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- Lord David Cecil, a prominent British literary historian and biographer, died Wednesday at the age of 83.
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Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil, CH (9 April 1902 – 1 January 1986) was a British biographer, historian, and scholar. He held the style of "Lord" by courtesy as a younger son of a marquess.
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Died: Jan. 1, 1986, Cranborne, Dorset (aged 83) Notable Works: “Library Looking-glass”. Lord David Cecil (born April 9, 1902, London, Eng.—died Jan. 1, 1986, Cranborne, Dorset) was an English biographer, literary critic, and educator, best known for his discerning, sympathetic, and elegantly written studies of many literary figures.
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Burghley House, the Cecil family’s home for over sixteen generations, continues to be the centrepiece for this sense of shared legacy. To navigate changing needs in the present era, the Burghley House Preservation Trust now cares for the well-being of the House, gardens, park and estate.
Jan 4, 1986 · Lord David Cecil, a prominent British literary historian and biographer, died Wednesday at the age of 83. Best known for his biography of Lord Melbourne, Queen Victoria's earliest Prime...
A deep and sympathetic biography of the troubled eighteenth-century proto-Romantic poet and classicist, William Cowper, The Stricken Deer (1929) reveals the genius of its author, a young and determined Lord David Cecil, one of the most important, if forgotten, members of the Inklings.
Jun 11, 2018 · Lord David Cecil [1] (sĬs´əl, sĕs–) (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902–86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature [2] at Oxford (1948–70). Cecil's works are all distinguished for their artistry as well as for their sound scholarship.
Lord David Cecil, The Atlantic. The shooting at a Trump rally is part of a terrible new era of political violence. Read our continuing coverage.
