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Arout, Gabriel, 1909-1982

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Gabriel Arout (1909–1982) was a Russian Empire-born French writer of Armenian descent....

Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of Time magazine and was sometimes referred to as the "King of New York". In business, he was best known as a partner at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. who reorganized and consolidated railroads. In his personal life, he was a great patron of the arts, where among things, he served as the chairman of the Met...

Meynell, Francis Meredith Wilfrid, 1891-1975

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Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell was born on May 12, 1891 in London, England to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell, the youngest of seven surviving children. Francis Thompson was Francis Meynell's godfather. Meynell attended Trinity College, Dublin, from 1908 until 1910 or 1911. He married three times: Hilda Saxe, 1914 (one daughter, Cynthia); Vera Mendel, 1925 (one son, Benedict); and Alix Hester Marie Kilroy, 1946 (no children). Francis Meynell was a typographer, book designer, and pub...

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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The main building of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a new art reference library, named the Thomas J. Watson Library, was designed by the architectural firm of Brown, Lawford and Forbes in consultation with the Museum. Severud-Elstad-Krueger were the structural engineers; Krey and Hunt were the mechanical engineers. The Library formally opened Jan. 26, 1965. It occupies three floors: the two lower floors comprise s...

Harvard college library

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The Harvard College Library used ledgers to record the loans of books from the library's collection during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The presence of what appear to be call-slips from 1823 to 1826 and the lack of ledgers for this period is unaccounted for in the literature cited in the bibliography. Late in the nineteenth century, librarians recognized that the ledger system could not provide the flexibility needed to control large collections. At the Harvard College L...

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856

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Heinrich Heine was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry set to music by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose are distinguished by their satirical wit and irony. He is considered a member of the Young Germany movement. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities—which, however, only added to his fame. He spent the last 25 years of his life as...

Keats, John, 1795-1821

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John Keats was an English poet and literary critic. John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821. In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' H...

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

Cournos, John, 1881-1966

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John Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun (Иван Григорьевич Коршун; he himself used the form Johann Gregorevich for his original name) (6 March 1881 – 27 August 1966), was a writer and translator of Russian-Jewish background who spent his later life in exile. Cournos was born in Zhitomir, Russian Empire, and his first language was Yiddish; he studied Russian, German and Hebrew, with a tutor at home. When he was ten years old his family emigrated to Philadelphia, where he learned English. ...

Hartmann, Sadakichi, 1867-1944

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Art critic, painter and writer; Andover, New Hampshire and Banning, California. Author of several books on American art. From the description of Sadakichi Hartmann manuscript, 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370555 ...

Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905

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Sir Henry Irving (1838-1905) was a British actor-manager. Born Feb. 6, 1838, in Keinton Mandeville, Somerset, Eng., he died Oct. 13, 1905, in Bradford, Yorkshire. Irving's original name was John Henry Brodribb. He achieved early success and began to play leading roles throughout London, often with Ellen Terry. In 1878, he took over the Lyceum Theatre and hired Terry as the company's leading lady. This partnership lasted for 25 years and was reknowned throughout England and the United States. Bra...

Ames, Winthrop, 1870-1937

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Theatrical manager, producer, director and writer, Winthrop Ames was born on November 25, 1870 into a wealthy and socially prominent family in North Easton, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard and began a career in publishing because of his family's strong opposition to a career in theater. In 1904, however, he traveled to Europe to study the "new stagecraft" and on his return became joint manager of the Castle Square Theatre in Boston with Loren F. Deland. This led to his appointment in 1...

Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946

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Gertrude Stein (b. February 3, 1874, Allegheny, PA-d. July 27, 1946, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector. She moved to Paris and acquired a love for modern painting. Stein began building a personal collection of major artists, many of whom became her friends and formed the core of her regular salons. In 1907, as Stein was struggling to establish herself as a writer, she met Alice Babette Toklas, a fellow American who had come to P...

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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Lewis Carroll, born Charles Lutwidge Dodson was born in England at Daresbury, Cheshire, to Charles Dodgson, an Anglican clergyman, and his wife Frances Jane Lutwidge on January 27, 1832. In 1851, Dodgson matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and in 1855 was appointed to a mathematical lectureship in that college, of which he remained a member for the rest of his life. A lifelong interest in writing, combined with a predisposition for story telling, word play, and games, led to a unique liter...

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Gonzaga, Pietro, 1751-1831

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Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga (Pierre Gothard Gonzague in contemporary French sources, Пьетро Гонзага in Russian sources, 25 March 1751 – 6 August [O.S. 25 July] 1831) was an Italian theatre set designer who worked in Italy and, since 1792, in the Russian Empire. A talented vedutist, master of chiaroscuro art and trompe-l'œil optical illusions, Gonzaga was primarily known for his fantastic yet deceptively realistic stage sets, and summarized the theory and purpose of his art as music for the eye...

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...

Craig, Edward Gordon, 1872-1966

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Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966) était acteur, metteur en scène, scénographe, graveur et théoricien du théâtre. Il était le fils de l'architecte Edward William Godwin (1833-1886) et de l'actrice Ellen Alice Terry (1848-1928). À sa naissance il s'appelait Edward Godwin Terry ; son nom fut officiellement changé en Edward Wardell en 1878. Il adopta le nom de scène Gordon Craig en 1891, qui fut officialisé par la suite. Edward Gordon Craig was born in England on 16 January 18...

Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973

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Edward Jean Steichen, born Eduard Jean Steichen (March 27, 1879 – March 25, 1973), was a Luxembourgish American photographer, painter, and curator. His were the photographs that most frequently appeared in Alfred Stieglitz's groundbreaking magazine Camera Work during its publication from 1903 to 1917. Steichen laid claim to his photos of gowns for the magazine Art et Décoration in 1911, being the first modern fashion photographs ever published. Steichen used his talents in the military in ...

Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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Bram (Abraham) Stoker (b. November 8, 1847, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland-d. April 20, 1912, London, England), studied at Dublin's Trinity College. He took a civil service job, but found it unsatisfying and moonlighted as an unpaid theatre critic. His affection for the theatre led to a partnership with Henry Irving, managing London's Lyceum Theatre. While managing the theatre, Stoker wrote consistently, publishing popular adventure and horror stories as well as non-fiction. Today, he is almost exclu...

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x00005f Irish writer, poet, and playwright. From the description of Collection, 1851-1957 (bulk 1877-1957). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122625016 Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Jones, Robert Edmund

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Robert Edmond Jones was born in 1887, and spent his career as a theater set designer. He also worked on the production of early Technicolor films as a color consultant. As a stage designer, Jones is best known for his simplified sets that complemented the action of a production and his dramatic use of color in costuming and lighting. From the description of Robert Edmond Jones papers, 1916 - 1963. (Wesleyan University). WorldCat record id: 299159602 Jones graduated from Harv...

Nodier, Charles, 1780-1844

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French librarian and author, associated with the Romantic movement. From the description of Charles Nodier papers, 1778-1951. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937109 From the guide to the Charles Nodier papers, 1778-1951., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) Epithet: writer and librarian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000008...

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

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George Cruikshank was a British artist, social and political caricaturist, and illustrator. From the description of George Cruikshand papers, 1827-1897 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26507077 English artist, illustrator and satirist. From the description of Album of George Cruikshank Color Prints, 1835. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 48116918 English artist and caricaturist. From the description of ALS : to Dr. Roberts, 1841[?] Feb....

Y. Sobolev

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Church, Richard, 1893-1972

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British author and poet. From the description of Letter, 1942 May 2. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29853286 Richard Church was a British author and critic, known as a poet and as a writer for young people. Born in the Battersea dictrict of London, he was educated at public schools in Dulwich and at sixteen took a job with the civil service, where he remained for twenty-four years. He published a considerable amount of poetry, then began writing fiction; ...

Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968

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Donald Wolfit was born in Nottinghamshire in 1902. As a young man he worked as an assistant stage manager with Charles Doran's Shakespeare Company, and began to pick up small parts on the stage. He later went on to work with Alexander Marsh and with Matheson Lang, and gradually built up a name for himself as a respected actor. He worked at the Old Vic and began working in films, saving this profits in order to start his own company, which he formed in 1937. He played most of the major Shakespear...

Rose, Enid

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Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931

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Ballerina. From the description of Anna Pavlova collection, 1909-[ongoing]. (Museum of Performance & Design). WorldCat record id: 430368594 Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer. Gabriel Astruc was a French producer, publisher, talent manager and founder of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Between 1907 and 1913 Astruc also handled a variety of theatrical business matters for Serge Diaghilev, including publicity, contract negotiations, financial backing, negotiations fo...

