Autograph letter signed : Courmayeur, to The Stewart & Kidd Co., 1911 Sept. 4.

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Autograph letter signed : Courmayeur, to The Stewart & Kidd Co., 1911 Sept. 4.

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Assessing Archibald Henderson's biography of Shaw, remarking that "All autobiographies prove, when carefully checked, that no man has an accurate knowledge of his own life, and that when an autobiography does not agree with a biography, the biography is probably right and the autobiography wrong." Saying that despite some small inaccuracies Henderson has done "extraordinarily well."

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Pierpont Morgan 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...

Hecksher, George,

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Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963

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Archibald Henderson was an author and University of North Carolina professor of mathematics. From the guide to the Archibald Henderson Papers Relating to Family History, 1891-1964, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Mathematician, historian, and author. From the description of Archibald Henderson : miscellaneous papers, 1920-1922. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49242271 From the ...

Stewart and Kidd Company

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