Letters from others to Anthony Bertram, 1920-1971.

Meynell, Wilfrid, 1852-1948

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Wilfrid Meynell was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Yorkshire on November 17, 1852. Birth registry and census records indicate that he was probably born Wilfrid Isaac Mennell, to George and Hannah (Tuke) Mennell, but documentation of his name change to "Meynell" is lacking. His family was Quaker, but at the age of eighteen Wilfrid converted to Catholicism and moved to London to pursue a career in journalism. He also wrote poetry, contributing verses to Emily Priestman's Simple Tales (1873), and he ...

Meynell, Francis Meredith Wilfrid, 1891-1975

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Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell was born on May 12, 1891 in London, England to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell, the youngest of seven surviving children. Francis Thompson was Francis Meynell's godfather. Meynell attended Trinity College, Dublin, from 1908 until 1910 or 1911. He married three times: Hilda Saxe, 1914 (one daughter, Cynthia); Vera Mendel, 1925 (one son, Benedict); and Alix Hester Marie Kilroy, 1946 (no children). Francis Meynell was a typographer, book designer, and pub...

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

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Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909 - July 16, 1995) was an English poet and novelist who worked with the themes of social injustice and class struggle. Spender was born in London and educated at University College, Oxford. He was mentored by W. H. Auden with whom he maintained a life-long friendship. He edited Horizon with Cyril Connolly from 1939-1941. Following WW II, Spender devoted his time to criticism, co-editing the magazine Encounter from 1953-1966. Spender also held a number ...

Hall, Oliver

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Greene, Raymond, 1901-

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Griffin, Jonathan

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Herbert, A.P. (Alan Patrick), 1890-1971

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English writer and politician. From the description of The secret battle : Hammersmith : autograph manuscript signed, 1918 Aug. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270483603 Epithet: Knight.; author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0002f0 ...

Ravilious, Eric William, 1903-1942

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Pollitt, Harry

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Hassall, Christopher, 1912-1963

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Gaunt, William, 1900-1980

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Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989

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Bawden (1903-1989) was a British painter, illustrator and graphic artist. He was also famous for his prints, book covers, posters, and garden metalwork furniture. He first studied at the Cambridge School of Art from 1919 to 1921. This was followed in 1922 by a scholarship to the Royal College of Art School of Design, where he took a diploma in illustration until 1925. Importantly, here he met fellow student and future collaborator Eric Ravilious, both of whom were taught...

Newton, Eric, 1893-1965

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Hendy, Philip, Sir, 1900-

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Anthony Bertram, 1897-

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Armstrong, John

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Epithet: MD; physician and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x00024f Epithet: RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x000257 John Armstrong lived in Orange County, N.C. From the guide to the John Armstrong Papers, ., 1764 and undated, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern ...

Fry, Margery, 1874-1958

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Jameson, Storm, 1891-

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White, Antonia, 1899-1980

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Beecham, Andrew.

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Ardizzone, Edward, 1900-1979

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Ardizzone was born Oct. 16, 1900 in Haiphong, French Indochina; arrived in England in 1905; left school in 1918 and spent six months at a college of commerce; worked as a clerk for several years while taking evening classes at the Westminster School of Art; gave up job in 1926 to concentrate on a career as a professional artist; married Catherine Berkley in 1929, and had two sons and a daughter; worked as both painter and graphic artist until 1939; wrote and illustrated Little Tim and the brave ...

P. E. N.

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Muriel Spark

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Bertram, Jeremy

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Kendon, Frank

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British poet. From the description of Papers, n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 43738453 ...

Gowing, Lawrence

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Savage Club.

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Jowett, Percy Hague.

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Barbara Randolph Bertram.

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Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003

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Kathleen Raine was born in London, her father was a schoolmaster, and the family strict Methodists. She was sent to stay with an aunt in rural Northumberland for the duration of World War I, an idyllic childhood period she later recalled in 'Farewell Happy Fields' (1973). She was educated at Ilford County High School and came to Girton as an Exhibitioner to read Natural Sciences then Moral Sciences 1926-29. While she was at Cambridge she began writing poetry and also made long-term friendships w...

Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-1996

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Chermayeff taught architecture at Harvard. From the description of Papers of Serge Ivan Chermayeff, 1945-1947 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973005 Architect, educator. From the description of Oral history interview with Serge Chermayeff, 1985 May 23-24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77808794 Sergei Ivanovitch Issakovitch was born on October 8, 1900, in Grozny, then in Caucasia. He was educated in England, where he took the nam...

Field, Alexander.