Carr, Michael Carmichael, 1881-1929

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American painter, engraver, set designer and puppeteer. From the description of Puppet paintings, 19-- (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 712069218 ...

Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927

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Epithet: art critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x00029d English literary and art critic; keeper, Dept. of Prints and Drawings of the British Museum; friend and editor of Robert Louis Stevenson. From the description of Letters to Elizabeth N. Fairchild [manuscript], 1896-1897. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647996389 Sir Sidney Colvin was an art professor, critic, ...

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882

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English painter and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Mrs. Gilchrist, [ca. 1863 Mar. 12]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 713659894 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : place not specified, to William Allingham, [1859 Dec.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 708246618 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Alexander Gilchrist, [1861 Sept. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat ...

Miller, Charles James

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Biography/History Charles James Miller was a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and close friend of Russell Meriwether Hughes, better known as La Meri--the "Queen of Ethnic Dance." In the early 1940s (during World War II), Miller served in the Army as an interpreter in French and Spanish for the Arabs; he was also director and choreographer for Army Red Cross shows in Algeria. After the war, Miller became a dance-dramatist and instructor with th...

Robinson, Lennox, 1886-1958

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Author and playwright, of Dublin, Ireland. From the description of Papers, 1940-1958. (Emory University). WorldCat record id: 28419626 Playwright, author, and theater manager. From the description of Playscript of Lennox Robinson, 1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449665 Lennox Robinson (1886-1958), author and playwright, born in Douglas, Ireland. From the description of Lennox Robinson collection, 1940-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669

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Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam. From the description of Descent from the Cross [printing plate]. [1654] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 425820100 ...

Lalo, Pierre, 1866-1943

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French music critic; son of the composer Edouard Lalo. From the description of Pierre Lalo reviews, 1911-1913. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 39145990 Biographical Sketch Son of Edouard Lalo, Pierre Lalo was born in Puteaux, September 6, 1866. He died in Paris, June 9, 1943. Pierre Lalo, a French music critic, was music review critic for Le temps (Paris) from October, 1898 until 1914. ...

Heywood, Thomas, approximately 1574-1641

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Epithet: of Add MS 37967 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000568.0x00010b ...

Carrick, Edward, 1905-1998

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Of Cutler's Orchard Bledlow nr Aylesbury, Bucks. Epithet: alias 'Edward Carrick', film director and designer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000352 ...

Hewitt, Barnard, 1906-

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Professor of theater, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)). From the description of Papers, 1944-1968. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28410468 ...

Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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Serge Diaghilev was a Russian ballet impresario, the founder, producer and artistic director of Ballets Russes. In his late years he turned to book and manuscript collecting. He built up a collection of rare Russian printed books, manuscripts and scores. From the description of Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938 (inclusive), 1925-1929 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80095680 From the guide to the Correspondence relating to book collecting, 1925-1938...

Gémier, Firmin, 1869-1933

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Firmin Gémier, actor and director of French theater. From the description of Firmin Gémier scrapbooks, 1892-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81289088 From the description of Firmin Gémier scrapbooks, 1892-1928. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702152502 ...

Pater, Walter, 1839-1894

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Pater was an English essayist and critic. From the description of Papers, ca. 1877-1894. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468883 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1894., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Pater was an English essayist and an art and literary critic. From the description of [Note, 1889 Apr. 16], Tuesday, 12 Earl's Terrace, Kensington, W. [to] Galton / Walter Pater. (Smith College). WorldCat record...

Kapp, Edmond X. (Edmond Xavier), 1890-1978

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Epithet: artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000040 ...

Soutar, Andrew, 1879-1941

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Andrew Soutar was an English writer. From the description of Andrew Soutar collection. [1928]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777193 ...

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...

Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840

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Burney was an English novelist and letter writer. Mary Hamilton was a good friend of hers. From the description of Autograph letter signed from Fanny Burney to Mary Hamilton, Norbury Park, 1784 July 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865184 English novelist, author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. Born Frances Burney, married General d'Arblay. From the description of ALS : to Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi, [1781] May 31-June 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). ...

Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

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Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor. From the guide to the Edmund Kean Collection, 1814-1933, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Edmund Kean (1787-1833) was an English actor associated with the Drury Lane Theatre. An affair with Charlotte Cox, the wife of prominent alderman Robert Cox, led to an adultery trial against Kean in 1825 and his subsequent travel outside of England. Kean returned to the English stage in 1827 and re...

D. Palai

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Fletcher, Ifan Kyrle, 1905-1969

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Ifan Kyrle Fletcher and Constance A. Kyrle Fletcher were bookdealers in London. From the description of Ifan Kyrle Fletcherl letters, 1926-1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 495526578 ...

Hume, Samuel J. (Samuel James), 1885-1962

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Samuel J. Hume: Director of the UC Berkeley Greek Theatre and Professor of Dramatic Literature and Art, UC Berkeley, 1918-1924; scholar and in drama; antiquarian book dealer; died 1962. Portia Bell Hume: Psychiatrist and Deputy Director the California State Department of Mental Hygine. Taught at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley. From the description of Samuel J. and Portia Bell Hume papers, 1848-1990 (bulk 1920-1971). (University of California, Berkeley). Wor...

France, Anatole, 1844-1924

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607535293 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607557572 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, [1917 Dec. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Copeau, Jacques, 1879-1949

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French actor and producer. From the description of Letters, to Maurice Browne, 1917-1924. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365169 ...

Macfall, Haldane, 1860-1928

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Chambers Haldane Cooke Macfall was an English military officer and author. Both parents had military ties, and he was educated at military school, and served in India and West Africa, retiring as a lieutenant. He became an influential art critic and historian, and a successful novelist of both historical fiction and adventure stories. He was also an artist and book designer. He returned to the military during World War I, serving as a captain. From the description of Haldane Macfall ...

Sarg, Tony, 1882-1942

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Tony Sarg was an inventor, designer, and author and artist of children's books, and is primarily remembered for designing marionettes and producing plays with puppet casts. Born in Guatamala, Sarg's father was in the German diplomatic service, and the family later returned to Germany. Sarg later lived in England and the United States; among his many accomplishments is designing the first balloons used in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. From the description of Tony Sarg biographic...

Bernac, Pierre

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Epithet: French baritone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x0001a3 ...

Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958

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Author. From the description of Letter with reply of George Jean Nathan, 1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983742 Editor of The American Spectator. From the description of Letters signed (17) : New York, to Claire Luce, 1933-1955 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270952693 ...

Etherege, George, 1636-1691 or 1692

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 969 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000386 Epithet: of Sloane MS 1458 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000385 ...

Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002a1 French writer. From the description of Travel notes, ca. 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148606 Gustave Flaubert, a 19th century French novelist, known primarily for his first novel Madame Bovary, published in 1857 and for his collected letters. From the description of Doria: manuscript, [ca. 1851]. (Temple...

J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.

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J.M. Dent & Sons, book publishers of London, England, was founded in 1888 by Joseph Malaby Dent (1859-1926). The company achieved success by selling cheap editions of the classics to the working class. Dent's first major production, the Temple Shakespeare series, was established in 1894, followed in 1906 by Everyman's Library, a series of 1000 volumes. Eventually, Dent's publishing activities expanded to include textbooks, children's books, educational books, self-help books, and travel guid...

Lynd, Robert, 1879-1949

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British authors. From the description of Robert and Sylvia Lynd collection, 1904-1949. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 122503025 ...

Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973

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American author of works for the stage and screen also noted for his biographical essays and memoirs. S. N. Behrman was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1893. He was educated at Clark College, Harvard College (B.A. 1916) and Columbia University (M.A. 1918). During the late 1910s Behrman's short stories and book reviews appeared in magazines and newspapers including The Smart Set and The New York Times. During the 1920s he collaborated on stories and plays with Kenyon ...

Laver, James, 1899-1975

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James Laver (1899-1975) was a British author, art historian and museum curator. For more than twenty years he was curator of prints and drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He was also a noted fashion historian. David Tatham (1939- ) is the author of seven books and more than eighty scholarly articles, exhibition catalogue essays, and journal reviews concerning American art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is presently (2010) a Professor Eme...

Burne-Jones, English painter and designer, was a friend of William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who influenced him in his art. From the description of Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones collection, 1881-1907. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 449884953 English painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to John Ruskin, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 757841354 From the description of Autograph letter signe...

Davidson, Jo

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American sculptor. From the description of Letter : Paris, to William O. Inglis, New York, 1926 April 1. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 316061200 Jo Davidson was an American sculptor who made images of some of the most notable figures of his day. Born in New York City, he studied at the Art Students League and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He became well-known for his portrait busts, which combine artistic sensibility with psychological insight. Among his subj...

