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Henry Green (other)
Henry Green was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke (1905–1973), an English novelist. Henry Green or Greene may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Henry Towneley Green (1836–1899), English watercolour painter and illustrator *Henry Mather Greene (1870–1954), American architect and designer, founded Greene and Greene with his brother *Graham Greene (Henry Graham Greene, 1904–1991), English novelist Politics and law U.K. *Sir Henry Green (English judge) (died 1369), English lawyer and Chief Justice of the King's Bench *Sir Henry Green (courtier) (c. 1347–1399), courtier and councillor of Richard II, executed by Henry IV *Henry Green (fl. 1447), Member of Parliament (MP) for Northamptonshire *Henry Green (MP for Hereford) (fl. 1563), MP for Hereford *Henry Green (British Resident) (1818–1884), British Resident Minister of the Orange River Sovereignty *Henry Green (MP for Poplar) (1838–1900), English shipowner and Liberal Party politician * Henry David Greene (fl. 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Green
Henry Green was the pen name of Henry Vincent Yorke (29 October 1905 – 13 December 1973), an English writer best remembered for the novels ''Party Going'', ''Living'' and '' Loving''. He published a total of nine novels between 1926 and 1952. Life and work Green was born near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, into an educated family with successful business interests. His father Vincent Wodehouse Yorke, the son of John Reginald Yorke and Sophia Matilda de Tuyll de Serooskerken, was a wealthy landowner and industrialist in Birmingham. His mother, Hon. Maud Evelyn Wyndham, was daughter of the second Baron Leconfield. Green grew up in Gloucestershire and attended the New Beacon School in Sevenoaks and then Eton College, where he became a friend of fellow pupil Anthony Powell and wrote most of his first novel, ''Blindness''. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and there began a friendship and literary rivalry with Evelyn Waugh of Hertford College. At Oxford Yorke and Waugh were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |