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Sélincourt Abbey
Sélincourt or Selincourt may refer to: * Agnes de Selincourt (1872–1917), Christian missionary in India * Aubrey de Sélincourt (1894–1962), English writer, classical scholar and translator * Basil de Sélincourt (1877–1966), British essayist and journalist * Ernest de Sélincourt (1870–1943), British literary scholar and critic * Hugh de Sélincourt (1878–1951), English author and journalist {{DEFAULTSORT:Selincourt fr:Sélincourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes De Selincourt
Agnes de Selincourt (1872–1917) was a Christian missionary in India, responsible for the founding of missions, becoming the first Principal of Lady Muir Memorial College, Allahabad, India and then Principal of Westfield College, London, UK from 1913 until her death in 1917.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Who Was Who 1916–1928, Oxford University Press Who Was Who in British India by John F. Riddick. Girton College 1869–1932 by Barbara Stephen Early life and education She was born on 4 September 1872 in Streatham, London, the eldest sister of Ernest de Sélincourt, who became vice-principal of the University of Birmingham.Selincourt, Ernest De, literary scholar and university teacher, Queen Mary, University of London Archives, Ref GB 0370 PP27 Her father, Charles Alexandre De Sélincourt, was a merchant of French origin, and her mother was, Theodora Bruce, née Bendall. She was educated at Notting Hill High SchoolInstitute of Education, University of London – Distin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrey De Sélincourt
Aubrey is traditionally a male English given name. The name is from the French derivation Aubry of the Germanic given name Alberic / Old High German given name Alberich, which consists of the elements ALF "elf" and RIK "king", from Proto-Germanic ''*albiz'' "elf", "supernatural being" and ''*rīkaz'' "chieftain", "ruler". Before the Norman conquest, the Anglo-Saxons used the corresponding variant ''Ælf-rīc'' (see Ælfric). The feminine form Aubrey is sometimes from Old French Aubree with a different etymology: Albereda,François de Beaurepaire, ''Les noms des communes et anciennes paroisses de l'Eure'', éditions Picard, 1981, p. 123 sometimes a feminine used of the masculine name Aubrey. However, Aubrey is commonly used as a feminine name in the United States. It was the 15th most popular girl's name in the United States in 2012. People Surname * Andrew Aubrey, Lord Mayor of London in 1339, 1340, and 1351 * Anne Aubrey (born 1935), English actress * Brandon Aubrey (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil De Sélincourt
Basil de Sélincourt (19 August 1876 – 16 February 1966) was a British essayist and journalist. In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete, but the marriage failed, and in 1908 he married the writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873–1935). Basil de Sélincourt's third wife was Julia Sanford Chapin De Sélincourt died in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in February 1966. Works *''Giotto'' (1905) *''William Blake'' (1909) *''Walt Whitman A Critical Study'' (1914) *''The English Secret and Other Essays'' (1923) ''The Spectator''. Retrieved 28 August 2013. *''The Religion of the Spirit'' (1927) *''Selected Poems of William Blake'' (1927) editor *''Pomona or the Future of En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest De Sélincourt
Ernest de Sélincourt (1870–1943) was a British literary scholar and critic, the eldest son of Charles Alexandre De Sélincourt and Theodora Bruce Bendall. He is best known as an editor of William Wordsworth and Dorothy Wordsworth. He was an Oxford Professor of Poetry from 1928 to 1933 and a Fellow of University College, Oxford. After a distinguished career at Oxford, he became a Professor of English at University of Birmingham, Birmingham. Early in his career he taught in the Ladies' Department of King's College London, where his students included Virginia Woolf (then Virginia Stephen).'Tilting at Universities': Woolf at King's College London, Christine Kenyon Jones and Anna Snaith, Woolf Studies Annual (Vol 16, 2010), p.14. His papers are held at the University of Birmingham Special Collections. De Sélincourt went to France in March 1917 as a professor with the YMCA and this service is duly recorded in the First World War medal rolls. He married Ethel Shawcross in 1896 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh De Sélincourt
Hugh de Sélincourt (15 June 1878 – 20 January 1951) was an English author and journalist, chiefly remembered today for his timeless tale of village cricket, ''The Cricket Match'' (1924). Biography De Sélincourt was born in Hampstead, a suburb of north London. His parents were Charles Alexandre De Sélincourt and Theodora Bruce Bendall. He was the youngest son of 11 children, among them Ernest and Agnes. He studied at Dulwich College before going on to University College, Oxford. During the 1910s, he worked as a journalist, initially as drama critic of the ''Star'' and later as literary critic of the ''Observer''. He continued to write book reviews for the ''Observer'' long after quitting his official post in 1914. He had also published a few light-hearted novels – the first of these, ''A Boy's Marriage'', came out in 1907 – but after World War I broke out, his literary output took on a more serious note. As war ended in 1918, his writings too resumed their former gaie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