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Bertram, Anthony, 1897-1978

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Bertram was an English novelist and writer on fine arts who died in 1978. From the description of Letters from others to Anthony Bertram, 1920-1971. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612483546 English novelist and writer on fine arts (died 1978). From the guide to the Letters from others to Anthony Bertram, 1920-1971., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) ...

Bullett, Gerald, 1893-1958

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Johnston, Denis, 1901-1984

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Irish dramatist, author, journalist, and theater director; b. William Denis Johnston; d. 1984. From the description of Denis Johnston collection, 1917-1955. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70968752 Denis Johnston was an Irish playwright and writer. He was born in Dublin and educated at Dublin, Edinburgh, Cambridge and Harvard Law School, receiving an M.A. and LL.M. from Cambridge in 1926. He became interested in playwriting while he was at Harvard. Upon his return t...

Rutherston, Albert, 1881-1953

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British book illustrator, painter and theater decorator. From the description of Letters, ca. 1915-1945. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82947055 ...

Alexander, Samuel, 1859-1938

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Philosopher. From the description of Samuel Alexander correspondence, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449102 ...

Wolfe, Edward, 1897-1982.

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Muggeridge, Malcolm, 1903-1990

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Writer, social critic, Christian apologist; born Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge, March 24, 1903 in Sanderstead, Surry, England; raised in a Socialist home; graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1924; travelled to India to teach at Union Christian College, 1924-1927; married Katherine (Kitty) Dobbs (niece of Beatrice Webb) September 10, 1927; lived in Egypt, the Soviet Union and India while serving as a correspondent for various newspapers; served as an intelligence officer in World War II in Lisb...

Gould, Gerald, 1885-1936

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000227 Noted English journalist, reviewer and poet. From the description of Gerald Gould letter to Miss Blodgett [manuscript], 1921 December 23. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 664830255 ...

Lanchester, Elsa, 1902-1986

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Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-

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Cammaerts, Émile 1878-1953

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Emile Cammaerts was born in Brussels in 1876 (he was baptised Emile Pieter at the age of 34). He received education at the University of Brussels and later at the revolutionary Université Nouvelle where he was a student of geography. Cammaerts held the post of Professor of Belgian Studies and Institutions in the University of London, 1931-47, and became Professor Emeritus after his retirement from the university in 1947. He also received an honorary LL.D. from the Univer...

Rothenstein, John, 1901-1992

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Rothenstein (1901-1992) was an English author and Director of the Tate Gallery. Max Beerbohm was an English essayist, caricaturist, and parodist. From the description of Letters from the Beerbohm family and other correspondents, 1905-1957. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 82803710 Rothenstein (1901-1992) was an English author and Director of the Tate Gallery. From the guide to the Letters from the Beerbohm family and other correspondents, 1905-1957., (Ho...

Johnson, Pamela Hansford, 1912-1981

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Epithet: novelist, wife of C P Snow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000276 Pamela H. Johnson, the Rt. Hon. Lady Snow, was a British novelist, critic, and playwright. She married C.P. Snow in 1950 and collaborated with him on a number of plays. She was awarded the CBE in 1975. From the description of Letters to John Halperin, 1980-1981. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Ga...

Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren, 1900-1976

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Welsh author. From the description of Collection of autograph letters signed (14) and typed letters signed (19) : various places, to Joseph H. Brewer, 1925 July 3-1969 Mar. 17 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269542933 From the description of The wooden sheperdess. Book four : typescript of chapters 1-14 and 20-31 of an early version of the book : Talsarnau, Merioneth, North Wales, to Joseph H. Brewer for his comments and suggestions, [1966]. (Unknown). WorldCat r...

Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968

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Epithet: writer and diplomatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x00010c Sir Harold George Nicolson was born in Teheran and he spent his life in the diplomatic corps at posts in Berlin, Teheran, Constantinople, and Madrid. At the end of his diplomatic career Nicolson pursued a career in journalism and politics, during which time he served as a member of the National Liberal Party in Parliment. ...

Evans, Powys.

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Smith, Percy

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Epithet: of Dulwich British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x0001a9 ...

Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953

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German architect. From the description of Design, ca. 1924. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81952229 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from architect Eric Mendelsohn and his wife, Louise Mendelsohn. All letterheads and signatures by Mendelsohn in this file spell his first name as "Eric," not "Erich." From the description of Letters to Lewis Mumford, 1941-1975, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122526818 German a...

Conrad, Paul

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Armstrong, Martin Donisthorpe, 1882-,

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Dent, Alan

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British radio, drama, and film critic; b. Alan Holmes Dent, in Scotland, 1905; d. 1978. From the description of Alan Dent collection, 1954-1971. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70958589 Epithet: author and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000313 ...