Gregorovius, Ferdinand, 1821-1891

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German author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Monaco, 1869 Dec. 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270502092 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Roma, to the president of the Academia de' Quinti, 1862 Nov. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503621 German art historian. From the description of Letter : Rome, 1853. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81089049 ...

Burton, Decimus, 1800-1881

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English architect. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Spring Garden, to Samuel Prout, 1848 August 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131739 Epithet: architect British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000103 ...

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

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Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet. From the description of Arthur Symons collection. [1906-1929]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800282 Epithet: poet and critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001035.0x0001cd Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the developmen...

Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890

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Zundert 1853-1890 Auvers-sur-Oise. From the description of Autograph letter : to Paul Gauguin, with a sketch of "Bedroom at Arles", 1888 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270973205 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arles, to Émile Bernard, [1888 Mar. 18]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994117 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arles, to Émile Bernard, [between 1888 Sept. 19 and 25]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270994135 ...

Fox, Henry

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Epithet: nephew of William Fox and land agent to the Lamb family British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000263 Epithet: witness of Wolley Ch iv.48 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x000180 Epithet: of Add MS 28256 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100...

Seldes, Gilbert, 1893-1970

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Gilbert Vivian Seldes, author, journalist, drama critic, editor and director of TV for the Columbia Broadcasting System. Attended Harvard (1914), was a war correspondent, editor of The Dial 1920-1923. Wrote numerous books on topics of the times: the depression, contemporary America, the movies, and prohibition and also wrote detectice stories under the name of John Forbes. An early director of TV for the Columbia Broadcasting Company. Brother of George Seldes. Lola Koven...

Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830

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In October 1812, William Hazlitt was hired by the Morning Chronicle as a parliamentary reporter. Soon he met John Hunt, publisher of the Examiner, and his younger brother Leigh Hunt, the poet and essayist, who edited the weekly paper. Hazlitt began to contribute miscellaneous essays to the Examiner in 1813, and the scope of his work for the Chronicle was expanded to include drama criticism, literary criticism, and political essays. In 1814 the Champion was added to the list of periodicals that a...

Willet, John

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Epithet: captain of the ' Hopewell,' E Indiaman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000212.0x00022f ...

Fraser, Claud Lovat, 1890-1921

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Claud Lovat Fraser was a theatrical designer and book illustrator specializing in children's books. Fraser operated the Poetry Bookshop in London and published a number of children's books including The robin's songand Nursery rhymes. Fraser published under the pen name of Richard Honeywood. From the description of Festival card artwork, 1921. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122381320 Claud Lovat Fraser was an English artist and designer. Born and educated...

MacCarthy, Desmond, 1877-1952

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Sir (Charles Otto) Desmond MacCarthy, English literary reviewer and drama critic. From the description of Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 726886322 From the guide to the Desmond MacCarthy manuscript material : 1 item, 1950, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Desmond's first experience as an editor was with New Quarterly and then Eye Witness (late...

Window &Grove

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Painter, illustrator; Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of [Edwin A. Abbey] [graphic] Window & Grove. [ca. 1870] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220201082 ...

Henderson, Philip, 1906-1977

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Editor of the poems of John Skelton. Epithet: editor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000329 ...

Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000765.0x0002bc Henrik Ibsen, playwright. W.L. Turner, translator. From the description of Rosmersholm: typescript, 1998. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122430738 Playwright. From the description of A doll home : playscript, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454948 Norwegian poet and dramatist. ...

Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928

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British actress. From the description of Dame Ellen Terry correspondence and calling card, 1896. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980587 Epithet: actress British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x000002 Dame Ellen Terry was a 19th century British actress, who for many years performed opposite Henry Irving at the Lyceum Theatre, London. She was made a Dame Grand Cross in 1925. Fro...

Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927

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Isadora Duncan was a dancer and dance teacher who is credited with inventing what came to be known as Modern Dance. From the description of The Isadora Duncan papers. 1904-1927. (University of Utah). WorldCat record id: 191855381 American dancer. From the description of Autograph note signed, dated : [n.p., n.d.], to an unidentified recipient, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873291 Isadora Duncan (1878-1927) was born 27 May 1878 in San Francisc...

Soumet, Alexandre, 1788-1845

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French playwright and librettist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Paris?, 8 March 1826], to M. Frédéric [du Petit-Méré], director of the Odéon, [1826 Mar. 8]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873754 ...

Musset, Alfred de 1810-1857

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Alfred de Musset was a writer. From the description of Autographed commentary, ca. 1855-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155887233 French poet. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris?, to Caroline Jaubert, 1837 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612982 ...

Mascagni, Pietro, 1863-1945

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Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00020d I Rantzau, with a libretto by Guido Menasci and Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, based on a play by Émile Erckmann, was first performed in Florence in 1893. A vocal score was published by Sonzogno (Milan, 1892). From the description of Sol che il sole risplenda. 1894 Nov 1-2. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 62092344 Italia...

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1852-1917

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an English actor-manager and writer. From the description of Herbert Beerbohm Tree collection. [1891-1902]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676800446 English actor-manager of the early 20th century. From the description of Herbert D. B. Tree collection, 1891-1917. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 506484524 Herbert Beerbohm Tree was a successful actor manager, renowned for his product...

Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir I. (Vladimir Ivanovich), 1858-1943

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Co-founder of the Moscow Art Theatre and its director during the Soviet period. From the description of Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko Papers, ca. 1933-1937. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320409855 ...

Nicholson, John, 1950-

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Epithet: of Liverpool British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000226 Epithet: merchant, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x000224 Epithet: of Sloane MS 4064 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001197.0x0002bb ...

Alma-Tadema, Lawrence, 1836-1912

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Painter. From the description of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema correspondence, 1883. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449425 British painter. From the description of Papers, ca. 1877-1934. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78472594 ...

de Amicis, Edmondo , 1846-1908

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Italian author. From the description of Autograph postal card signed : Turin, to Sig. Cav. Gallino in Biella, 1898 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132426 ...

Sand, George, 1804-1876

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George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant) was a French author. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1829-1872. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122590144 George Sand was the pseudonym of Mme. Dudevant. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1857, 1875, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886629 George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant ) was a Frenc...

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

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This version 1943.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Suite from the opera : the Fairy queen / Henry Purcell ; selection and orchestration by Harold Byrns. 1943. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 53445289 From the opera composed ca. 1689. Transcribed 1936.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Passacaglia : from Dido and Aeneas / Henry Purcell ; transcribed by Charles O'Connell. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall Colle...

Waldteufel, Emil, 1837-1915

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French composer, pianist, and conductor. From the description of Autograph postal card signed, dated : Grandcamp-les-Bains (Calvados), 6 January 1899, to M. Evelie, doublebass player in Paris, 1899 Jan. 6. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270678946 ...

Kessler, Harry, Graf. 1868-1937

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Designer, publisher and patron of fine press printing. His first book was the Notizen über Mexico (1898). After founding the Cranach Press at Weimar in 1913, he commissioned type designs from Edward Johnston and a book version of Gordon Craig's staging of Hamlet with designs by Craig. From the description of Count Harry Kessler letters, 1898-1937. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 34997982 ...

Terry, Fred, 1863-1933

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000311 ...

Unesco

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Marshall, Herbert, 1890-1966

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Epithet: Dr; of Sloane MS 1326 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001192.0x0003b5 Herbert Marshall was a monoglot Englishman who came to work at the Aluminium Works (Laboratory Department) at Dolgarrog, Caernarfonshire. He learnt Welsh and could speak it exceptionally well. Later, he emigrated to Canada. He studied the mid-Conwy Valley extensively, consulting manuscripts and examining the ...

Noguchi, Yoné, 1875-1947

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Yoné Noguchi (1875-1947) was a poet and professor of English at Keio University in Tokyo. Noguchi traveled to the United States in 1893, where he lived and worked in San Francisco and New York before retuning to Japan in 1904. He developed a reputation while in the United States as an imagist poet and published his first book of poetry, Seen and unseen or, monologues of a homeless snail (1897), while living in San Francisco. With the publication of his book, Noguchi became the first Japanese na...

Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Story, William Wetmore, 1819-1895

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William Wetmore Story was born in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1840, left the United States in 1847 and spent the rest of his life in Rome. There he began his career as a sculptor, working mostly in marble. From the description of Letters sent, 1860, 1875. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77798425 American expatriate William Wetmore Story had talent and success in diverse pursuits. After graduating from Harvard, he practised law in Bo...

Rutherston, Albert, 1881-1953

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British book illustrator, painter and theater decorator. From the description of Letters, ca. 1915-1945. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82947055 ...

