ANS, 1912 July 2 : London, to Edwin A. Elsbach.

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ANS, 1912 July 2 : London, to Edwin A. Elsbach.

Written on the margins of a standard printed message postcard, Shaw repliews to Elsbach who has written asking permission to name a debating society after him+ "How any society consisting of such hopeless idots could have the audacity to call itself a Bernard Shaw Club baffles my understanding ... I utterly disown you."

1 p. ; 14 x 9 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6967255

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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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...