. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 82181516 Harry Buxton Forman, English bibliographer and forger. He wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary...

Burdett, Osbert, 1885-1936

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Milnes, Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton, 1809-1885

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Richard Monckton Milnes, first Baron Houghton, English author and politician. From the guide to the Richard Monckton Milnes manuscript material : 14 items, ca. 1841-1861, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Richard Monckton Milnes was the first biographer of the English poet John Keats. From the description of Letters concerning John Keats, 1794-1958 (inclusive), 1822-1895 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat...

Macmillan, Alexander, 1818-1896

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Scottish publisher. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Macmillan & Co., 29 & 30 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, W.C., [London], to Arthur Sullivan, 1868 Dec. 1 to 1877 Sept. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126572 ...

Patmore, Tennyson

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Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup),

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Stephens, Frederic George, 1828-1907

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British art critic and painter. From the description of Correspondence, ca. 1850-1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77615552 ...

Patmore, Harriet Georgina Robson.

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Blanchard, Laman, 1804-1845

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British author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Lambeth, to N. P. Willis, 1840 Jul. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270522937 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "Union Place," to Miss Crockett, [no year] "Thursday." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530560 (Samuel) Laman Blanchard, English author and journalist. Blanchard's poetry was published widely in journals and he dedicated his 1828 Lyric Offerings to Charles Lamb. He edited,...

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