Braque, Georges, 1882-1963

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French painter. From the description of Letter, 1905 July 13, Honfleur. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80147574 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Varengeville, to John Rewald, 1951 Oct. 4 and [1956 Sept. 19]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870407 From the description of Letter, 1925. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78558538 ...

Eaton, Walter Prichard, 1878-1957

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Author, drama critic, and educator. From the description of Correspondence of Walter Prichard Eaton [manuscript] 1901-56. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647942999 Walter P. Eaton: worked in the drama department, New York Tribune, 1902-1907; drama critic, New York Sun, 1907-1908; drama critic, American Magazine, 1909-1918; professor of playwriting, Yale University, 1933-1947; free-lance drama and theater critic; author. From the description of Walte...

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to "Mon cher Paul", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269574025 French author and critic. From the description of Autograph note signed, 1860 mai 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269590797 Includes pen-and-ink drawing of a young woman's head. From the description of Autographed commentary and drawing, ca. 1853-1854. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat r...

Stendhal, 1783-1842

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Stendhal (b. Marie-Henri Beyle, January 23, 1783, Grenoble, France–d. March 23, 1842, Paris, France) was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism....

Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929

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Author, critic, and member of the Columbia English Department Faculty from 1891-1924. Matthews was an influential figure in the literary and dramatic worlds of New York and London from the 1880s throughtout his life. He was a member of numerous social and literary organizations, serving as president of the Dunlap Society, the Modern Language Association, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters, among others. From the description of Papers, 1877-1962. (Columbia University In th...

Cochran, C. B. (Charles Blake), 1872-1951

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Sir Charles Blake Cochran, theatrical producer, agent and promoter. From the description of Sir Charles Blake Cochran papers, 1898-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79763221 From the description of Sir Charles Blake Cochran papers, 1898-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702150310 ...

Cooper, Diana, 1892-1986

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Diana, Viscountess Norwich. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Vineuil, Oise, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1958 Nov. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270863654 ...

Goldoni, Carlo, 1707-1793

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Italian dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : Rome, 28 April 1759, to an unidentified recipient who is traveling in France, 1759 Apr. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577981 ...

Craig, Edith, 1869-1947

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Edith Craig was born in Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 9, 1869; the daughter of actress Ellen Terry, she made her first stage appearance at the Court Theater in 1878 during a run of Olivia; was a member of Lyceum Theatre Company for many years, working with her mother and brother, Edward Gordon Craig, under the direction of Henry Irving; at one time designed and made costumes for many London productions, but in later years became engaged in stage management and play productions; as stage director ...

Poel, William, 1852-1934

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William Poel was an English Shakespearean actor. He was founder and director of the Elizabethan Stage Society. His name was originally spelled William Pole. From the description of Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1916-1928. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155884645 ...

Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685

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Epithet: Bishop of Killala and Achonry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00037c Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000442.0x00037e ...

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Wijdeveld, H. Th., 1885-1987

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Dutch architect and historian. From the description of Frank Lloyd Wright Scrapbook, 1931. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80965858 Dutch designer and architectural historian. From the description of Proposals and meditations, 1927-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82911820 Dutch architect, died 1987. From the description of H. Th. Wijdeveld graphic and architectural designs, 1919-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat ...

Irving, H. B. (Henry Brodribb), 1870-1919

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Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F111-112 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001244.0x000334 ...

Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915

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Composed originally for piano 1907.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Nuances / A. Scriabin ; arr. by M. Altschuler. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 54109302 American pianist, conductor, and composer of Russian birth. From the description of [Album leaf in the hand of Ossip Gabrilowitsch], 1928 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270563334 Russian composer. From the description of "Mazurka op 9. ....

Selva, Giovanni Antonio, 1753?-1819

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Italian architect. From the description of Letters to his family, 1778-1781. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84005442 ...

Schmoller, Hans

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Epithet: typographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001569.0x00020e Hans Peter Schmoller was born in Berlin in 1916 to Jewish parents. He went to London in the early 1930s to do a course in compositing at the Monotype Institute. There he heard about a vacancy at Morija Printing Works, Basutoland (Lesotho) to run an Evangelical Swiss printing press. Hans emigrated to Basutoland in 1938 where he was...

L. Gray

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Alexander, George, Sir, 1858-1918

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English actor and theatre manager. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ambleside, to Joan Severn, 1885 July 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 761219386 Epithet: actor-manager Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x000059 ...

Maillol, Aristide, 1861-1944

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French sculptor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Banyuls-sur-Mer, to Garner, ca. 1900-1909. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270844663 From the description of Autograph letters signed (6) and autograph letters (2) : Banyuls-sur-Mer, to John Rewald, 1938 Jan. 20-1941 Feb. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871389 From the description of Copies of letters (2) : Banyuls-sur-Mer, to Barr, 1940 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874577 ...

Constable.

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H. Rehm

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Kemble, Henry, 1848-1907

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Epithet: actor British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000509.0x000340 ...

Fraser, Grace Lovat

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Wife of Claud Lovat Fraser. From the description of In the days of my youth : typescript, [19--]. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 29458600 ...

Housman, Laurence, 1865-1959

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Writer, poet and artist whose work focused on royalty and religion. Brother of poet A.E. Housman. From the description of Letters, 1890-1957. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122517799 British author. From the description of Laurence Housman papers, 1936-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979842 Laurence Housman (1865-1959), writer, brother of A.E. Housman. From the guide to the Laurence Housman: Letters to Noel Teulon-...

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

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Joseph Conrad, a major British writer, was born in Poland and became a British subject in 1887. After a twenty year career at sea, he published his first novel, "Almayer's Folly" (1895), successfully launching his writing career. From the description of Letters-Manuscripts, 1908-1913. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122588887 Novelist and short story writer who was born Jozef Konrad Teodor Korzeniowski in Berdichev, Ukraine, and became a British citizen in...

Ricketts, Charles S., 1866-1931

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Ricketts designed this poster for Harley Granville-Barker's adaption of Hardy's play at the Kingsway Theatre in London (25 November 1914 - 7 January 1915). This is one of fifty proofs before lettering which were sold at the theatre; proceeds from the sale went to benefit the Soldier's Cigarette Fund. From the description of [The dynasts] [graphic] / CR [monogram]. [1914] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47248729 Epithet: artist and art collector; alias Jean Paul Raymo...

Swaffer, Hannen, 1879-1962

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Epithet: journalist and dramatic critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x00039f ...

British Broadcasting Company

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The two part documentary ‘No Plan, No Peace: The inside story of Iraq’s descent into chaos’ was produced by BBC Current Affairs and broadcast on the 28th and 29th October 2007. From the guide to the BBC Documentary: ‘No Plan, No Peace’ Collection, 2007, (Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford) In December 1981, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a series of 13 controversial programmes by its Religious Affairs Correspondent, Gerald Priestland, under the title Priestland's...

Jackson, Barry, 1879-1960

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Sir Barry Jackson was the owner and founder of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. He had formed an amateur company called the Pilgrim Players, the success of which led to the creation of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1913. This was the first purpose built repertory theatre and was home to the Birmingham Repertory Company. Jackson's Birmingham Rep had a wide repertoire, including innovative modern dress Shakespeare, Greek drama, and modern experimental drama. Many of the plays transferred to...

Hofmannsthal, Hugo von 1874-1929

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Hugo von Hofmannsthal was a German author, known as perhaps the most important Austrian writer of his era. Born in Vienna to prosperous Jewish parents, he was educated by private tutors and studied law and philology at the University of Vienna. He showed a precocious gift for poetry, and became equally prolific writing drama, fiction, and essays. He was influenced by the Symbolist tradition, and his work was self-consciously aesthetic, but his writing was always infused with his concern for harm...

M. Morozov

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Marshall, Herbert, 1890-1966

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Synge, J.M. (John Millington), 1871-1909

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John Millington Synge was an Irish playwright, poet, and essayist. From the description of John Millington Synge collection of papers, 1898-1929. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122626264 From the guide to the John Millington Synge collection of papers, 1898-1929, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) Irish playwright and author. From the description of J.M. Synge collecti...

Wagner, Siegfried, 1869-1930

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Wagner was the son of Richard Wagner (1813-1883) and Cosima von Bülow (née Liszt), who later married Richard. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, ca. 1922-1929. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864725 German composer and conductor. From the description of Partially printed document, dated : Lucerne, 13 October 1892, 1892 Oct. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270678940 From the description of Autograph le...

Nijinsky, Vaslaw, 1890-1950

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Russian dancer and choreographer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., St. Petersburg], 24 July [n.y.], to Mikhail Dimitrievich, [n.y.] July 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582957 From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : [n.p., n.d.], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873596 ...

Ashcroft, Peggy, 1907-1991

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hampstead, [London], to Denys Blakelock, [1952 Mar. 21]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870222 ...

