Some friends and admirers of the poet laureate desire to mark his eightieth birthday (the 23rd of October next) by the presentation of a gift and an address ... / Royal Society of Literature. [1924?]

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Some friends and admirers of the poet laureate desire to mark his eightieth birthday (the 23rd of October next) by the presentation of a gift and an address ... / Royal Society of Literature. [1924?]

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Announcement distributed to solicit subscriptions to raise Ł150 with which to purchase a clavichord for Robert Bridges' birthday. Subscriptions to be sent to S. Sassoon.

1 leaf ; 26 cm.

Boston Athenaeum

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Sassoon, Siegfried, 1886-1967

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Poet and writer Siegfried Loraine Sassoon was born on 8 September 1886 at Weirleigh, near Matfield in Kent. His mother, Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, was from a prominent family of sculptors and artists, while his father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon, came from a wealthy Jewish merchant family. His father left home when he was seven and died soon after, so Siegfried and his brothers, Michael and Hamo, were raised solely by their mother. Educated at Marlborough College (1902-4), Sassoon read law at Cl...

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