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8 de mai. de 2024 · David George Brownlow Cecil (born February 9, 1905, London, England—died October 21, 1981, London) was a British athlete and Olympic champion who was an outstanding performer in the athletics (track-and-field) events of hurdling and running. He was also the eldest son and heir of the 5th marquess of Exeter.
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Há 1 dia · Lewis was a prolific writer, and his circle of literary friends became an informal discussion society known as the "Inklings", including J. R. R. Tolkien, Nevill Coghill, Lord David Cecil, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield, and his brother Warren Lewis.
17 de mai. de 2024 · Black and white photograph of an indoor portrait of Lord David Cecil, the British biographer, historian, and scholar who was an associate of the Inklings literary society at Oxford, England. In the photograph, Cecil is seated at a desk while bookshelves line the wall behind him.
Há 2 dias · Along with Lord David Cecil and R. E. Gathorne-Hardy he founded the Uffizi Society, of which he later became president. Possibly under the influence of his father, Eden gave a paper on Paul Cézanne, whose work was not yet widely appreciated. Eden was already collecting paintings.
22 de mai. de 2024 · Members included Warren Lewis (C.S Lewis’ elder brother), Victor “Hugo” Dyson, Adam Fox, Neville Coghill, Owen Barfield, Robert “Humphrey” Havard, Gervase Mathew, and Lord David Cecil, along with Tolkien’s own son, Christopher, on occasion. Tolkien himself described the meetings as “A feast of reason and flow of the ...
Há 3 dias · Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, FRS, FBA, DL ( / ˈbælfər, - fɔːr /, [1] 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued ...
Há 20 horas · Draft, with a correction by Cecil. 4½ sheets. Endorsed: "The new Commission corrected." "Authority to execute the injunctions to be inserted." (207. 13.) Sir Nicholas Bacon to Lord—. 1565. My Lord, finding by proofs that my purging and medicines . . . not deliver me of the stone, I now by advice and . . . moderate exercises for that purpose.