Darton, F.J. Harvey (Frederick Joseph Harvey), 1878-1936

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Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, English publisher and writer. From the guide to the F. J. Harvey Darton manuscript material : 1 item, 1924, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Harvey Darton was an English writer and editor. From the description of Harvey Darton fonds. [ca. 1931]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 667848424 Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, English publisher and writ...

A. C. Young

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Salvini, Tommaso, 1829-1915

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Italian actor. From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, to John Sartain, 1883 Apr. 4. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28489397 From the description of Autograph sentiment signed, dated : Brooklyn, 6 February 1883, 1883, 6 February. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270668694 Actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Ontignono, 1870 Aug. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634102 Italian tragedian. From the...

Dukes, Ashley, 1885-1959

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Epithet: author and dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000111 British producer and playwright. From the description of Ashley Dukes papers, [ca. 1932-1942]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122502153 ...

McPharlin, Paul, 1903-1948

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Designer, author, editor, illustrator and puppeteer. From the description of Paul McPharlin papers, 1903-1948 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 637047558 Puppeteer, Detroit, Mich. From the description of Paul McPharlin papers, 1905-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78925949 ...

Great Britain. Ministry of Information

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In 1917 the Prime Minister David Lloyd George (1863-1945) set up a Ministry of Information. The newspaper magnate Lord Beaverbrook (1879-1964) was put in overall charge of the organisation as Minister of Information. Other appointments included the Managing Director of United Newspapers Ltd, Robert Donald (1860-1933), who became Director of Propaganda in Neutral Countries) and Lord Northcliffe, (1865-1922), another newspaper magnate, who became Director of Propaganda in Enemy Countries. The Mini...

Garrick, David, 1717-1779

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David Garrick was raised in Lichfield, England, and became a leading actor, playwright and theatrical producer in London. From 1747 to 1776, he was a partner in the Drury Lane Theatre. From the description of Papers, 1749-1778. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 85213417 David Garrick, English actor and playwright. Garrick frequently invested in land, and in 1756 he bought a large estate in Hendon, northwest of London. There is no evidence that Garrick ever lived at H...

Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), 1883-1971

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St. John Greer Ervine had a long and influential career in the theatre. Born to deaf-mute Protestant parents in a suburb of Belfast, he moved to London in 1900 where he worked as a clerk and became active in the Fabian Society. An accomplished writer of realistic plays, his work first appeared in 1911, and he enjoyed considerable success, leading to his long friendship with George Bernard Shaw and the opportunity to manage the Abbey Theatre in 1915-1916. He joined the army in 1916, was wounded i...

Hill, Aaron, 1685-1750

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Plaistow, to Samuel Richardson, 1743/44 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606039 Aaron Hill, English writer and entrepreneur. From the description of Aaron Hill manuscript material : 1 item, 1744 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 426938529 ...

Evelyn, John, 1620-1706

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Evelyn was an English diarist. From the description of Papers, 1650-1704. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122613646 From the guide to the Papers, 1650-1704., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) English diarist. From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : [n.p.], to [Thomas Tension], 1680 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531563 From the description of Autograph signature cut from ...

Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946

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Claude Fayette Bragdon, architect, stage designer, author, and poet, was born in Oberlin, Ohio, on August 1, 1866. In 1891 he moved to Rochester, N.Y., and in 1923 he settled in New York City until his death in 1946. His architectural designs include Rochester's New York Central Railroad Station and the Rochester First Universalist Church. His books include THE GOLDEN PERSON IN THE HEART (poems, 1898), ARCHITECTURE AND DEMOCRACY (1918), MERELEY PLAYERS (1929), and MORE LOVES THAN ONE (autobiogra...

Lieutier

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Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832

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Son of Napoleon I. From the description of Autograph translation of a portion of Caesar and other historical exercises, 1828 Mar. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535983 From the description of Autograph copying book of letters and other writings, 1829 Dec.-1830 Jan. (Morgan Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 81020997 From the description of Autograph signature to military report, 1830 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270535578 ...

Tchou, Yang

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Frohman, Charles, 1860-1915

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Charles Frohman (1860-1915) was a theater manager in New York City and London. From the description of Charles Frohman Letterpress Copybooks, 1898-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122455669 The theatrical manager and producer Charles Frohman was born in Sandusky, Ohio in 1860. He was the youngest brother of theatrical managers Daniel (1851-1940) and Gustave (1855-1930) Frohman. By 1883 Charles Frohman was working as an independent producer; in 1890 he organi...

Albery, James, 1838-1889

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James Albery was born in London, England on May 4, 1838 and was a dramatist. He is best known for his comedy, Two Roses, that was produced at the Vaudeville Theatre in 1870; the production ran for 300 performances. Other plays include A Pretty Piece of Chiselling (1864), Dr Davy (1866), Coquettes (1870), Pickwick (based on Dickens's The Pickwick Papers (1871), Pink Dominos (1877), Jingle (a farcical version of Pickwick) (1878), Oriana (with music by Frederic Clay); The Spectre Knight (operetta w...

Shaw, Martin, 1875-1958

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Epithet: organist and composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x00031f ...

Girodias, Maurice

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Maurice Girodias was born in 1919, the son of Jack Kahane, who came from a well-established Anglo-Jewish family in Manchester, and his French wife whose family had made their fortune building railways in Argentina. Jack Kahane set up in business in Paris as a publisher and founded the Obelisk Press which produced the work of writers prevented by censorship laws from being published in their own countries, such as Henry Miller, as well as more conventional pornography. The young Maur...

New Theatre

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Anderson, Melville Best, 1851-1933

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American literary scholar, primarily of Dante. From the description of Melville Best Anderson papers, 1926-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552958 Head of English Dept. at Stanford University and Dante scholar. From the description of Melville Best Anderson letters to Franklin E. Perham and other papers, 1901-1928. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 215099758 Biography Me...

Stone, Irving, 1903-1989

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Epithet: born Irving Tannenbaum, writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0003bb Irving Stone was born Irving Tannenbaum in San Francisco, California, changing his name to Stone after his mother remarried. He attended the University of California at Berkeley, supporting himself by playing the saxophone, and graduated with degrees in political science and economics. He lectured, working on a Ph. D., but m...

Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846

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English painter. From the description of Autograph document signed : [n.p.], being the name and address of W.Y. Otley [sic], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269605958 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Oxford Row [Leeds], to Thomas Lupton, 1839 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270471360 From the description of Autograph letter in third person : London?, to the Marquess of Stafford, 1816 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269606160 ...

Calvert, Charles, 1828-1879

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London, n.d.], to Lewis Wingfield, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270564080 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : Tavistock Hotel, Palatine Hotel, and Avon Lodge, Manchester, to William A. Turner (4) and Alfred Darbyshire, 1872 Feb. 20-[1874 Dec. 31]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270134466 British actor. From the description of Alexander Charles Calvert letter to...

Webb, Kaye

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Epithet: editor of Puffin Books British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000105 Created by Kaye Webb during the course of her working career. From the guide to the Kaye Webb Collection, 1925-1994, (Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books) ...

Guilbert, Yvette, 1865-1944

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French diseuse and folksinger. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 26 January 1919, to Mrs. Harry Harkness Flagler, 1919 Jan. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270578438 Yvette Guilbert was a French performer and novelist. She trained as an actress, and worked as a model, but won great fame as a diseuse, singing humorous or risque songs with a singular and ingenuous delivery. She successfully toured England, Germany, and America, enjoying imme...

Bucke, Richard Maurice, 1837-1902

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Bucke was a Canadian psychiatrist and psychologist, Walt Whitman's literary executor, and superintendent of the London Ontario Asylum for the Insane. Love was an American and the Director of Physical Training for Women at Indiana State Normal School. From the description of Letters to Edith Maclure Love, 1889-1902. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 78326340 From the guide to the Letters to Edith Maclure Love, 1889-1902., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Ha...

Kleist, Heinrich von 1777-1811

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Heinrich von Kleist, playwright; Jon Swan, translator. From the description of The broken jug : typescript. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485707 ...

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797

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Dr. John Allen (1771-1843) was a political and historical writer. In 1791 he graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh. In 1801, in his capacity as a doctor, he accompanied Lord Holland to Spain, and on his return to England became a regular inmate of Holland House. Although he served in 1806 as under-secretary to the commissioners for treating with America, Allen is best known for his social life at Holland House, especially as documented in his diary. He also helped Lord Holland to...

Lark, Anna

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Imperial Institute

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The Imperial Institute was founded in 1887 'as a monument to the emerging imperial sentiment'. It acted partly as an educational instrument, with extensive gallery spaces promoting the Commonwealth, but was also an important research base for the Empire, exploring the potential for industrial commercial operations in the Dominions and Colonies. The Institute was sited in a building in South Kensington, London, and was purpose-designed by Thomas Colcutt (1840-1924) in a similar style...

