Colbeck manuscript collection. [18--]-1914.

Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925

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Benson was born Apr. 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father, Edward White Benson (1899), The schoolmaster (1902), Land of hope and glory, and Peace and other poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, s...

Rutherford, Mark.

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Payne, John E.

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American cattle rancher. From the description of Papers, 1893-1917. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29547123 Veteran of the Civil War and agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. John Payne joined the Union army as a private in the 15th Regiment Iowa Infantry. Appointed second lieutenant to the 10th Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers of African Descent, he served as aide-de-camp to Brigadier General J.R. Hawkins of the 3rd Brigade, First Division, ...

Ainslie, Douglas, 1865-1948

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Grant Duff Douglas Ainslie was born in Paris, France in 1865; BA, Oxford, 1886; became an English poet, critic, and diplomat; translated works of Benedetto Croce into English; publications include Chosen poems (1928) and The conquest of pleasure (1942); died March 27, 1948. From the description of Letters, 1884-1931. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39072947 Biography Grant Duff Douglas Ainslie...

Gibbon, Monk, 1896-1987

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Irish author Monk Gibbon produced a diverse and eclectic body of work, including poems, travel books, novels, biography, and several volumes of autobiography. He knew Yeats, and is best known for his unflattering portrayal of the Irish poet in his study, The Masterpiece and the Man, Yeats as I Knew Him, which generated a storm of controversy. He also taught in England, Ireland, Wales, and Switzerland. From the description of Monk Gibbon letter to Ellis Roberts and printed ballad, 193...

Carpenter, Edward K.

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White, William Hale, 1831-1913

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English novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Park Hill, Surrey, to W.A. Knight, 1883 June 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867602 From the description of Autograph letter signed : High Wickham, Hastings, to W.A. Knight, 1896 Sept. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867606 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "The Cottage," Groombridge, Kent, to W.A. Knight, 1904 Mar. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270867611 En...

Thomas, Edward, 1877-

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Little is known about Edward Thomas. From the description of Edward Thomas papers 1836. (Historical Society of W Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 47259152 Edward Thomas was a chemist and chemical patent lawyer in New York City; his wife Margaret Loring Thomas had been active in settlement work and a teacher of home economics before marriage; both were activist, pacifist Quakers. From the description of Collected papers of Edward Thomas and Margaret Loring Thoma...

Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890

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British painter and poet. From the description of William Bell Scott sketchbook and letters, 1862-1889. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146001036 Scott was a poet, painter, and art critic. He was a friend of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and was accepted by the Pre-Raphaelites. From the description of William Bell Scott collection, 1837-1891. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 436108757 British poet of the Victorian era. ...

Colbeck, R. Norman (Reginald Norman), 1903-

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Norman Colbeck was born in London, England. On leaving school he worked three years as a clerk with the Orient Steam Navigation Company in London. In 1923, after a brief period of self-education, chiefly at the British Museum, he was hired to manage the Rare Book Room of Foyle's Bookshop in Charing Cross Road. In 1927 he launched his own book shop, later moving to Bournemouth where he remained almost continuously until his move to Vancouver in 1967, when the UBC Library acquired his books and ma...

Guedalla, Philip, 1889-1944

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Philip Guedalla was born on 12 March 1889 in London. He received his education from Rugby School and Balliol College Oxford, where he became President of the Oxford Union in 1911. Between 1913 to 1923 Guedalla served as a Barrister at the Inner Temple, London. During the First World War, 1914-1918, he served as a legal adviser to the Contracts Department of the War Office and Ministry of Munitions. From 1917 to 1920 he organised and became secretary of the Flax Control Board. He stood for parlia...

Sturt, George, 1863-1927

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English author and wheelwright who wrote under the pseudonym George Bourne. From the description of Collection, 1893-1927. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122597861 Epithet: Rector of Critchell British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000571.0x000314 Epithet: banker, of St.Albans British Library Archives and Manuscripts ...

White, Dorothy Vernon, 1877-1967

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O'Shaughnessy, Arthur William Edgar, 1844-1881

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British poet. From the description of Papers, 1859-1881. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019475 Poet. From the description of Manuscripts, 1869-1879. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122308969 ...

Bourne, George

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