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Sir Peter Quennell

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March 9, 1905, Bickley, Kent [now in Greater London], England
Died:
October 27, 1993, London (aged 88)
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Sir Peter Quennell (born March 9, 1905, Bickley, Kent [now in Greater London], England—died October 27, 1993, London) was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, and critic. He was a wide-ranging man of letters who was an authority on Lord Byron. Quennell was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. After practicing journalism in London, he taught at the Tokyo University of Science and Literature in Japan in 1930 but resigned after a year and returned to writing in London. He served as editor of the literary and artistic periodical The Cornhill Magazine (1944–51) and of the monthly journal History To-day ...(100 of 191 words)

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