Wyndham, Charles, 1837-1919

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English actor and theater manager. From the description of Letters, ca. 1897-1900, to son Howard Wyndham. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019039 English actor-manager. From the description of Better late than never : autograph sentiment signed : [London, n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584377 Epithet: actor-manager, pseudonym of Charles Culverwell Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catal...

Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923

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Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was a French actress. From the guide to the Sarah Bernhardt Collection, 1878-1969, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections) Actress, sculptor, and painter, Sarah Bernhardt was born in Paris, France. From the description of Letter, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007114 French born actress, artist, and writer. From the description of Sarah Bernhardt Collection, c...

Granville-Barker, Harley, 1877-1946

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Granville-Barker was an English actor, producer, dramatist, and critic. From the description of Papers, 1877-1937. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122468875 From the guide to the Papers, 1877-1937., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Harley Granville-Barker began his stage career as an actor in a provincial company, before first appearing in London in 1892. He went on to have a career on the stage, acting with many well known n...

Monkhouse, Allan, 1858-1936

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English playwright, critic, essayist and novelist. From the description of Allan Monkhouse letter to Glen Walton Blodgett [manuscript], 1921 October 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 436148119 ...

Chesterton, G.K. (Gilbert Keith), 1874-1936

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English literary critic and author. From the description of Epitaph, [not after 1936]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 31402388 Author and journalist. From the description of Poem of G. K. Chesterton, 1898. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455163 Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English poet, journalist, author, and critic. His literary criticism included works about Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, and George Berna...

Sardou, Victorien, 1831-1908

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Louis Verneuil (1893-1952), French playwright, actor, director, and dramatist, was the author of such works as "La vie merveilleuse de Sarah Bernhardt" and "Affairs of state." From the description of Théâtre complet : [tome] 2, Patrie!, L'espionne, Théodora : prompt book / Victorien Sardou. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 68944675 French dramatist and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Nenniam, 1890 Sept. 2...

Swan, Michael

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Epithet: of Add MS 38206 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0001b8 Epithet: of Glasgow British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000679.0x0001c7 ...

Monteverdi, Claudio

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Transcribed 1929; first performance Prague, 5 Sept. 1930.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Madrigali : interpretazioni sinfoniche : dal concerto : settimo libro dei Madrigali / di Claudio Monteverdi ; G. Francesco Malipiero. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52973541 Epithet: composer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000370 ...

Reade, Charles, 1814-1884

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Charles Reade was born in Oxfordshire, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford; he became a fellow of the college, studied law, and earned a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, although he never practiced law. He wrote numerous plays, often in collaboration with other dramatists, including translations of continentral drama (sometimes without permission). His most successful play was Masks and Faces which, on the advice of actress Laura Seymour, he turned into a novel. He was eventually more successfu...

Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1855-1934

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British playwright and actor. From the description of Letters, 1899-1903 : to F.A. Besant Rice. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34363756 British actor and writer; member of the Garrick Club. From the description of Letter written to Sir George Henschel, 1906. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386412 Pinero was an English dramatist. From the description of Papers concerning The ...

Heslewood, Tom, 1868-1959

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Tom Heslewood, born in 1868, was a British actor and costume designer. His fist stage appearance was at London's Shaftesbury Theatre, 1893, as Wilton Ken in Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas . During his career as a designer he designed such costumes and scenery as those for Where the Rainbow Ends, General John Regan and Anthony in Wonderland for Charles Hawtrey and Princess Clementina, The Grand Seigneur and Hamlet for H.B Irving. Heslewood knew the great actor...

Blake, William, 1757-1827

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Epithet: poet, engraver, artist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0001f1 The original manuscript was acquired in 1847 by the English poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is now, British Library. Add. 49460. From the description of Rossetti manuscript : [stats], 1935. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612881103 English artist, poet and mystic. From the description of Au...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

Maurois, André, 1885-1967

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James Whitall is a Haverford graduate, class of 1910. From the description of TLS, [19]38 May 20 : Neuilly-sur-Seine [France] to "Cher Monsieur" [James Whitall]. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 46667962 André Maurois was a prolific French author who wrote in a variety of forms and genres. Born as Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, he was educated in Rouen, but delayed his boyhood dream of becoming an author to work for the family textile business. He fought in W...

D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938

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Italian poet, novelist, and dramatist. From the description of Ode per la morte del distruttore : autograph manuscript signed, 1900?. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 427418260 From the description of Prima del secondo assalto : electoral politic discourse, pronounced before the Florentine people : autograph manuscript signed, 1900 June 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 427409004 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Arcachon, to Madame la Comtesse Venturi...

Wills, W. G. (William Gorman), 1828-1891

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x00004a ...

Herbert, Henry, Sir, 1595-1673

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Epithet: Colonel; MP for Wilton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x0000ad Epithet: of Add MS 23669 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x0000af Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000447.0x0000ae Epithet: of Stowe MS 175 ...

Hardie, Martin, 1875-1952

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Hardie was born on Dec. 15, 1875 in London, England; attended Linton House, St. Paul's School, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1898; began work in the library of the Victoria and Albert Museum; studied etching with Sir Frank Short of the Royal College of Art, exhibiting his own etchings and water colors at the Royal Academy by 1908; elected to Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; in 1921 he took charge of the Museum's new De...

Morton, John Maddison, 1811-1891

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John Maddison Morton (1811-1891) was an English playwright of one-act farces, including Box and Cox (1847), as well as comic dramas, pantomimes, and other theatrical pieces. ...

Schick, Max

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Cohen, Gustave, 1879-1958

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Après un doctorat en droit, Gustave Cohen (1879-1958) s’orienta vers des études de littérature française et de philologie romane. Auteur d’une thèse de doctorat sur l’histoire de la mise en scène dans le théâtre religieux du Moyen Age (1906), il professa de 1909 à 1912 à l’Institut Schweitzer, installé à l’École des sciences sociales, en face de la Sorbonne. En 1912, Gustave Cohen se vit confier une chaire de langue et de littérature française à l’université d’Amsterdam. En octobre 1919, après l...

Alter, Elli

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Duse, Eleonora, 1858-1924

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Internationally renowned Italian actress and theatrical company manager. From the description of Eleonora Duse letters to Gabriele d'Annunzio, 1895-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80942293 From the description of Eleonora Duse letters to Gabriele d'Annunzio, 1895-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702146497 Italian actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Antonio Zippico, 1902 Apr. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270...

Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993

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Actress, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Lillian Gish : oral history, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309742647 Actress. From the description of Papers of Lillian Gish, 1920-1978. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130921 Actress whose career spanned the silent film era till the 1980's. From the description of Papers, 1919-1997. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 392...

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939

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W.B. (William Butler) Yeats (1865-1939), poet and dramatist, born in County Sligo, Ireland. From the description of W.B. Yeats collection, 1875-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863171 British poet. From the description of Letter : to William Weber, Brooklyn, New York : holograph, 12 May [no year]. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18786005 William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist. From t...

Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) : London and Naples, to Denys Blakelock, 1947-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872061 From the description of Autograph letter signed : "South Indian Ocean" [on the way to Australia], to Denys Blakelock, 1947 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872063 From the description of Typed letter signed (8) : London, to Denys Blakelock, 1948-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874989 ...

Dunoyer de Segonzac, André, 1884-1974

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French painter and printmaker. From the description of Correspondence and writings, 1903-1973. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84394054 French painter. From the description of Autograph letter signed, autograph notes on the versos of photographs signed (2), autograph greeting cards signed (2), and autograph postal card signed : Paris and St. Tropez, to John Rewald, 1956 Jan. 20-1972 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870701 ...

Nicoll, Allardyce, 1894-1976

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Allardyce Nicoll was a literary scholar, theatre historian, and university teacher. He was born in Glasgow, educated at Stirling High School and Glasgow University, where he was a G.A. Clark scholar in English. He was appointed in 1920 as a lecturer in English at King's College, University of London, and was promoted quickly to the Chair of English at East London College, University of London, in 1924, at age thirty. From 1933 to 1945, he was a professor of the history of drama and dramatic crit...

Wallace, Edgar, 1875-1932

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Edgar Wallace was an English author, born in Greenwich. He was the foster child of a fish porter, served in the Army, 1893-1896, became a journalist, working for Reuters, and held other journalistic positions. He became a prolific and popular author of plays and adventure and suspense novels. From the description of Edgar Wallace letter to Lord Stuart, 1925 Aug. 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 60494917 Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a noveli...

