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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...

Soyinka, Wole, 1934-

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Epithet: Wole', African author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x000105 Wole Soyinka (born Oluwole Akinwande Babatunde Soyinka Wole, July 13, 1934, Abeokuta, Nigeria) is a Nigerian author and humanitarian. Educated at the University College, Ibadan (later the University of Ibadan) from 1952-54 and the University of Leeds (B.A., 1957). While in England, he served as a playreader at the Royal ...

Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

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Maurice Baring was born on April 27, 1874, as the eighth child and fifth son of Edward Charles Baring, first Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. Born in the West End of London, Baring attended Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1898, he joined the diplomatic service. In 1904, he became a journalist and reported on the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria for the Morning Post. Later, he was a correspondent in Russia and Istanbul (Constantinople). During World War ...

Gill, Eric, 1882-1940

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English sculptor and engraver. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, best known as Eric Gill, was born in Brighton, Sussex on February 22, 1882 to minister Arthur Tidman Gill and light-opera singer (Cicely) Rose King. They moved to Chichester in 1897, where Gill studied at the Chichester Technical and Art School (1897-1900). In 1900, Gill moved to London to study architecture under William Douglas Caröe, taking classes in practical masonry at Westminster Institute and in lettering and illumination at the Ce...

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 ...

Beinecke, Edwin J. (Edwin John), 1886-1970

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Glass collector. From the description of Edwin J. Beinecke papers, 1880(ca.)-1930(ca.). (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155427521 Edwin John Beinecke, the oldest of three brothers, graduated from Phillips Academy and entered Yale College. After two years, he left Yale. Edwin and his brothers, Frederick and Walter Beinecke, also Yale alumni, founded the Sperry and Hutchinson Company. For more than fifty years he served as a director, president, chai...

Acton, Harold, 1904-1994

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Harold Acton was a British writer and scholar. His works include The Last Medici (1932), The Bourbons of Naples, 1734-1825 (1956), and two memoirs, Memoirs of an Aesthete (1948) and More Memoirs of an Aesthete (1970). Acton lived in China from 1933 to 1939, during which time he supported himself by teaching English Literature and collaborated with others to translate various Chinese literary works. His translations include Glue and Lacquer: Four Cautionary Tales (1941) and ...

Bridson, D. G. (Douglas Geoffrey), 1910-1980

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Douglas Geoffrey Bridson, 1910-1980, began his career in 1933 as a free-lance radio writer and joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1935 as Feature Programmes Assistant in the North Region. He then moved to London in 1941 to become Overseas Features Editor, Assistant Head of Features following the War, and Programme Editor for Arts, Sciences, and Documentaries (Sound), from 1964-1967. In this latter position, Bridson was referred to as the cultural boss of the BBC. D.G. Bridson retired...

Young, Alexander, 1920-2000

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Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Bagnold, Enid, 1889-1981

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Enid Bagnold, a twentieth-century British author, is best known for her novel National Velvet (1935) and her play "The Chalk Garden" (1955). Born in Rochester, England she spent much of her early life abroad. As a child Bagnold lived in Jamaica where her father was stationed with the Royal Engineers. She was educated in Germany and France. During World War I, Bagnold served in an English hospital and drove an ambulance for the French army. Drawing on these expe...

Banyai, George

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O'Connell, Thomas F. (Thomas Francis)

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Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-....

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Masson, Irvine, Sir

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Casson, Stanley

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Cleverdon, (Elinor) Nest (Lewis)

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Brigham, Clarence S. (Clarence Saunders), 1877-1963

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Clarence Saunders Brigham (1877-1963) began his distinguished library career while a student at Brown University. After graduation in 1899 he was appointed librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society and in 1908 he left that position to accept the offer of the librarian's post at the American Antiquarian Society. He was named director of the Society in 1930 and was made its president in 1955. He resigned fifty-one years after he began working in Worcester. Brigham was a dedicated librarian ...

Colville, Sir Richard

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Read, Herbert Edward

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Stone, Janet (Woods)

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Poston, Elizabeth, 1905-1987

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Composer, writer, pianist. Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0000f6 ...

Wright, David J. (David John), 1947-

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Gray, Nicolete, 1911-1997

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Baxter, James K.

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Macy, Helen

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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...

Flanders, Michael

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Jones, Gwyn

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Macinnes, Colin

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Author and journalist Colin MacInnes was born in London; he lived in Australia with his mother and her second husband between 1920 and 1930. His novels feature heightened social awareness, comic effect, and overly earnest writing that often preached rather than dramatized themes. From the description of Colin MacInnes letters, 1954-1969. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50849494 Critic, essayist, novelist. Born in England, came to Australia in 1...

Graves, Robert

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Epithet: line-engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x00010f Epithet: of Stowe MS 748 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0003af Epithet: late Adj., 1st Somerset Militia Regt British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000839.0x0003ae ...

Stonor, Oliver

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Cecil, Edward Christian David Gascoyne

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Macy, George

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Founder of the Limited Editions Club and the Heritage Press. From the description of George Macy papers, 1916-1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 606938314 Detroit, Michigan businessman. From the description of George F. Macy letter, 1848. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423562 Epithet: Director of the Limited Editions Club British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descr...

