Collection of letters and manuscripts of World War I poets, [ca. 1913-1943].

Nichols, Robert, 1893-1944

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English author Robert Nichols was known as a World War I poet and playwright. Educated at Winchester College and Oxford, he served as an artillery officer in World War I, before being discharged with shell shock. He wrote poetry, giving readings to large crowds, and was part of a group of British artists sent to America. After the war, he became part of England's literary circle, served as professor of English literature at the University of Tokyo, and lived for a time in Austria and France. He ...

Lohf, Kenneth A

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Librarian. From the description of Reminiscences of Kenneth A. Lohf : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86100392 ...

Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937

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Drinkwater, a British playwright and poet, worked for an insurance company. In 1909 he became manager of the Birmingham Repertory Company, and his most successful plays included "Abraham Lincoln," "Mary Stuart," and "Bird in Hand." Drinkwater also published several critical literary biographies. From the description of Manuscripts and Correspondence, 1914-1916. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122612764 John Drinkwater was an English author and actor, proba...

PALMER, HERBERT

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Montague, C.E. (Charles Edward), 1867-1928

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English author, reviewer and critic. From the description of C. E. Montague letter to Will Orton Tewson [manuscript], 1924 August 14. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 451276533 ...

Hewlett, Maurice, 1861-1923

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Maurice Henry Hewlett was an English novelist and poet. He was born in Surrey and entered the family law practice in 1878, later called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1890. He gave up law to concentrate on writing after the success of his first novel, The forest lovers, in 1898. This was followed by other novels and later poems and essays. From the description of Maurice Hewlett letters, 1900-1922. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 60525772 Ma...

Abercrombie, Lascelles, 1881-1938

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Lascelles Abercrombie M.A. was born in 1881, and was the sixth son of William Abercrombie of Cheshire. He was educated at Malvern College, and at the Victoria University, Manchester; his education was chiefly scientific. He soon became well-known as a poet and a man of letters; from 1919-22 he was Lecturer in Poetry at the University of Liverpool, leaving there to become the Professor of English Literature at the University of Leeds, where he stayed until 1929 when he left to take up a Professor...

Manning, Frederic ca. 20.Jh.

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Australian author. From the description of Notebooks (3) containing 45 autograph manuscript poems : [1909-1911], 1908 Mar. 16, and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270916126 ...

Gibson, W. W. (Wilfrid Wilson), 1878-1962.

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Flecker, James Elroy, 1884-1915

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