Walter de la Mare Correspondence, 1940-1956

Blake, William, 1757-1827

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Epithet: poet, engraver, artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001f1 The original manuscript was acquired in 1847 by the English poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is now, British Library. Add. 49460. From the description of Rossetti manuscript : [stats], 1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612881103 English artist, poet and mystic. From the description of Au...

Letters written by Walter de la Mare to Lucy Kipps.

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Walter de la Mare was born on April 25, 1873, in the town of Charlton, in Kent, England. His parents were James Edward Delamare and Lucy Sophia Browning Delamare, of French and Scottish descent, respectively. He attended St. Paul's Cathedral Choir School in London. Upon graduation, he entered the workforce as an employee of Anglo-American (Standard) Oil. It was during his tenure there as a bookkeeper that he began to focus seriously on writing poetry and stories. He had, however, be...

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

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Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. His father, Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848), was a physician, the son of Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802), a poet, philosopher, and naturalist. Robert established a successful medical practice in Shrewsbury where he was known for his kindness extended to the poor. He was financially quite successful and willing to support his sons in their various endeavors. Although not a prolific writer, he was elected to the Royal Society ...

Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975

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English biologist. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Mr. Heineman, 1928 Feb. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269555836 British biologist, philosopher, and popularizer of science; b. Julian Sorell Huxley. From the description of Papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 86118827 From the description of Julian Sorell Huxley papers, 1899-1980. (Rice University). WorldCat record id: 28418189 Jul...

Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940

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British Prime Minister, 1937-1940. From the description of Letter, 1938 Oct. 21. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58779055 Prime minister of Great Britain, 1937-1940. From the description of Neville Chamberlain declaration, 1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868084 British statesman. From the description of Printed invitation : n.p., 1838 July 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270891845 From the descr...

Buchan, John, 1875-1940

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John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. From the description of Letter from John Buchan to Joseph Harrington O'Brien, 1890-1941, 1921, Nov. 8. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228769757 English author and statesman, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps; 1st baron Tweedsmuir. From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : Elsfield Manor, Oxford, an...

Catullus, Gaius Valerius

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Kipps, Lucy Helen Magdalen, 1890-

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Stern, G. B. (Gladys Bronwyn), 1890-1973

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G.B. Stern was an English author, known for her charming and energetic novels of family life. Born in London as Gladys Bertha Stern - she would later change her middle name to Bronwyn, and was called Peter by her friends - she had a rich and varied education, culminating in one year at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. She wrote prolifically from an early age, and published novels, plays, short stories, biographies, literary criticism, and memoirs, and is probably best known for her books abou...

Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1519

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Marchant, Stanley, 1883-1949

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Muller, Frederick

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Hitler, Adolph, 1889-1945

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