Salisbury, Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of

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Newby, Percy Howard

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Raffalovich, André

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Davies, Rhys

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Watkins, Gwendoline Mary (Davies)

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John Barrington Wain

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The author John Barrington Wain, 1925-1994, was Professor of Poetry at University of Oxford, 1973-78. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent and educated at the High School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and then St John's College, Oxford, where he became Fereday Fellow, 1946-49. He was a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Reading, 1947-55, and on resignation became a freelance author and critic. Like contemporary figures, Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, and John Braine, Wain began publishing just...

Miller, Gilbert Heron

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Sackville-West, Hon. Victoria Mary

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Guinness, Sir Alec

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Rutherston, Albert Daniel

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Laver, James

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Sherek, Henry

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Esher, Oliver Sylvian Baliol Brett, viscount

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Crosby, Theo

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Boughton, Rutland, 1878-1960

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000392 Director of the Glastonbury Festival Players and later of the Bristol Folk Festival School. From the description of Letters : Glastonbury, Tatsfield, Newent, and Bristol, to Laurence Housman, 1921-1935. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25334604 ...

Forster, E.M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970

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Novelist. From the description of Letters, 1947-1970. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36570102 From the description of Letters, 1920-1935. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 36988534 From the description of E. M. Forster papers, [ca. 1936-1968]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495526585 Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Adam, Sir Ronald, bart.

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Harling, Robert

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Epithet: editor 'House and Garden' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x00032c ...

Foss, Hubert J. (Hubert James)

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Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947

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Epithet: architect and artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x00002d ...

Kauffer, Edward Mcknight

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Teller, Neville

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Seelhammer, Ruth

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Gathorne-Hardy, Robert, 1902-1973

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Cranston, Maurice William

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Grant, Duncan James Corrowr

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Riding, Laura, 1901-1991

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Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991) spent her life in pursuit of truth through poetry and her language work. At the beginning of her career, she associated with the Fugitives, a group of Southern poets and critics, who supported and encouraged her poetry; later she became a close collaborator and intimate of the British poet Robert Graves. But her desire to express absolute truth led her to renounce poetry and turn instead to the study of language. Because of her compulsive individualism, Laura b...

Hanley, James, 1897-1985

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Coppard, A.E. (Alfred Edgar), 1878-1957

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English short story writer and poet. From the description of Alfred Edgar Coppard letters, 1928-1956. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 489375325 English short-story writer and poet. From the description of Typed letter signed : Dunmow, Essex, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 Apr. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868041 Coppard was an English author. From the description of Compositions, 1921-1923. (Harvard Uni...

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...

Williams, Bransby, 1870-1961

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Morris, Cedric, 1889-1982

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Beerbohm, Sir Max

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Mais, Stuart Petre Brodie

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Coldstream, William, 1908-1987

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Nangle, Julian, 1947-....

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Clark, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Madison)

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Birney, Earle

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Goodacre, Selwyn Hugh

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Bates, H.E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974

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Resident of Kent, England. From the description of Letters, 1930-1968. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 34122419 Bates was an English writer and novelist. From the description of [Letters to] Miss. Heilburn / H. E. Bates. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 156913081 English author. From the description of In view of the fact that ... : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of the short story, 1926? Mar. 6 [in a publisher's note...

Unwin, Sir Stanley

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Ogilvie, Frederick Wolff, Sir, active 1912-1956, Director-General of the BBC

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Epithet: Director-General of the BBC British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002ed ...

Thorndike, Sybil, Dame

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Painting, Norman

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Norman George Painting was born on St George's day (23 April) 1924 at Leamington Spa, the son of Harry George Painting, a railway signalman, and his wife Maud Dyde. His sister, Edna, was over six years his senior. Norman attended Milverton Junior School, moving on to Leamington College. From an early age Norman displayed enthusiasm and flair for theatrical writing, production and performance: he wrote poetry from the age of ten and wrote and produced his first full play, 'The Decept...

Barsley, Michael Henry

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Roberts, R. Ellis (Richard Ellis), 1879-1953

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Richard Ellis Roberts (1879-1953) was a journalist. From the guide to the Papers of Richard Ellis Roberts, 1917-39, n.d., (University of Oxford, Bodleian Library) ...

Pollard, Graham

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White, Eric Walter, 1905-1985

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Epithet: writer on music and arts administrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0001f7 ...

Gunn, Thomson William

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Newman, Charles

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Epithet: barrister, of Calcutta British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x0001ba ...

Sutherland, Graham Vivian, 1903-1980

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Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903-1980) was a British printmaker and Surrealist painter. From the guide to the Graham Sutherland Papers, 1943-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Graham Vivian Sutherland (1903-1980), artist. From the description of Graham Sutherland letters to Felix Hans Man, 1946-1977 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702131626 Graham Sutherland was a British artist and teacher. He was an eng...

Buchanan-Brown, John.

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Rota, Anthony

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Ayrton, Elisabeth

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Hague, René

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Sieveking, Lance de Giberne

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Hagstrom, Jack Walter Carl

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Hillier, Bevis, 1940-....

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Priestley, Mary Holland

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Siberell, Lloyd Emerson, 1905-

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Epithet: bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000344 Railroad executive, book collector, author, editor, literary agent. Principal collecting interest in the Powys brothers. Founder of the Society of Bibliosphers and the Anglo-American Powyseana Society. Member of the Rowfant Club, Rounce and Coffin Club, Fortean Society and others. Editor of the Book Collector's Packet. Editor and publisher o...

Knaster, Roland

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Tiller, Terence

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Gill, Evan R.

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Essick, Robert N.

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Moody, John Percivale

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Hine, Daryl

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Blunden, Claire M. (Claire Margaret)

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Duval, Kulgin Dalby.

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Griffith, Hugh

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Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes

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Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982), surgeon, bibliographer and literary scholar, was born in Cambridge on 25 March 1887. His brother was John Maynard Keynes, later Lord Keynes. Geoffrey went to school at Rugby, before entering Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1906, to study natural sciences. He trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I. After the war he became part of the surgical team at Bart's, where he was appointed as...

Anderson, Alan

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Russell, Gordon, Sir

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Spalding, Frances

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000228 ...

Maud, Ralph

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Brett-Smith, H.F.B. (Herbert Francis Brett)

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Epithet: literary critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000176 H. F. B. Brett-Smith, British literary scholar. He edited Peacock's memoirs of Shelley (1909), Peacock's Four ages of poetry (1921), and a 1924 ten-volume edition of Peacock's works. From the description of H. F. B. Brett-Smith manuscript material : 3 items, 1924 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76944679 ...

Seeger, Peggy, 1935-....

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Sitwell, Sir Sacheverell, bart.

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Mackenzie, Sir Compton

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Dreyfus, John

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Way, Robert E., 1912-

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Harrod, Roy, 1900-1978

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Strong, Roy

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Epithet: Knight; art historian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000229 ...

Wainwright, Alexander D.

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Flight, Claude, 1881-1955

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Murphy, Richard

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Osborn, James Marshall

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James Marshall Osborn (1906-1976), literary historian and author of several works, including Young Philip Sidney (1972), as well as the founder of the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection of rare books and manuscripts. From the description of Whirlwind Hill Farm papers, 1940-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144748 From the description of James Marshall Osborn correspondence, 1928-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702144904 The Jam...

Holme, Constance

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Raine, Kathleen Jessie

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Moffat, Douglas M. (Douglas Maxwell)

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Madan, Falconer, 1851-1935

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Falconer Madan (1851-1935) was born in Cam, Gloucestershire, on 15 April 1851. He was educated at Marlborough, 1864-1870, and Brasenose College, Oxford, 1870-1875, where he was a fellow, 1876-1880 and 1889-1912. He was sub-librarian of the Bodleian Library, 1880-1912, and a lecturer in palaeography at Oxford, 1889-1913. He was Bodley's librarian, 1912-1919. Madan died on 22 May 1935. From the guide to the Falconer Madan: Localisation and Dating of Manuscripts, 1909, (Cambridge Univer...

Templewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Viscount, 1880-1959

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Epithet: junior, Chairman of Society for improvement of prison discipline British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x0000d3 ...

Malleson, Lady Constance

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Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948

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English essayist, literary historian, editor. From the description of Holbrook Jackson papers, 1930-1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 496102603 Jackson was born on Dec. 31, 1874 in Liverpool, England; although he never attended college, he was a voracious reader who began publishing articles at age 16 while working as a clerk; he co-edited the New age in 1907, and edited T.P.'s magazine, which he later bought out in order to edit his ow...

Worth, Irene

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Irene Worth (1915-2002), American actress, winner of three Tony Awards, who appeared in Thornton Wilder's The Alcestiad ("A Life in the Sun") at the Edinburgh Festival in 1955 and in the stage version of "The Woman of Andros" in 1963. From the description of Irene Worth papers relating to Thornton Wilder, 1955-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171891 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Hughes, Ted

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Ted Hughes (1930-1998), poet laureate, was born at Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, in 1930, the son of William Henry Hughes and Edith Farrar Hughes. He was educated at Mexborough Grammar School, having moved there in 1937, when his father opened a newsagent's shop. In 1948, he won a scholarship to Cambridge, and read English at Pembroke College before changing to Archaeology and Anthropology, graduating in 1954. At Cambridge he met Sylvia Plath (d 1963), whom he married in 1956. The year after his marri...

Kindersley, David

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Moore, Henry

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Epithet: RA British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x000294 Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000411.0x0003da Title: Earl of Drogheda British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000678.0x00029a Epithet: of New York British Libra...

Alwyn, William

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0000e4 ...

Dobell, Percy John

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Rogers, Bruce, 1952-

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Epithet: book designer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000179 ...

Ryder, John, 1917-2001

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Epithet: typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001a1 Epithet: Archbishop of Tuam 1752 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x00006e Epithet: formerly of the Custom House, Cork British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000347.0x00006f ...

MacGregor, Robert Mercer

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Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Ananda Kentish), 1877-1947

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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy was a Ceylonese-born, English-educated, American art historian, philosopher, and author. Stella Bloch, Coomaraswamy's third wife, was a student of Indian dance, art, and philosophy and co-authored several articles with Coomaraswamy. Although they divorced in 1930, they maintained a friendly correspondence, discussing art, philosophy, and Coomaraswamy's works. From the description of Stella Bloch papers relating to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, 1890-1985 (bulk 1917-19...

Lloyd, Albert Lancaster

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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

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Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet who first achieved recognition with "Eighteen Poems" (1934). He wrote both prose and radio plays, including "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog" (1940), "Deaths and Entrances" (1946), "Under Milkwood" (1954), and "Adventures in the Skin Trade" (1955). From the description of Dylan Thomas collection. [1935-1953]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 660196437 Welsh author Dylan Thomas occupies a controversial place among 20t...

Fulton, John F.

