Austin Dobson collection 1762-1999 1861-1962

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Austin Dobson collection 1762-1999 1861-1962

The Austin Dobson collection comprises approximately six linear feet plus oversize material of correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, contracts, royalty statements, artwork, photographs, wills, genealogies, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, copper plates, and printed ephemera. The collection documents the work and life of English author and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) and the management of Dobson's estate and literary legacy by his youngest son, Alban Dobson (1885-1962) and his son, Christopher Dobson (1916-2005), primarily during the period between the author's death in 1921 and Alban Dobson's death in 1962.

6 linearfeet; and oversize removals (16 boxes)

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Macmillan & Co.

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Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928

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Edmund Gosse, a well known man of letters, librarian to the House of Lords (1904-1914), and author of the autobiography, Father and Son (1907), was a pioneering translator of Ibsen and author of numerous volumes of poetry, criticism and biography. Charles Edmund Merrill was an active member of the Grolier Club from 1910 until his death in 1942. From the description of Letters : to Charles E. Merrill, 1910-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577035 English poet and man of...

Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921

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Dobson became known as a poet for his works "Proverbs in Porcelain" (1877) and "Collected Poems" (1897), in which he used the French forms, and as a biographer, for "Fanny Burney" and "Horace Walpole." From the description of Correspondence, 1902-1908. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122445124 Henry Austin Dobson, civil servant and poet, was born on 18 January 1840. After leaving school at the age of 16, he joined the Board of Trade where he remained until...

Oxford University Press, Inc., 1964, 1971

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Dobson, Alban, b. 1885

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Gwynn, S.L. Revised by Nilanjana Banerji. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/32845. Accessed 14 October 2011. Obituary of Alban Dobson.The Times. 21 May 1962. English poet, author, and civil servant (Henry) Austin Dobson (1840-1921) was one of several authors employed at the English Board of Trade in the latter half of the nineteenth century, in addition to Edmund Gosse (1849-1928), Willia...

D.C. Heath and Company

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Boston, MA. From the description of A few words about physical education, ca.1920. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122464872 D.C. Heath and Company was a small publishing company located in Lexington, Massachusetts. The company was founded in Boston by Daniel Collamore Heath in 1885. D.C. Heath and Company was owned by Raytheon and later bought by Houghton Mifflin. From the guide to the D. C. Heath and Company Records, before 1969, (S...

Partridge, Bernard, 1861-

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British artist Bernard Partridge studied architecture and stained-glass design, and spent some time as an actor in his youth. He joined Punch as a staff cartoonist in the 1890s, and was a mainstay with the magazine for some fifty years, becoming chief cartoonist in 1901. His drawings are notable for their theatrical nature and conservative politics, and Partridge is considered among the best Punch illustrators. From the description of Bernard Partridge letter and Christmas cards, 189...

Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920

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Thomson was an Irish born artist particularly noted for his illustrations for literary texts. From the description of [Letter] 1915 Apr. 28, 8, Patten Road, Wandsworth Common, S.W. [to] Sirs / Hugh Thomson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 437417042 Hugh Thomson, best known for his illustrations of popular books, was born on June 1, 1860 in Coleraine, Ireland. His professional career began with an apprenticeship at Marcus Ward and Company, a card manufacturer. In 1883 he...

Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911

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E. A. Abbey was a painter. Born in Philadelphia, he was self-taught and initially employed in a wood engraver's shop. In 1872, Abbey began working as an illustrator for Harper's. He also painted murals, including those for the Boston Public Library and Pennsylvania Capitol. From the description of Letter, 1874 November 26 : to L. Prang. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 84665753 Abbey was an American artist and illustrator who moved to England in 1878 and remained th...