Bartlett, Vernon, 1894-1983

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Charles Vernon Oldfield Bartlett was born on April 30 1894 at Westbury, Wiltshire and educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton. After being invalided out of the army during the First World War, he began his career as a journalist, joining the Daily Mail as a general reporter. In 1917 he joined the staff of Reuters, which later sent him to cover the Paris peace conference. Subsequently he became a foreign correspondent for The Times, and it was his experiences in reporting from post-w...

Porter, Alan

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Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

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Sir Herbert Edward Read was a poet, art critic and champion of modern art in Britain. He produced approximately 1,150 titles on a broad range of topics. His 80 monographs include: 26 on art and artists; 14 on literary criticism; 13 collections of poetry; 10 on politics, primarily on anarchism; 7 on "belles lettres" and biography; 5 on education, most notably "Education Through Art"; and 5 autobiographies. From the description of Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds. [1918-1965]. (University...

Beachcomber

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Graham, Fergus

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Childe, Wilfred Rowland, 1890-1952

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Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890-1952), the English Catholic poet and lecturer in English literature at the University of Leeds from 1922 until his death. For fuller details of his life and achievements, see Who was who, Vol.5. From the guide to the Literary manuscripts, correspondence, and publications of Wilfred Rowland Childe, with material relating to him, ca. 1920-1998, (Leeds University Library) Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890-1952) was lecturer in English at the University o...

Gloag, John, 1896-1981

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Stanford, Derek.

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Derek Stanford was a author, biographer, poet, and Fellow of the [British] Royal Society. From the guide to the Derek Stanford Papers, 1968, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) Derek Stanford was born in Lampton, England on October 11, 1918, to Richard James and Ada Stanford. Stanford attended Upper Latymer Scool in London. He then married Margaret Holdsworth, poet, who publishes under the name Margaret Philips. Stanfor...

Sitwell, Sacheverell

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Sitwell was a poet, critic and author of volumes of verses. He died in 1988. From the description of The parrot's voice snaps out=No good to contradict=What he says he'll say again: Dry facts, like biscuits, = : calligraphed illustration. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754863289 Sacheverell Sitwell was an English author and critic. Born into an aristocratic and gifted family, he joined with his brother Osbert and sister Edith to help change the tastes of British society in a...

Coates, Wells, 1895-1958

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Wells Wintemute Coates (1895-1958) was born in Tokyo, Japan. B.S., Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1921; Ph.D., Engineering, University of London, 1924. In the office of Adams and Thompson, London, 1924. Founder, with Maxwell Fry, of the English Modern Architecture Research Group, 1933. In private practice, London, 1929-1939, 1945-1952, 1956-1958. In partnership with Patrick Gwynne; with Jacqueline Tyrwhitt; and with Michael Lyell. Major works include Lawn Road Flats, Ham...

Moult, Thomas.

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Spaight, Robert

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Lyne, Richard W.

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Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1900-1932. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580518 From the description of Papers, 1925-1933. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 708580524 John Galsworthy was an English dramatist and novelist. Educated as a barrister at Harrow and New College, Oxford, he instead decided to travel, attending to his family's shipping business abroad, and then began writing. His first book, From the Four Winds, was a collec...

Scarfe, Laurence

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Holmes, C. J. (Charles John), 1868-1936

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Epithet: Admiral British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x00023a ...

Quiz

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Gwen Evans.

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Spark, Muriel

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x0001c5 ...

Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957

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English writer and critic born in London. He was editor of Rhythm, the Athenaeum and the Adelphi. He wrote poetry, essays and criticism In 1918 he married Katherine Mansfield for whose work he helped gain recognition. He also edited the Peace News (1940-46). From the description of John Middleton Murry collection. [1931-1944]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676738340 Author John Middleton Murry was born in London to lower-class parents, and proved to...

Stead, William Force

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American poet and University of Virginia alumnus, class of 1908. From the description of Letters to John Shelton Patton [manuscript] 1951 November 3 and 10, n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647961100 Stead was a student at the University of Virginia, 1904-1908. From the description of William Force Stead correspondence with James Cook Bardin [manuscript], 1938. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647952050 William Force Stead ...

Collins, Cecil, 1908-1989

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Kapp, Edmond X. (Edmond Xavier), 1890-1978

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000040 ...

MacCarthy, Desmond, 1877-1952

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Sir (Charles Otto) Desmond MacCarthy, English literary reviewer and drama critic. From the description of Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726886322 From the guide to the Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Desmond's first experience as an editor was with New Quarterly and then Eye Witness (late...

Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, 1891-1974

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Brown was an English author and journalist. From the description of Letter, 1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83722838 Epithet: writer and theatre critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x00027b ...

Dignan, Mark B.

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Sieveking, Lance, 1896-1972

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