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Fricker, Peter Racine

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0003d4 Biography / Administrative Information One of the most important postwar British composers, Peter Racine Fricker was born in London in 1920 and was educated at London's St. Paul's School. In 1937 he entered the Royal College of Music where he studied theory with Reginald Morris and organ with ...

Coburn, Kathleen.

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Russell, Leonard

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Ketton-Cremer, R. W. (Robert Wyndham), 1906-1969

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Bennett, Alan

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Benoy, John Meredith

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Davies, Aneirin Talfan

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Jones, George William, 1860-1942

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Eddison, Robert, 1908-1991

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Figueroa, John

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Gane, Crofton Endres

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Lister, Raymond.

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McLean, Ruari.

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Wishart, David Matthew Garrick

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Dromgoole, Patrick

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Williams, Robert Coleman

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Pope, Quentin

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Barker, George

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Epithet: at Pera British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000234 Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000742.0x00031d Epithet: solicitor of Birmingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00008d Epithet: of Birmingham ...

Fernald, John Bailey

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Glixon, David M.

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Priestley, J.B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984

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J. B. Priestley, playwright. From the description of An inspector calls: typescript, 1994. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122608422 J.B. Priestley, playwright; David Mamet, adapter, not credited here. From the description of Dangerous corner : typescript, 1996, January 4. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626156 English author J.B. Priestley had a long and prolific career writing in numerous genres, and achieved critical a...

Drabble, Margaret, 1939-....

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English authors. From the description of Margaret Drabble collection, 1963-1982. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70962613 Author. From the description of Letters, ca. 1974-1975. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 237005957 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000499.0x000205 ...

Cockerell, Sydney Morris.

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Epithet: bookbinder British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00025b ...

The Folio Society

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Jackson, William A. (William Alexander), 1905-1964

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Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.. From the description of William A. Jackson diplomas and certificates, 1927-1962. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 663976597 Jackson was a bibliographer and librarian. He was the first librarian of the Houghton Library at Harvard. From the description of William A. Jackson letters to Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1945. (Harvard University). WorldC...

Merwin, William Stanley

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Jenkin, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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RICHARDS, FRANCES

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Sitwell, Sir Osbert, bart.

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Arlott, John

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Rhodes, Marjorie, 1897-1979

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Leyris, Pierre.

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Casson, Lewis, Sir

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Isham, Sir Gyles

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Hürlimann, Bettina

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Koch, Rudolf

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Nash, Paul, 1943-

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Paul Nash was born in London on 11 May 1889, son of William Harry Nash, late Recorder of Abingdon. He was educated at St. Paul's School, and originally was going to join the Navy. His earliest artistic training was at the Chelsea Polytechnic and the L.C.C. school, he then went to the Slade School of Art. In 1914, shortly after marrying Margaret Theodosia Odeh, he enlisted in The Artists Rifles, where he received a commission in the Hampshire Regiment. Though he had exhibited drawings in 1911, Na...

Birrell, Francis, 1889-1935

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Francis Frederick Locker Birrell (1889-1935), journalist, drama critic and bookseller, was the son of Augustine Birrell (1850-1933), literary critic, essayist, barrister and Liberal politician. He was educated at Eton College, and at King s College, Cambridge, where he met Lytton Strachey in October 1909. By Christmas he was integrated in the Bloomsbury circle and visiting the Stephens in Fitzroy Square. He was also a friend of David Garnett with whom in 1914 he started a play-readi...

Avery, James Royle

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Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Conduit Head, Madingley Road, Cambridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [1925] Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270517944 British poet Frances Cornford (1886–1960) was descended from a number of Cambridge intellectuals, including Charles Darwin and William Wordsworth. Her work was influenced by both the Georgian and modernist forms of poetry. She experimented with a variety of forms...

Vaughan-Thomas, Wynford, 1908-1987

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Nowell-Smith, Simon Harcourt

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Epithet: FSA, bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0001cf ...

Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916-....

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John Malcolm Brinnin (1916-1998) was a poet, critic, anthologist, and teacher who, among other accomplishments, helped to popularize Welsh poet Dylan Thomas in the United States as well as establishing the 92nd Street Y in New York City as a center for literary activity. A successful poet, Brinnin also authored a number of biographies as well as several works on travel. From the description of John Malcolm Brinnin papers, 1930-1981. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record i...

Reynolds, Graham

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Boston, Noel

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Maggs, H. Clifford

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Epithet: of Maggs Bros booksellers British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x00029a ...

Strong, Leonard Alfred George

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Novelist, critic, and man of letters, Leonard Alfred George Strong was born in Plymouth, Devon, in 1896. He was educated at Brighton College and he studied at Wadham College, Oxford, where he received encouragement from W. B. Yeats. He was exempted from military service during the First World War on medical grounds. Strong taught for twelve years at Summer Fields School, Oxford, before becoming a professional writer. He was also a Visiting Tutor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Between...

Goacher, Denis

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Hagreen, Philip

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Gittings, Robert.

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x000225 ...

Tambimuttu, Thurairajah

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Zeitlin, Jake, 1902-1987

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Zeitlin was a Los Angeles bookdealer. From the description of Letter : Los Angeles (Calif.), to Don Hill, Los Angeles, 1936 April 21. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 24038112 Jacob Israel Zeitlin was born on Nov. 4, 1902, in Racine, WI; worked as a bookseller, poet and book reviewer in Ft. Worth, TX; moved to Los Angeles in 1925; began career in bookselling when employed by Holmes Book Company and the book departments of the May C...

