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10 de set. de 2009 · Rosemary Hill. 3743 words. James Lees-Milne: The Life. by Michael Bloch. Murray, 400 pp., £25, September 2009, 978 0 7195 6034 7. Anyone who knew or knew of James Lees-Milne in his later years might have formed the impression of an exquisitely polished round peg in a perfectly round hole. Aesthete, diarist, wit, he had known everyone from the ...
George James Henry Lees-Milne, né le 6 août 1908 et mort le 28 décembre 1997, est un écrivain anglais spécialiste des country houses, qui travaille pour le National Trust de 1936 à 1973 et qui est historien de l'architecture et biographe. Il fait aussi partie des personnalités mondaines de l'après-guerre.
In 1936, James Lees-Milne became Country Houses secretary of the infant National Trust. Already fired with compassion for ancient architecture, 'so vulnerable and transient', he could now pursue what amounted to a vocation.
18 de fev. de 2021 · James Lees-Milne at Posillipo(George) James Henry Lees-Milne, born 6 August 1908, was an English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer. His extensive diaries remain in print.James and his mother HelenLees-Milne was born on 6 August 1908 at Wickhamford Manor, Worcestershire. His ...
6 de jan. de 1998 · James Lees-Milne, British architectural historian and author who played a key role in the preservation of historic country houses, died on Dec. 28 at age 89 (M) Skip to content Skip to site index.
JAMES LEES-MILNE (1908-97), English architectural conservationist and writer, is now best remembered for his diaries. He was an acute social observer and befriended many leading men and women of his time.
1 de nov. de 2009 · James Lees-Milne (1908 1997) known to friends as Jim is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England’s greatest architectural treasures, and for the vivid and entertaining diaries which have earned him a reputation as "the 20th-century Pepys."
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