Duncan, Raymond, 1874-1966

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Raymond Duncan, brother of Isadora Duncan, was a painter, actor, sculptor, craftsman, poet, and writer. From the description of Raymond Duncan papers, 1948-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 497927483 Biography Raymond Duncan, brother of Isadora Duncan, was a painter, actor, sculptor, craftsman, poet, and writer. From the guide to the Raymond Duncan Papers, 1948-1968, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. o...

Goncourt, Edmond de 1822-1896

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French author. From the description of Notes sur l'art japonais..., n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093289 French novelist and man-of-letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to "Mon cher Porel", "Mars 96." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577418 Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) was a French author, literary and art critic, and publisher. Léon Hennique (1851-1935) was a French novelist and playwright. From the ...

Abbey Theatre

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The Abbey Theatre was established in Dublin in 1904 as a venue for Irish playwrights. It developed out of the Irish Literary Theatre, which had been founded by William Butler Yeats and Lady Gregory in 1899. From the description of Abbey Theatre playbills and related materials, 1907-1955, 1994. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 419521354 The Abbey Theatre was founded in 1904 in Dublin, Ireland. From the description of Abbey Theatre collection, ...

Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)

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The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754 as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. From the description of American correspondence of the Royal Society of Arts, 1755-1840. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122598603 The Royal Society of Arts was founded in 1754, and the scope of its work is very wide, covering scientific, technical, industrial, commercial, and artistic matters. From the description of Selected materials...

Cheney, Sheldon, 1886-1980

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Art historian and writer; b. 1886; d. 1980. From the description of Sheldon Cheney papers, 1915-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122333445 ...

Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

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American actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : New York and Chicago, to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Dec. 5 and 1890 Mar. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270532629 From the description of Letters, 1858, 1887. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 56685372 Edwin Booth (1833-1893) was the son of Junius Brutus Booth, the great British tragedian, and the older brother of John Wilkes Booth; Edwin was best known for his Shakespearean roles. ...

Oldman, W. O. ( William Ockleford), 1879-1949

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William Ockleford Oldman (1879 – 1949) was a British collector and dealer of ethnographic art and European arms and armour. His business W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London was active between the late 1890s and 1913. Oldman purchased items from various sources including from auctions, directly from other collectors and dealers and also from many small British museums and historic houses. He held regular auctions to sell items and also reserved items for possible sale to particular priv...

Reinhardt, Max, 1873-1943

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Epithet: film actor and director, born Maximilian Goldmann British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001305.0x0003ac Austrian actor, manager, and director, Ernest Julian Reinhardt (1876-1954) was a creative innovator in scenery and staging. He produced plays and spectacles in Germany, Austria, England and the United States and founded the Salzburg Festival in 1920. From the guide to the Max Reinhardt collecti...

Antoine, André, 1858-1943

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André Antoine (1858-1943) was a French theatre manager. Léon Hennique (1851-1935) was a French novelist and playwright. From the guide to the André Antoine Letters, 1887-1931, 1887-1909, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) ...

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731

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English novelist and journalist. From the description of Daniel Defoe letters, 1702-1730. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63937101 ...

Rachel, 1821?-1858

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French tragic actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Mlle. Déjazet, 1845 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616040 From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to the Baron [sic] de Trobriand, 1855 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616051 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Bordeaux, to Adolphe Crémieux, 1841 Aug. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616034 From the description of...

Rosenthal, Albi, 1914-2004

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Albi Rosenthal was born in Munich, Germany on 1914 October 5 and died in Oxford, United Kingdom on 2004 August 3. He was an English Antiquarian music dealer who founded A. Rosenthal Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom. From the description of Albi Rosenthal collection of letters between composers and music publishers, 1704-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 612801584 Epithet: bookseller and collector British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descri...

Pasternak, Leonid Osipovich, 1862-1945

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Leonid Osipovich Pasternak (1862-1945) was a Russian artist and a member of the post-revolutionary Russian migr communities in Germany and Great Britain From the guide to the Catalogues of exhibitions by Leonid Pasternak, 1958-1994, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

May, Phil, 1864-1903

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English humorous draftsman. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [London], to Joseph Bennett, 1902 Nov. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270582065 Epithet: illustrator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0001cb Phil May (1864-1903), English illustrator and caricaturist, served on the staff of both Punch and Graphic. From the description of Phil May sket...

Sampson, George, 1873-1950

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Epithet: critic; of Add MS 43681 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000409.0x000115 George Sampson (1873-1950) was a noted educationist who wrote widely on the teaching of English and other subjects. He was an Inspector of Schools (LCC); General Secretary of the English Association; and a member of the Departmental Committee on Teaching of English in England, and the Cambridge Advisory Committee on Religious Instr...

Lewes, George Henry, 1817-1878

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Epithet: author; of Add MS 37193 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000361.0x000125 English author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to the Reverend M.D. Conway, 186? Friday. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590727 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Alexander Main, 1871 Sept. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270590731 From the de...

Thomas, Hugh

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Epithet: DD; Master of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor; Dean of Ely British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001241.0x000347 ...

E. Urwick

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Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932

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Isabella Augusta Persse (1852-1932) married Sir William Henry Gregory (1817-1892). After her husband's death, Lady Gregory became an author and playwright. She also acted as manager of the Abbey Theatre from 1904-1912. From the description of Lady Gregory papers, 1879-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863298 Isabella Augusta Gregory, Lady Gregory (1852-1932), the Irish playwright and poet. For a fuller account of her life and achievements see the Dictionary of National...

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

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French writer. From the description of Mon salon, corrected proof, 1866. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80803997 From the description of Letters, 1858-1860, to Paul Cezanne. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84387915 Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist. The Dreyfus Affair was the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt Alfred Dreyfus (1859c1935), a French general staff officer. Zola w...

Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945

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William Rothenstein was born in 1872 in Bradford. He studied art at the Slade School 1888-9 and in Paris at the Académie Julian from 1889 - 1893. Although he painted landscapes, people and architectural subjects he specialised in portraiture and published several series of lithographs from 1893, completing 800 portraits by 1926. He died in 1945. From the guide to the Study collection of 179 drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein 1896 - 1942, 1896-1942, (Tate Gallery Arch...

Depero, Fortunato, 1892-1960

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Italian painter, sculptor, designer and writer. From the description of Fortunato Depero papers, ca. 1917-1937. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81027058 ...

Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936

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Luigi Pirandello, Italian playwright. Robert Cornthwaite, translator. From the description of Enrico IV: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533433 Italian dramatist, novelist, short story writer, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934. From the description of Vestire gli ignudi : autograph manuscript : [Rome?, 1922?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270629221 First produced Jan. 8, 1958, at Theatre Royal, Strat...

Racine, Jean, 1639-1699

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Jean Racine, playwright. From the description of Andromache : typescript, 1987, 26 February. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122456127 From the description of Berenice : tragedy : typescript, 1988, 4 November. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122580860 William Carpenter was born in Cornwall, and matriculated at Pembroke College, Oxford, in 1753. He received his B.A. in 1757; his M.A. in 1759; and his B.D. and D.D. in 1772. Fr...

Hobson, Harold, 1904-

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Epithet: critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000112 ...

Swanson, John Wesley, 1904-1975

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Professor of speech and theater, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (earlier name: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)) and director of Illini Theater Guild. From the description of Papers, 1942-1965. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28410166 ...

Gay, John, 1685-1732

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Epithet: poet, playwright British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0002c5 ...

Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus

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The Serenade from which this movement is taken originally composed for 2 clarinets, 2 horns and 2 bassoons, 1781; second version, with the addition of 2 oboes, in 1782 (see callno.: 2329). This transcription 1941.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Adagio, K. V. 375 / Mozart ; transcribed by Zoltán Fekete. [c1941]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42631243 Composed originally for solo piano, 1788. This transcription 1986.--Cf. Fleisher C...

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...

Dickinson, Thomas Herbert, 1877-

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Resident of Abbeville District, S.C. From the description of Thomas Dickinson papers, 1828-1875. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 775503721 ...

Niven, Frederick, 1878-1944

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Frederick Niven was born in Valparaiso, Chile, but left for Scotland at the age of five. Ill-health forced him to move to the drier climate of the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia to live with missionary friends of his mother. After travelling between Scotland and Canada, Niven finally settled in British Columbia. From the description of Frederick Niven fonds. 1919-1938. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 606461696 ...

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949

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Maeterlinck was a Belgian Symbolist poet, playwright, and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911. Colles (1855-1926) was a English journalist, literary agent, and founder and managing director of Authors' Syndicate in London, England. From the guide to the Maurice Maeterlinck letters to William Morris Colles, 1921-1929., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist. ...

Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805

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William Dorset Fellowes (1769-1852), who extra-illustrated this volume, was a friend of author Hester Lynch Piozzi during the last years of her life, and is mentioned frequently in her correspondence from 1815 onwards. His brother Sir James Fellowes was also a friend of Piozzi's, and served as her literary executor upon her death in 1821. From the guide to the An essay on the life and genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., extra-illustrated, 1788-1844., (Houghton Library, Harvard College L...

Toye, Francis, 1883-1964

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Epithet: CBE, Director British Institute Florence, music critic British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000172 ...

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...

Dantan, Antoine Laurent 1798-1878

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French sculptor. From the description of Letter to Dupin, 1856. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80148474 From the description of Letter, 1898 April 27. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84656322 ...

Renouard, Paul, 1845-1924

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French printmaker, illustrator and painter who worked and published in Paris and London. From the description of Letter : to J.M. Cundall, 1900(?) Aug. 29. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78011657 ...

Duncan, Irma

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Pupil and adopted daughter of Isadora Duncan, modern dancer. From the description of Music scores from the Isadora Duncan School, 1914?-1949? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122610792 ...

Pitt, William, 1759-1806

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British statesman and prime minister. From the description of Papers, 1762-1884 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122417293 From the description of Papers, 1762-1884. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019673 Chancellor of the Exchequer. From the description of Document signed : [London], 1784 Apr. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890755 From the description of Document signed : [London], 1787 Nov. 23. (U...

Mendelsohn, Erich, 1887-1953

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German architect. From the description of Design, ca. 1924. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81952229 Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from architect Eric Mendelsohn and his wife, Louise Mendelsohn. All letterheads and signatures by Mendelsohn in this file spell his first name as "Eric," not "Erich." From the description of Letters to Lewis Mumford, 1941-1975, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122526818 German a...

Mason, A.E.W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948

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English novelist and dramatist. From the description of A verified conjecture : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed of the mystery story, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609636 English spy fiction and espionage writer noted for his use of narrative and characterization. From the description of The Right Thing, 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122461568 From the guide to the The right thing, 1899, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Traubel, Horace, 1858-1919

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Poet, critic, and friend and biographer of Walt Whitman; full name Horace Logo Traubel; married Anne Montgomerie in 1891. From the description of Horace Traubel and Anne Montgomerie Traubel papers, 1824-1979 (bulk 1883-1947). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980223 American author. From the description of Letter, 1907 July 24, Philadelphia, to [Rufus Rockwell Wilson], Brooklyn, New York [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647814514 ...

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900

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Wife of Ruskin's physician, Dr. John Simon. From the description of Letter : to Mrs. John Simon, [18--] (Lewis & Clark Library). WorldCat record id: 31272017 British writer, artist, and critic. From the description of John Ruskin papers, ca. 1837-1904. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80934993 John Ruskin was born on 8 February 1819 in London. Ruskin was educated by his mother and by various tutors before attending Oxford University. H...

Kaye, Edith

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Davenport, John

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Epithet: of Sloane MS 267 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003e1 Epithet: of Longport British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003e0 Epithet: of Add MS 33935 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000131.0x0003dd Epithet: of Davenport, co....

Ballets russes

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The Ballets russes, founded by Serge Diaghilev in Paris in 1909, toured Spain and Portugal in 1917-1918, performing in Lisbon in December, 1918. From the description of Payroll for Ballets russes performances in Portugal, 1918 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702162736 From the description of Payroll for Ballets russes performances in Portugal, 1918 Dec. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82981905 ...

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881

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Benjamin Disraeli was a prominent British statesman and novelist who served in many positions including Prime Minister of Great Britain. From the description of Letters, 1799-1877. (Brandeis University Library). WorldCat record id: 276297717 English Prime Minister. From the description of Letter signed : "10 Downing Street, Whitehall, ", to Vice Admiral Erasmus Ommanney, 1877 Aug. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270537555 Benjamin Disraeli (1804-18...

Ross, Douglas

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Douglas Ross staged Macbeth at the National Theatre with Edward Gordon Craig in 1928....

Champfleury, 1821-1889

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Champfleury (pseudonym for Jules François Félix Husson-Fleury) was a self-educated critic and art historian, as well as a prolific author of fiction. He was the first to acknowledge the esthetic term of "realism", and also a pioneer in the history of caricature and popular prints. In 1872 he was nominated curator of the Sèvres museum for life. From the description of Champfleury papers, 1857-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83372113 Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson ...

Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593

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Epithet: dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x0000fa ...

Forbes-Robertson, Johnston, Sir, 1853-1937

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed : Grand Hôtel Mürren ; and 31 Clifton Crescent, Fotherstone, to Olga Nethersole, 1913 July 26 and 1915 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270126227 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Joan Severn, [1897?] Nov. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 763487288 From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : New York, 11 December 1906, to an unidentified recipient, 1906...

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Dumas, the French novelist. Jacques François Fromental Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy, was a French composer. From the description of [Letter, undated, to] M. Halévy / A. Dumas. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 225160848 His last, unfinished, historical romance. Never published in French in book form. From the description of Le comte de Moret : manuscript, [ca. 1869]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612780552 French nov...

Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924

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Russian artist. From the description of Léon Bakst autograph letter to unidentified recipient, 1922 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 528674978 Ballet, theater and opera designer, and artist Leon Bakst (1866-1924) was born in Grodno, Russia and studied art in St. Petersburg and in Paris. Some of Bakst's best-known works were for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. He died at his home in Paris. From the guide to the Leon Bakst designs, ca. 1911-1923, (The New...

Achurch, Janet (1864-1916)

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Epithet: actress, wife of Charles Charrington British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000498.0x0001a7 ...

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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From the partita no. 2 for solo violin by J.S. Bach.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Bach's chaconne / transcribed for large orchestra by Louis Gesensway. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 144609295 Arranged 1856. First performance same year at the Philharmonic concerts, Vienna, von H. Esser conductor. Elgar's coda added subsequently.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Toccata : für die Orgel / compon...

Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956

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Beerbohm married Florence Kahn (1876-1951), an American actress, on May 4, 1910. From the description of Max Beerbohm letters to Florence Kahn, 1904-1948 (bulk 1904-1909). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122418146 B. 1872 d. 1956. From the description of Max Beerbohm artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228432818 Beerbohm was a British author and caricaturist. Turner was a British author. From...

Metcalf, Keyes DeWitt, 1889-1983

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Keyes D. Metcalf (1889-1983) was the Librarian of Harvard College and Director of the Harvard University Library from 1937 to 1955. From the description of Papers of Keyes DeWitt Metcalf, 1969-1989. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973127 ...

Zimmern, Helen, 1846-1934

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English writer on Italy. From the description of Autograph letters signed (3) : Florence, to Dr. Baldwin and "Edward", [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270861192 ...

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000205.0x000026 Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was a British novelist, playwright, and short story author. Over his career he wrote 27 novels, more than 50 short stories, at least 15 plays, and over 100 pieces of non-fiction work. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale and No Name . From the guide to the Wilkie Collins Lette...

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888

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Matthew Arnold's reflective, urbane poetry and novels thoughtfully express the social issues and religious confusion of Victorian England. He worked as a school inspector, and his belief in liberal education is a theme in his poetry and essays. From the description of Matthew Arnold letters, 1875-1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50209290 British poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williams [manuscript], n.y. March 21. (...

MacKaye, Percy, 1875-1956

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Percy MacKaye was a poet and dramatist. From the description of Note, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007259 American poet and dramatist. From the description of Papers, 1909-1912. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097093 Author Percy MacKaye was born into a theatrical family in New York City. He graduated from Harvard in 1897, and travelled through Europe for a time before taking a teaching job at the Craigie School in N...

Rolland, Romain

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to an unidentified editor or publisher, 1906 Nov. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872184 French communist intellectual. From the description of Romain Rolland miscellaneous papers, 1932-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868035 Romain Rolland was a French novelist, dramatist, and essayist, an idealist who was deeply involved with pacifism; Lucien Price was an American no...

Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969

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Hallie Flanagan was the national director of the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939. From the description of Federal Theatre Project visual materials, 1935-1937 and n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 748689080 Hallie Flanagan Davis, whose professional name was Hallie Flanagan, taught drama at Vassar, 1925-1942, and founded its experimental theater; in the 1930s she served as the director of the Federal Theater Project. From the description of Hal...

Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929

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Harley, John Pritt, 1786-1858

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English actor and singer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1823 Sept. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503997 From the description of Autograph signature : for Mr. Harry B. Tavery, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270508272 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Garrick, 1851 Jun. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270499442 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Theatre Royal, Dr...

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900

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German philosopher and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nice, to his banker, H.C. Kürbitz in Naumburg a. d. Saale, 1887 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270610619 ...

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