Proctor, Dennis

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Burns, Thomas Ferrier

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Feldman, Lew David

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Epithet: bookseller of New York British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x000078 ...

Woolf, Leonard Sidney

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Epithet: author and publisher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002e1 ...

Dobrée, Bonamy

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Miller, Liam

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Seymour, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 38728 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0000d9 Epithet: Lieutenant RANVR British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000412.0x000226 Epithet: Lord Lieutenant of county Wiltshire Title: 4th Duke of Somerset British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descripti...

Sparrow, John, 1906-1992

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Epithet: Warden of All Souls College Oxford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0002dc ...

Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Physick, John Frederick.

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Crutchley, Brooke.

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Meyerstein, Edward Harry William

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000119 ...

Harradine, Archie

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Alexander, Michael J.

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Thomas, Florence (Williams)

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Wing, Donald Goddard, 1904-1972

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Donald Goddard Wing was born in Athol, Massachusetts in 1904 and attended public schools there. He graduated from Yale University in 1926 and received a master's degree in English from Harvard University in 1928. In that year, he joined the Yale University Library as an assistant reference librarian, and participated in the move of the Yale collections to the new Sterling Memorial Library. Wing spent his entire career at Yale as a librarian and bibliographer, retiring as Associate L...

Dathorne, O. R., 1934-....

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Cleverdon, Douglas, 1903-1987

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Douglas James Cleverdon, bookseller and radio producer, was born on Jan. 17, 1903 in Bristol, England, the elder son of Thomas Silcox Cleverdon, master wheelwright, and his wife, Jane Louisa James. He was educated at Bristol grammar school and Jesus College, Oxford, where as an undergraduate he published his first catalogue of books, thus establishing his reputation as a lover of fine printing and illustrated books. In 1926 Cleverdon opened a bookshop in Charlotte Street, Bristol, ...

Forman, Maurice Buxton.

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Maurice Buxton Forman was a bibliographer and editor. Although he was interested in several literary figures during his lifetime, Forman is most often remembered in light of his work on George Meredith and John Keats. From the description of Papers of Maurice Buxton Forman, 1898-1942. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386415 Epithet: bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...

Coke, Desmond, 1879-1931

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Todd, Ruthven, 1914-1978

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Ruthven Todd was born in Edinburgh, and educated at Fettes College and the Edinburgh School of Art. After graduating he held a few odd jobs, while concentrating on painting, and was associated with the Surrealist movement.. He later worked as a copywriter and journalist, and made a name for himself as a poet, novelist, and short-story writer. He was part of the Civil Defense during World War II, and moved to the United States after the war, where he worked at several colleges and opened a printi...

Stow, Randolph

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Schmoller, Hans

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Plomer, William Charles Franklyn

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Fuller, Roy Broadbent

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Beerbohm, Florence (Kahn)

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Okigbo, Christopher

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Jenkins, David

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Epithet: Judge for South Wales British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000268.0x00015e ...

Ransom, Will, 1878-1955

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Printer, designer, and typographer. As a writer, Will Ransom (1878-1955) was also the first historian/bibliographer of the fine press movement. Born in St. Louis, Michigan and raised in Snohomish, Washington, he early developed enthusiasm for the Arts and Crafts movement, which led him to found his own private press and publish a small number of gift books in limited editions. In 1903 he enrolled in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago but left shortly afterwards t...

Lehmann, John Frederick

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Meynell, Alix

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Mortimer, Raymond, 1895-1980

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Raymond Mortimer, English author and literary critic, was literary editor (1935-1947) of the NEW STATESMAN. From the description of Raymond Mortimer letters to Edward Sackville-West, 1925-1963. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 81643059 Mortimer was an English literary and art critic and editor. He was the literary critic for the "New Stateman" from 1935 to 1947, and later was the principal reviewer for the London "Sunday Times." From the descri...

Macaulay, Dame Rose

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Benton William.

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Sauvage, Sylvain.

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In 1893 French writer Anatole France first published his sketches of life in 18th century France, La Rot̂isserie de la reine pédauque, and it quickly became a popular text for illustrators. In 1935 Editions du Nord of Brussels published an illustrated edition as number 21 in the series Les glories litteŕaires. Sylvain Sauvage was a prolific illustrator of French texts. From the description of Drawings and wood blocks for La Rot̂isserie de la reine pédauque by Anatole France, 1935....

Martin-Harvey, John, Sir

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Tennyson, Sir Charles Bruce Locker

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Blunden, Edmund Charles

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Edmund Charles Blunden (1896-1974), poet, was born in London on 1 November 1866, and educated at Christ's Hospital and Queen's College, Oxford. He served in France and Belgium with the Royal Sussex Regiment, 1916-1919. Blunden was Professor of English Literature at Tokyo University, 1924-1927, and a Fellow and tutor in English literature at Merton College, Oxford, 1931-1943. He was part of the U.K. Liaison Mission in Tokyo, 1948-1950, and became Emeritus Professor at the University of Hong Kong ...

Lousada, Anthony Baruh

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Maccarthy, Fiona

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Sasson, Siegfried Lorraine

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Sewell, Brocard

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Father Brocard Sewell was a literary critic and editor of the journal, "The Aylesford Review". From the description of Brocard Sewell fonds. [1922-1963]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 651604513 ...

