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Peter Quennell:An Inventory of His Papers in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research CenterBiographical SketchPeter Quennell was an English biographer, critic, and literary historian born in Bickley, South East Greater London, England in March of 1905. Son of social historians and authors Marjorie and Charles Henry Bourne Quennell, Peter was introduced to the world of scholarship early in his life. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford and taught English in Japan for a year at the Tokyo University of Science and Literature. Married five times, Quennell had two children: Sarah with his third wife and Alexander with his fifth. Quennell published his first book, Masques & Poems, in 1922. He went on to publish several more volumes of poetry. Later, he distinguished himself as a biographer of 18th and 19th century authors including Alexander Pope, William Hogarth, and Samuel Johnson, and was considered an authority on Lord Byron. As a journalist, Quennell was editor of Cornhill Magazine from 1944 to 1951 and was the founder and editor of History Today from 1951 to 1979. A prolific author, Peter Quennell edited and contributed to numerous literary histories in his final years, including his works The Last Edwardians and An Illustrated Companion to World Literature. He also published a two-volume autobiography: The Marble Foot covers his life up to 1938, and Wanton Chase picks up from 1939. He was knighted in 1992 at the age of eighty-seven, shortly before his death in 1993. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThis small collection is composed entirely of works by Peter Quennell arranged alphabetically in a single series. Comprised of four works, most of which were published in the early 1970s, the majority of the collection consists of materials for The Colosseum and Samuel Johnson contained within eight handwritten notebooks. Typescripts for Casanova in London, The Colosseum, and Samuel Johnson are included, as well as proof copies of Casanova in London and the 1955 edition of Byron in Italy. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess:Open for research Return to the Table of Contents Related Material
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