Betty Askwith collection, 1916-1981.

Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898

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William Ewart Gladstone, prime minister and author, was born in Liverpool, on Dec. 29, 1809; the fifth child and youngest son of Sir John Gladstone and Anne Mackenzie Gladstone. He was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, in preparation for a future in the British political world. He married Catherine Glynne, whom he met in Rome, in 1839, and together they had eight children. Gladstone was first elected to Parliament in January 1833, and over the next sixty years was involved i...

Grant, Duncan, 1885-1978

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English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Gordon Square [London], to E. McKnight Kauffer, 1926 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269568682 Scottish designer. From the description of Postcard and autograph letter signed with initials : Wissett Lodge and 46, Gordon Square, to John Maynard Keynes, 1916 Apr. 3-ca. 1920 Feb. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269599197 Artist and member of the Bloomsbury Group. From the ...

Clark, Kenneth, 1903-1983

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Kenneth Clark was an art historian and a patron of the arts. He was born in London, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, where he gained a second class in modern history. In the autumn of 1925, art historian Bernard Berenson asked him to assist him in the revision of his corpus of Florentine drawings. In 1929 he was offered the task of cataloguing Leonardo da Vinci's drawings held at Windsor Castle. In 1931 he was appointed keeper of the Department of Fine Art at the Ashmolean...

Hart-Davis, Rupert, 1907-1999

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Rupert Hart-Davis was a publisher, author, and man-of-letters. Born in London, he attended Eton College and Oxford University; he became an actor for a time, entering the publishing world in 1929 and working for William Heinemann, Ltd., and later Jonathan Cape, Ltd. In 1946, he founded his own publishing house, publishing a diverse range of both obscure and well-known authors. He was also a successful author, perhaps best known for his widely-admired biography of Hugh Walpole, and a respected ed...

MacAlpine, Ida

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Jones, Henry Festing, 1851-1928

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Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989

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Epithet: composer Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0002c4 ...

Plomer, William, 1903-1973

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William Plomer was an English poet, novelist, short-story writer, librettist, and songwriter. From the description of William Plomer collection of papers, 1921-1973. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122575712 From the guide to the William Plomer collection of papers, 1921-1973, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) William Plomer was born in South Africa and educated in England. After ...

Strachey, Alix, 1892-1973

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Compton-Burnett, I. (Ivy), 1884-1969

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Ivy Compton-Burnett was born at Pinner, Middlesex, England, June 5, 1884; educated at Addiscombe College, Howard College, and the Royal Holloway College; wrote first novel, Dolores (1911), while a governess for her younger sisters; wrote over twenty novels in her lifetime, receiving the James Tait Black memorial prize for Mother and son (1955); died, London, England, Aug. 27, 1969. From the description of Literary manuscripts, 1948-1963. (University of California, Los Angeles). World...

Rosin, Arnold, 1920-

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Arnold Rosin was born in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1920. He studied painting and the history of art at the Yale University School of Art. During World War II, Rosin served in the Ninth Air Force in Europe as an intelligence officer and interpreter. In 1949 he returned to France, entered the Atelier Fernand Léger in Montmartre, and settled permanently in Paris. He participated in a number of exhibitions, including the Salon de Mai in 1952. His paintings are in private collections in the United S...

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...

Lutyens, Mary, 1908-1999

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Balcon, Jill

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Bowes-Lyon, Lilian Helen, 1895-1949

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Green, Vivian Hubert Howard

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Askwith, Betty, 1909-1995

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British author and poet; also known as Betty Ellen Askwith; d. 1995. From the description of Betty Askwith collection, 1916-1981. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70978837 ...

Tweedsmuir, Susan, 1882-

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Susan Buchan was a British playwright. She was married to John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir), who was a British writer and Governor-General of Canada. From the description of Susan Buchan fonds. [1936]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848365 ...

Cubitt, Anne

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Lee, Laurie.

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Blanch, Lesley.

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British writer of biography. From the description of Letter : Paris, to Mr. Robinson of the Bodley Head, 1965 June 4. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472950 ...

Rose, Kenneth, 1924-2014

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Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967

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Epithet: publisher and author Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x0000b8 Victor Gollancz (1893-1967) was educated at St. Paul's School and New College, Oxford. Having been judged unfit for foreign service during the First World War, he spent the period teaching at Repton. In 1920 Gollancz began his first job in publishing, working for Benn's publishing ho...

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...

Runciman, Steven, 1903-2000

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Van der Post, Laurens

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Gere, John A.

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John A. Gere (1921-1995) was a British art historian and connoisseur of Italian sixteenth century drawings. He worked in the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, 1946-1981. From the description of John Gere research papers and photographs relating to Italian old master drawings, 1959-1990. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 123401443 ...