Foster, Idris, 1911-1984

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Wright, Basil

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Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978

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Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978), the British writer, was the author of novels, short stories, poetry, a biography of T.H. White, and other writings. From the description of Sylvia Townsend Warner letters, 1937-1977. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122687134 Sylvia Townsend Warner was an English novelist, poet, biographer, and translator. From the description of Sylvia Townsend Warner collection of papers, 1922-1978. (New York Public Library). Wo...

Gascoyne, David Emery

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Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964

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English poet, biographer, critic, and anthologist. Edited and contributed to the annual anthology Wheels. From the description of Edith Sitwell correspondence, 1942-1944. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 28185434 English poet, critic, and novelist. From the description of Letter to an unknown recipient, ca. 1949. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817483 From the description of Photoprint and letter, n.d. and 1981 Oct...

Wilson, Arnold Talbot, Sir, 1884-1940

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Skelton, Robin

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Wheldon, Sir Huw Pyrs

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Stevens-Cox, James

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Nicholas Barker James Stevens Cox was a hairdresser, an author, an antiquarian, a bibliophile, and a bookseller, among numerous other interests. Born and educated in Bristol, at sixteen he joined the family hairdressing business, spending his pocket money on books to read and collect. He raised money to buy a bookstore that was in danger of closing, commingling the stock with his large library, and then turned to publishing, specializing in books reflecting his varied interests, including the Th...

Williams, Emlyn, 1946-

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Phelps, Wayne Howe

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Kavanagh, Patrick, 1907-1973

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Muir, Percy H. (Percy Horace), 1894-1979

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Born in London on December 17, 1894, Percy Muir began his career as a bookseller in 1920. He joined the London antiquarian booksellers Elkin Mathews in 1930, and would remain with that firm until his death in Norfolk on November 24, 1979. Muir was an influential figure among booksellers and book collectors around the world. As president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association in Britain from 1945-1947, Muir chaired the first conference of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (I...

Tennyson, Hallam, 1921-

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Sadleir, Michael

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Biography Frederick Marryat was born on July 10, 1792 in London, England; ran away several times from school, seeking to escape to sea; in 1806 his father entered him on board the Impérieuse; served in the Centaur in the Mediterranean in 1810, and later in the West Indies and on the coast of North America; took an active part in the first Burmese War, serving as senior naval officer in Rangoon; appointed captain of the Tees; resigned in 1830;...

Crook, Arthur Charles William

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Black, Kitty

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Bronowski, Rita.

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Ezekiel, Nissim, 1924-2004

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Manning, Olivia.

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Stallworthy, Jon Howie

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Naughton, Bill

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Bronowski, Jacob

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Wickham, Glynne William Gladstone

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Kitchin, Laurence.

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Morshead, O. F. (Owen Frederick), Sir

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Martin, Kingsley, 1897-1969

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Basil Kingsley Martin (1897-1969) was born in Hereford in 1897 and schooled in the city, in South Africa and at Millfield. After serving in France (1917-18), he spent three years (1919-22) at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he developed his early interest in socialism. Fellowships at Princeton University (1922-23) and at Magdalene College (1924-25) allowed him to pursue research published in 1924 as The Triumph of Lord Palmerston, a study of Press manipulation of public opinion to make an un...

Hall, Margaret, 1947-

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Epithet: wife of Captain Basil Hall, RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001190.0x00023f ...

Roche, Paul

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Piggott, Patrick, 1915-1990

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Hill, Susan

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North Carolina native; social worker; activist for reproductive rights; founder and director, National Women's Health Organization (NWHO, an organization of eight clinics serving as a leader in providing abortion services to under-served areas of the United States since 1976). President, National Women's Health Foundation, support foundation to the NWHO. From the guide to the Susan Hill Papers, 1976-2003 (bulk 1981-1999), (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke ...

Blissett, William

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Garnett, David, 1892-1981‏

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Author and publisher David Garnett was born in Brighton; his mother was a translator, his father a literary adviser, and he grew up in a literary environment. He studied botany at the Royal College of Science, and after graduation went into publishing. He became book critic for New Statesman, and wrote several popular novels, some fantasy and some with realistic themes. He has also written several volumes of memoirs, and edited works by T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Love Peacock. From the...

Fairbank, Alfred J.

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British calligrapher. From the description of Calligraphic copy-book made for Vera Law : [England], 1926 Oct. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270479470 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hove, to John Carter, 1958 Mar. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 526599011 From the description of Calligraphic specimens (3) : [England], ca. 1916-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539935 ...

Hughes, Olwyn

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MARCH, RICHARD

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Davis, Carl

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Porteus, Hugh Gordon

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x0003d8 ...

Hart-Davis, Sir Rupert Charles

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Walker, Sir Emery

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Nicolson, Harold George

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Swann, Donald, 1923-1994

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Epithet: entertainer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x0002c3 ...

Dean, Antony Musgrave

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Vaughan Williams, Ursula (Lock)

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Taylor, Robert H.

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Kroll, Steven

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Cooney, Seamus.

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Monteith, Charles Montgomery

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Colombo, John Robert

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Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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British novelist, playwright, and short story writer, most well-known for his autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage". From the description of Letter, signed : St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France), to James R. Parish, Brockton, Mass. 16 June 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 62718967 William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British author. From the description of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1919-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652236 ...

Driberg, Thomas Edward Neil

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David Higham Associates Ltd.

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Reade, Brian

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Stone, Reynolds

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English artist, wood engraver, and letterer. From the description of Papers, 1946-1947. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853269 Epithet: designer and engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001bc ...

Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967

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Vernon Phillips Watkins was born in Wales, and lived nearly his entire life near Swansea. He had written poetry since his youth, and attended Cambridge University for one year before leaving, ultimately taking a job with Lloyd's bank as a clerk. After a serious breakdown, he took a job at a different branch of Lloyd's, staying until he retired in 1966, but refusing advancement--he remained a clerk in order to devote time to his poetry. He became a close friend of Dylan Thomas, and published indi...

James, Philip, 1901-1974

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Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993

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Mayo, Eileen

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Sidgwick, Frank.

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O'Donovan, Desmond

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Hammer, Carolyn Reading

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Johnson, John, 1861-

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Buck, Jules, 1917-2001

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American film producer . From the description of Typed letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to John [Steinbeck], 1950 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777987116 ...

Longwell, Daniel

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Epithet: of 'Life' magazine British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000630.0x00003a ...

Douglas, Norman, 1868-1952

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English novelist and essayist. Born George Norman Douglas. From the description of South wind : AMs and related material, [1916]-1924 Oct. 25. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645587 From the description of ALS : London, to Grant Richards, 1917 Oct. 3. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122645586 George Norman Douglas was born Dec. 8, 1868 in Falkenhorst, Thuringen, Austria; recognized as British author, scientist, diplomat...

Larkin, Philip Arthur

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Brodzky, Horace, 1885-1969

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Brown, Oliver F.

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Monro, Harold, 1879-1932

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Harold Monro was born in Brussels to Scottish parents, and educated at Cambridge. He wrote and published poetry, and founded the influential magazine, Poetry Review. He is best remembered for opening the Poetry Bookshop in London, where he published new collections of poems and created a hospitable environment for poets and readers. He also served in World War I, returning to the Bookshop in 1919. A modest poet, Monro led a troubled personal life, but aided and befriended many notable 20th centu...

Barker, Nicolas John

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Swinnerton, Frank Arthur

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Frank Swinnerton was an English novelist (Brown class of 1907).This collection contains correspondence between Swinnerton and Alfred H. Gurney about personal and literary matters. From the guide to the Frank Swinnerton papers, Swinnerton (Frank) papers, 1953-1968, (Brown University Library Special Collections) Frank Arthur Swinnerton (1884-1982) was born in Wood Green, London, on 12 August 1882. He left school at the age of 14 and becam...

Trevelyan, Julian Otto 1910-

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Thornton, Alfred Henry Robinson

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Asher, Jane.

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Jepson, Selwyn.

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Raverat, Gwendolen Mary (Darwin)

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Newton, Eric

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Roberts, Eirlys Rhiwen Cadwaladr

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Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una, 1891-1967

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Wright, Paul

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Paul Wright was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1892. As an electrical engineer for Bell Telephone Company, he and his wife, Helen, lived in Newark, New Jersey before retiring to Prescott, Arizona. Mr. Wright was an active river runner on the Colorado, Snake and Salmon rivers throughout the 1950's and 1960's, and a member of the Colorado River "River Rats". He died August 4, 1970 in Prescott, Arizona. From the guide to the Paul Wright Collection, 1946 - 1993., (Cline Library. Specia...

Praz, Mario, 1896-1982

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Bainbridge, Henry Charles, 1873 or 1874-

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Ellis, Osian

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Gielgud, Arthur John

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Davenport, John

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 267 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003e1 Epithet: of Longport British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003e0 Epithet: of Add MS 33935 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003dd Epithet: of Davenport, co....

Burton, Philip, 1972-

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Epithet: of Add MS 30069 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x000306 ...

Carter, John Waynflete

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Skelton, John

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x00019d Epithet: Deputy Warden of the Marches British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001130.0x0001a7 Epithet: of Add MS 38201 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x000110 Epithet: Captain; ...

Bevan, Robert Alexander Polhill

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Lancaster, Sir Osbert

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Habakkuk, H. J.

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Russo, William J.

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Jay, Antony

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Searle, Humphrey

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Reeves, John

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Epithet: King's Printer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000386 Epithet: formerly Chief Justice of Newfoundland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x00010b Epithet: Law Clerk to the Board of Trade British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001033.0x0...

Gooden, Stephen, 1892-1955

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00003b ...

Smith, Florence Margaret

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Adam Smith, Janet

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Bryant, Douglas W. (Douglas Wallace), 1913-

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Bryant served as librarian and director of the Harvard Library. From the description of Papers of Douglas Wallace Bryant, 1935-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973321 ...

Atkinson, Anthony

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Warde, Beatrice

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English writer on typography. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [New York], to F.B. Adams, Jr., 1969 Jan. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270659511 Epithet: Mrs née Becker typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x0001e7 ...

May, Derwent, 1930-....

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Chute, Desmond

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Velmans, Michel

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Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey

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Epithet: author and lecturer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000287 ...

Blackburne, Harry W.

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Gysin, Brion.

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Brion Gysin was born on January 19, 1916, in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Gysin first established himself as a painter, attending the Sorbonne from 1934-1935 and associating with figures such as Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, and Salvador Dali. In 1935 he participated in the Surrealist Drawing Exhibitions, although his work was withdrawn by Surrealist founder Andre Breton. Gysin also attended the University of Bordeaux from 1949-1952 and Archivos de India at the University of Seville from 1952-195...

