Walter de la Mare Collection 1909-1961

Asquith, Margot, 1864-1945

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British author. From the guide to the Margot Asquith autograph and photograph, 1926, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) 1894 married Herbert Asquith. Epithet: née Tennant, political hostess and diarist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x00008d ...

Whistler, Theresa

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Theresa Whistler (fl 1978-93). From the guide to the Papers relating to Theresa Whistler's biography of Walter de la Mare, 1978, (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964

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Born Nancy Witcher Langhorne, of Richmond, Va., and "Mirador," Albemarle co., Va. Married Robert Gould Shaw, 1897; divorced, 1903; one son, Robert Gould. Married Waldorf Astor (1879-1952) of Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, Eng., 1906; five children: William Waldorf (b. 1907), Nancy Phyllis Louise (b. 1909), Frances David Langhorne (b. 1912), Michael (b. 1916), and John Jacob (b. 1918). Elected first woman to Parliament, 1919, serving twenty-five years. From the description of Pa...

Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926

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Shorter worked as an editor with a number of British papers and journals, such as the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, before founding and editing three early twentieth century journals: SKETCH, SPHERE, and the TATLER. Shorter also wrote critically about Victorian literature and published bibliographies about prominent British writers. From the description of Letter-Manuscript, 1920. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122348081 British writer. The letters are written...

Ridley, M.R. (Maurice Roy), 1890-

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Epithet: Reverend Fellow of Balliol College Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000349.0x000122 ...

Were, Mary Winter

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Vijayatunga, J. (Jinadasa), 1902-

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Church, Richard, 1893-1972

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British author and poet. From the description of Letter, 1942 May 2. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853286 Richard Church was a British author and critic, known as a poet and as a writer for young people. Born in the Battersea dictrict of London, he was educated at public schools in Dulwich and at sixteen took a job with the civil service, where he remained for twenty-four years. He published a considerable amount of poetry, then began writing fiction; ...

Nevinson, Henry Woodd, 1856-1941

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Epithet: journalist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000004 ...

Blakelock, Denys

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MacAlister, Ian, 1878-

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Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965

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Author. From the description of Correspondence, 1918-1939. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36254207 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000200 ...

Evans, Montgomery

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Montgomery Evans was born in 1901 and formed friendships with many of the literary figures of the time. He was friends with Hunter Stagg, an editor of the Southern literary magazine The Reviewer, and it was through him that he was able to network and associate with some of the well-known literary figures of the 1920's. Evans and Stagg went together on a European tour in 1924 during which he spent time with Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Sylvia Beach, and eventually becam...

O'Riordan, Conal, 1874-1948

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Conal Holmes O'Connell O'Riordan (pseudonym Norreys Connell) (1874 - 1948) was an Irish dramatist and novelist. From the description of Conal O'Riordan papers, 1907-1942 (bulk 1907-1923) (Southern Illinois University). WorldCat record id: 180943706 ...

Kernahan, Coulson, 1858-1943

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[John] Coulson Kernahan was born in Ilfracombe on August 1st 1858, third of the 8 children (3 sons and 5 daughters) of Rev Dr James and Comfort Kernahan, who were both born in Ireland. Coulson's father was a congregational minister in the West Country, Gloucester and St Albans and also wrote on religious and geological subjects. Coulson was educated at St Albans School and privately by his father. Little is known of Coulson's early career but he worked for the publishers...

Jones, Henry Festing, 1851-1928

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Prokosch, Frederic, 1908-1989

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Frederic Prokosch (1908-1989), poet and novelist, was born in Madison, Wisconsin, on 17 May 1908. He spent his childhood in the United States, Germany, France and Austria, and attended Haverford College and Yale. His most famous work is his first novel, The Asiatics (1935). He also wrote poetry, translations and an autobiography. From the early 1930s, Prokosch printed copies of his own work and that of other writers. He was involved in a forgery scandal following the Sotheby's sale of his pamphl...

Head, Ruth Mayhew, 1866-

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Spicer-Simson, Theodore

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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939

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British essayist, editor physician and psychologist. He studied human sexual behavior and his research for Man and Women (1894) led to his major work, the seven volume, Studies in the Psychology of Sex (1897-1928). His last writings were the essays on literature and art reprinted in Views and Reviews (1932). From the description of Havelock Ellis papers, 1871-1939 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702166017 From the guide to the Havelock Ellis papers, 1871-1939, (M...

Lemperly, Paul, 1858-1939

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Epithet: American book collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x000227 ...

De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956

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Walter De la Mare (1873-1956) was a British poet, novelist, short story writer, critic, essayist, anthologist, dramatist, and a prolific writer of children's poetry and fiction. From the description of Papers of Walter De la Mare, 1923-1956. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122584933 Mégroz was the early biographer of de la Mare. From the description of Letter, c. 1923, to R.L. Mégroz. (Unknown). WorldCat record...