Herbert Read (other)
Herbert Read (1893–1968), was an English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art. Herbert Read may also refer to: * Herbert Harold Read (1889–1970), British geologist *Herbert James Read (1863–1949), Governor of Mauritius See also *Herbert Taylor Reade (1828–1897), Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross *Herbert Reed (other) Herbert Reed may refer to: * Farrant Reed (Herbert Farrant Reed, 1865–1911), English cricketer * Sir Herbert Stanley Reed (1872–1969), British politician and journalist in India * H. Owen Reed (Herbert Owen Reed, 1910–2014), American composer ...

Herbert Read
Sir Herbert Edward Read, (; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham of the British edition in English of '' The Collected Works of C. G. Jung''. Early life The eldest of four children of tenant farmer Herbert Edward Read (1868-1903), and his wife Eliza Strickland, Read was born at Muscoates Grange, near Nunnington, about four miles south of Kirkbymoorside in the North Riding of Yorkshire. George Woodcock, in ''Herbert Read- The Stream and the Source'' (1972), wrote: "rural memories are long... nearly sixty years after Read's father... had died and the family had left Muscoates, I heard it ...
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Herbert Harold Read
Herbert Harold Read FRS, FRSE, FGS, (17 December 1889, in Whitstable – 29 March 1970) was a British geologist and Professor of Geology at Imperial College. From 1947-1948 he was president of the Geological Society. Life He was born at Whitstable in Kent on 17 December 1889 the son of Herbert Read, a dairy farmer, and his wife, Caroline Mary Kearn. He attended St Alphege Church School in Whitstable then Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury. He then studied Sciences at the University of London, graduating BSc in 1911. In the First World War he served in the Royal Fusiliers seeing active service on the Somme and at Gallipoli. He was invalided out of service in 1917 and returned to HM Geological Survey (Scottish section), where he had begun briefly in 1914. He stayed with the survey until 1931. In 1927 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were John Horne, Sir John Smith Flett, Murray Macgregor and Sir Edward Battersby Bail ...
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Herbert James Read
Sir Herbert James Read (1863–1949) was the 22nd Governor of Mauritius from 19 February 1925 to 9 December 1929. References 1863 births 1949 deaths Governors of British Mauritius Commanders of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Companions of the Order of the Bath {{UK-gov-bio-stub ...
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Herbert Taylor Reade
Herbert Taylor Reade (20 September 1828, Perth, Upper Canada – 23 June 1897, Bath), was a Canadian born recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious British honour. The award was for gallantry in the face of the enemy.''The Victoria Cross and George Cross: the complete history,'' Volume I 1854-1914, p. 180-181. He became a Doctor of Medicine in 1850, and joined the British Army as an Assistant Surgeon in November of that same year. Details He was 28 years old, and a Surgeon in the 61st Regiment (later The Gloucestershire Regiment), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deeds took place during the Siege of Delhi for which he was awarded the VC: Further information He later achieved the rank of Surgeon General, and retired in 1887. After his military service, he served as a surgeon to Queen Victoria. Reade is buried at Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, Somerset, England. His headstone in located in section FJ, Grave 864. The headstone, in ...
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