Bazley, Sir Thomas Stafford

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Reiniger, Lotte, 1899-1981

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Epithet: film animator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000120 German artist Lotte Reiniger designed cutout silhouettes, and directed silhouette and animation films, as well as shadow theatre. Born in Berlin in 1899, she was active in Germany until the 1930s when she and her husband Carl Koch spent extended periods in other European countries. In 1949, they emigrated to England, where she d...

Higham, David

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Dorival, Bernard

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Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour

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Moynihan, Berkeley Moynihan, Baron, 1865-1936

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Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan, was born in Malta. He was Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Leeds, 1910-1925, and Professor of Surgery, 1925-1927. He specialised in abdominal, gastric and pancreatic surgical techniques. From 1925 to 1931 he was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was appointed KB, 1912; CB,1917; KCMG, 1918; Baronet, 1922 and Baron in 1929 From the guide to the Receipted invoices for personal, domestic and pr...

Eliot, Esmé Valerie (Fletcher)

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Marshall, Norman

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Sieveking, Maisie Dèle (Meiklejohn)

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Matthias, John, 1941-....

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Dowling, Basil Cairns, 1910-2000

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Keynes, Milo.

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Epithet: nephew of J M Keynes British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x00032a ...

Genn, Leo, 1905-1978

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Ayrton, Michael

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Epithet: artist and author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000168 ...

Pearn, Pollinger & Higham, Ltd. (see: David Higham Associates, Ltd.)

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Causley, Charles, 1917-2003

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Charles Stanley Causley, poet, teacher and broadcaster, the only son of Charles Causley and Laura Bartlett, was born in Launceston, Cornwall on 24th August 1917 and educated at Launceston National School, Horwell Grammar School, Launceston College and Peterborough Training College. His father, a groom and gardener, died in 1924 from tuberculosis exacerbated due to gas exposure during the First World War, and Charles left school at 15 to work in a builder's office and then for an ele...

Edel, Leon

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Goldstein, Kenneth S., 1927-1995

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Ashmore, Basil

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Holloway, Edgar

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Tardieu, Jean, 1903-1995

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Cunard, Nancy Clara

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Lightbrown, R. W.

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Samuel, Herbert Louis Samuel, Viscount, 1870-1963

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Herbert Louis Samuel was a British statesman, who held many posts and became the Liberal leader in the House of Lords. Born in Liverpool to a successful German-Jewish banker, he graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a first in history. During this time he developed the radical Liberal stance that guided his political life; during his career, he served in the House of Commons, the cabinet, and as home secretary during World War I, and was involved in many key decisions. He served with dist...

Flower, Desmond, 1907-

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Burns, Alan, 1953-....

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Dodgson, Campbell, 1867-1948

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Critic and historian of art. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Charles Fairfax Murray, 1909 Jul. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270523921 ...

Michie, James.

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000099 ...

Cotton, John

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Epithet: of Add MS 17521 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x0003c9 Epithet: of Add MS 39225 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x000350 Epithet: minister of Boston, New England British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000572.0x00034d Epithet...

Wolfit, Sir Donald

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Jones, Judith Bailey

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Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937

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Epithet: of Add MS 38794 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00005c Thomas James Wise was an English book collector, printer, bibliographer, and literary forger. From the description of Thomas James Wise collection of papers, 1876-1937. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455235 From the guide to the Thomas James Wise collection of papers, 1876-1937, (The New York Public ...

Price, Nancy, 1880-1970

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Director of the People's National Theatre. From the description of Letter : London, to Laurence Housman, 1937 Nov. 24. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25248870 ...

Piper, John

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John Piper was a major figure in modern British art. He was a painter in oils and water colour, designed stained glass, ceramics and for the stage, made prints and devised ingenious firework displays. In addition to this he was also a gifted photographer of buildings and landscapes. Piper also wrote poetry, art criticism and several guidebooks on landscape and architecture. Piper was born at Epsom, Surrey on 13 December 1903 and educated at Epsom College. He joined his f...

Lee, Laurie

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Day Lewis, Cecil

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Gardner, Kenneth Burslam, 1924-1995

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Marks, Barry

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Mitchell, Adrian, 1941-

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Sykes, Christopher, 1907-1986

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Christopher Hugh Sykes was born at Sledmere near Malton, England, on Nov. 17, 1907, the second son of Mark and Edith Violet (Gorst) Sykes. His father, Sir Mark Sykes, was elected a conservative member of Parliament in 1912 and later served as an adviser to Lloyd George on Middle Eastern affairs. The father's Orientalist interests helped nurture the lifelong interest of the son in the Middle East. Christopher Sykes was educated at Downside School, the Sorbonne, and Christ Church, Oxford. During 1...

Tracy, Honor

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Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967

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English typographer, author, and lecturer. From the description of Letter, 1958. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 13048845 British printer, typographer and writer. From the description of Letter, 1939. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78489119 English typographer and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to Holbrook Jackson, 1923 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613086 ...

Millard, Christopher

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Abercrombie, Lascelles

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Carter, Frederick, -1967

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Watson, Rowland

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Betjeman, John

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Sir John Betjeman (1906-1984), poet, broadcaster and architectural historian, was the son of E. E. Betjeman and was educated at Marlborough College before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford in 1925. He married Penelope Valentine Hester (ne Chetwode) in 1933, and the couple had one son and a daughter. He began publishing poetry and pieces on topography and architecture, subjects which continued to occupy him throughout his life, in the Twenties and obtained a job at The Architectur...

Hearst, Stephen

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Williams, W. E. (William Emrys), Sir

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Kahn, Samuel

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Gilliam, Laurence, -1964

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