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Há 2 dias · The dean of St. Paul's table was famous for the splendid hospitality it offered, and the austere Erasmus of Rotterdam noted with disapproval that, prior to the deanery's reform by John Colet in the early sixteenth century, 'hospitality had been an excuse for devotion to luxurious living'.
Há 2 dias · The present No. 1A is an almost total reconstruction, in 1896–8, of the house which Cubitts had built on this site in 1862–4 for the historian and biographer, John Forster, who wrote his life of Dickens there. Forster had bought the freehold of the plot from Cubitts in June 1862 for £1,800.
Há 3 dias · In her book Dickens and Empire (2017), Grace Moore quotes the Victorian biographer John Forster who, in 1860, said of Dickens' sons: "Charley is in the Far East, Sydney is at sea, Walter in...
Há 22 horas · Early life Main article: Dickens family Charles Dickens's birthplace, 393 Commercial Road, Portsmouth 2 Ordnance Terrace, Chatham, Dickens's home 1817 – May 1821 Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 at 1 Mile End Terrace (now 393 Commercial Road), Landport in Portsea Island (Portsmouth), Hampshire, the second of eight children of Elizabeth Dickens (née Barrow; 1789–1863) and John ...
Há 1 dia · Chief among them was Forster, who was left virtually in charge of her building projects, which by then included the reconstruction of Melchet after a disastrous fire. Living near by, in Palace Gate, Forster was effectively her agent on the spot, itself not an easy role, and although he wanted Clutton to look on him as 'your friend in ...
Há 2 dias · Tre raccolte di manoscritti per un totale di cinque taccuini compongono il corpus dei Codici Forster, che il Victoria and Albert Museum di Londra pubblica online in formato digitale in occasione dei 500 anni dalla morte di Leonardo.
Há 5 dias · John was a great-great grandson of Thomas Forster, Roger's brother. John's cousin Thomas, the recipient of the letter, was a grandson of Roger. In the letter, John describes an incident which occurred in the life of Roger Forster.
