Hawthornden Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1929) Winner
Lord David Cecil
でいゔぃっど・せしるきょう
Rōdo Deividdo Seshiru
Aliases:
Edward Christian David Gascoyne-Cecil
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1902-04-09 （Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, England）
- Died
- 1986-01-01 （Cranborne, Dorset, England） age 83
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Hatfield House, Hertfordshire → Oxford → Cranborne, Dorset
Career
- Occupations
- Biographer, Historian, Academic
- Active Years
- 1924-1986
- Affiliations
- Wadham College, Oxford, New College, Oxford, Gresham College, University of Oxford
- Memberships
- Inklings (associate)
- Influenced
- L. P. Hartley
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Christ Church, Oxford | — | Modern History | First-class honours | undergraduate | United Kingdom |
Eton College
Country:
United Kingdom
Christ Church, Oxford
Modern History
Degree:
First-class honours
Period:
undergraduate
Year of Graduation:
1924
Country:
United Kingdom
Modern History
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | The Stricken Deer | — | University of Edinburgh | Winner |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1929
Work:
The Stricken Deer
Organization:
University of Edinburgh
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1929) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Stricken Deer
1929 BiographyA sympathetic study of the poet William Cowper.
PoetryMental illness
The Young Melbourne
1939 BiographyThe story of Lord Melbourne's early life and marriage.
PoliticianVictorian era
Max
1964 BiographyBiography of Max Beerbohm.
CaricaturistLiterary figure
Bibliography
- The Stricken Deer or The Life of Cowper (1929)
- Sir Walter Scott: The Raven Miscellany (1933)
- Early Victorian Novelists: essays in revaluation (1934)
- Jane Austen (1936)
- The Young Melbourne and the Story of his Marriage with Caroline Lamb (1939)
- Lord M, or the Later Life of Lord Melbourne (1954)
- Max (1964)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Elegant and sympathetic proseRefined literary historical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Victorian novelistsPoetsPainters
Health
-
Tubercular gland8歳時After operation, spent much time in bed, developing love of reading.
Legacy
Renowned British biographer, historian, and scholar who taught at Oxford University.
In Popular Culture
- Inspired the famous line in L. P. Hartley's The Go-Between.
Quotes
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Past periods of time are like foreign countries; they seem populated by people who are your equals in passions, but who have different customs and codes of behaviour.
Source: The Fine Art of Reading (1949)
Trivia
- Associated with the Inklings group.
- Due to delicate health, spent one day a week in bed at Eton.