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Richard Gordon Heath Holmes, OBE, FRSL, FBA (born 5 November 1945) is a British author and academic best known for his biographical studies of major figures of British and French Romanticism.
- 5 November 1945 (age 77), London
- Churchill College, Cambridge
- Author, academic
Edward Richard Holmes, CBE, TD, VR, JP (29 March 1946 – 30 April 2011), known as Richard Holmes, was a British military historian. He was co-director of Cranfield University 's Security and Resilience Group from 1989 to 2009 and became Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield in 1995.
- 1964–2000
- Brigadier
Richard Holmes is a biographer of the English Romantic poets, especially Shelley and Coleridge. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the British Academy, and a former journalist for The Times.
- London, England
- Harpercollins Publishers, Vintage
Born in London in 1945, Richard Holmes has written ten biographies and books of biographical essays. Even in his early works Shelley (1974) and Coleridge: Early Visions (1989), Holmes demonstrates a keen eye for place and a striking empathy for his subjects. In his page...
May 1, 2011 · Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to war historian Professor Richard Holmes, who has died aged 65 after a battle with cancer. Holmes, known for his television documentaries on warfare,...
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Apr 30, 2011 · The acclaimed military historian, Professor Richard Holmes CBE, passed away in 2011 at the age of 65. He was known for his books and documentaries on warfare, especially the ordinary soldier, and his service in the Territorial Army.
Jul 16, 2009 · Richard Holmes, the pre-eminent biographer of the Romantic generation and the author of intensely intimate lives of Shelley and Coleridge, now turns his attention to what Coleridge called the...
