Born Yorkshire. Graduated with and maintained a long friendship with Vera Brittain.
Writer, reformer and pacifist.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Winifred Holtby
Commemorated ati
Brittain & Holtby
English Heritage Vera Brittain, 1893 - 1970 Winifred Holtby, 1898 - 1935 w...
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Michael Ayrton
Artist and writer. Born 3 Hamilton Terrace. Other work by Ayrton in London: Minotaur at London Wall. Died at his London flat. Our picture is a self portrait from 1966.
1 memorial
Charles Kingsley
Born Devon. Christian Socialist and amateur naturalist. Supported his friend, Charles Darwin, when the Origin of Species was published. Wrote 'The Water-Babies', 1863, initially for his 4-year old ...
3 memorials
Clive Bell
Art critic and writer, married Vanessa Stephen, sister of Virginia Woolf.
1 memorial
A. J. Cronin
Novelist and general practitioner. Born Dumbartonshire as Archibald Joseph Cronin. Studied in Glasgow and served in WW1 as a surgeon in the Navy. Practised in Wales and in 1924 was appointed Medica...
1 memorial
Thomas Park F.S.A.
"The poetical antiquary", bibliographer and engraver. He published his own verse but mainly he edited historical and literary works. Father of John James Park.
1 memorial