John Galsworthy (; 14 August 1867 – 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include ''

The Forsyte Saga ''The Forsyte Saga'', first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by the English author John Galsworthy, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. They chronicle the vici ...

'' (1906–1921) and its sequels, ''A Modern Comedy'' and ''End of the Chapter''. He won the

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in 1932.

Life

Galsworthy was born at what is now known as Galsworthy House (then called Parkhurst) on Kingston Hill in

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, the son of John and Blanche Bailey (''née'' Bartleet) Galsworthy. His family was prosperous and well established, with a large property in

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that is now the site of three schools: Marymount International School,

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, and

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. He attended Harrow and New College, Oxford. He took a Second in Law (Jurisprudentia) at Oxford in 1889, then trained as a barrister and was called to the bar in 1890. However, he was not keen to begin practising law and instead travelled abroad to look after the family's trans-European shipping agency. During these travels, he met Joseph Conrad in 1893, then the first mate of a sailing-ship moored in the harbour of

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, and the two future novelists became close friends. In 1895 Galsworthy began an affair with Ada Nemesis Pearson Cooper (1864–1956), the wife of his cousin Major Arthur Galsworthy. After her divorce ten years later, they were married on 23 September 1905 and stayed together until his death in 1933. Before their marriage, they often stayed clandestinely in a farmhouse called Wingstone that was in the village of

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on Dartmoor, Devon. In 1908 Galsworthy took a long lease on part of the building, and it was their regular second home until 1923.

Career

''From the Four Winds'', a collection of short stories, was Galsworthy's first published work in 1897. These and several subsequent works were published under the pen name of John Sinjohn, and it was not until ''The Island Pharisees'' (1904) that he began publishing under his own name, probably owing to the recent death of his father. His first full-length novel, ''Jocelyn'', was published in an edition of 750 under the name of John Sinjohn—he later refused to have it republished. His first play, ''

The Silver Box ''The Silver Box'' is a three-act comedy, the first play by the English writer John Galsworthy. It was originally produced in London in 1906, and attracted much attention. In New York it was first seen in 1907. In the play, the disappearance of ...

'' (1906),—in which the theft of a prostitute's purse by a rich 'young man of good family' is placed beside the theft of a silver cigarette case from the rich man's father's house by 'a poor devil', with very different repercussions, though justice was clearly done in each case—became a success, and he followed it up with ''The Man of Property'' (1906), the first book of a Forsyte trilogy. Although he continued writing both plays and novels, it was as a playwright that he was mainly appreciated at the time. Along with those of other writers of the period, such as

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from ...

, his plays addressed the

class system A social class is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes. Membership in a social class can for example be dependent on education, wealth, occupation, incom ...

and other social issues, two of the best known being '' Strife'' (1909) and ''

The Skin Game The Skin Game may refer to: * ''The Skin Game'' (play), a play by John Galsworthy * ''The Skin Game'' (1921 film), a 1921 Dutch film, based on the play * ''The Skin Game'' (1931 film), a 1931 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, also based on the ...

'' (1920).

He is now far better known for his novels, particularly ''

'', his trilogy about the eponymous family and connected lives. These books, as with many of his other works, deal with social class, and upper-middle class lives in particular. Although sympathetic to his characters, he highlights their insular, snobbish, and acquisitive attitudes and their suffocating moral codes. He is viewed as one of the first writers of the

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who challenged some of the ideals of society depicted in the preceding literature of Victorian England. The depiction of a woman in an unhappy marriage furnishes another recurring theme in his work. The character of Irene in ''The Forsyte Saga'' is drawn from Ada Pearson, though her previous marriage was not as miserable as that of the character. The publishers

William Heinemann William Henry Heinemann (18 May 1863 – 5 October 1920) was an English publisher of Jewish descent and the founder of the Heinemann publishing house in London. Early life On 18 May 1863, Heinemann was born in Surbiton, Surrey, England. Heine ...

were responsible for the publication of much of his work. In 1924 he agreed to write a

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free of charge, to secure the publication of ''The Spanish Farm'', the debut novel of family friend

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; the book was duly published by Chatto and Windus to great acclaim.

Causes and honours

Causes

Through his writings Galsworthy campaigned for a variety of causes, including

prison reform Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, or implement alternatives to incarceration. It also focuses on ensuring the reinstatement of those whose lives are impacted by crimes ...

, women's rights, and animal welfare, and also against censorship. Galsworthy was a supporter of British involvement in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. In an article for '' The Daily News'' on 31 August 1914 Galsworthy called for war on Germany to protect

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. Galsworthy added "What are we going to do for Belgium — for this most gallant of little countries, ground, because of sheer loyalty, under an iron heel?" During the First World War he worked in a hospital in France as an

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, after being passed over for military service, and in 1917 turned down a

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, for which he was nominated by Prime Minister

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, on the precept that a writer's reward comes simply from writing itself. Galsworthy opposed the slaughter of animals and fought for

animal rights Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the sa ...

. He was also a humanitarian and a member of the

Humanitarian League The Humanitarian League was a British radical advocacy group formed by Henry S. Salt and others to promote the principle that it is wrong to inflict avoidable suffering on any sentient being. It was based in London and operated between 189 ...

. He opposed hunting and supported the League for the Prohibition of Cruel Sports.

Honours

Galsworthy was offered and refused a knighthood in 1918, but he was incorrectly stated to have received the knighthood because his letter to decline the knighthood was lost. Galsworthy was in 1921 elected to be the first president of the

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literary association. He was appointed to the Order of Merit in 1929. He was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize for Literature, after his nomination by

Henrik Schück Henrik Schück (2 November 1855 – 3 October 1947) was a Swedish literary historian, university professor and author. Biography Johan Henrik Emil Schück was a professor at the Lund University 1890–1898. He was a professor at Uppsala Univer ...

who was a member of the Swedish Academy, and he donated the prize money from the Nobel Prize to

. He was too ill to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony on 10 December 1932, and he died seven weeks later.

Death

Galsworthy during the final seven years of his life lived at

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, but he died from a brain tumour at his London home, Grove Lodge in

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, and he was cremated at Woking, after which his ashes were scattered over the

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from an aeroplane. There are also memorials to him in Highgate (West) Cemetery and in the cloisters of New College, Oxford, that are by

Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as ″the greatest artist-cra ...

. The popularity of his fiction declined subsequent to his death, until the highly popular black-and-white television adaptation ''

'' (1967) increased public interest in his work. A trove of John Galsworthy's letters and papers is held at the Special Collections of the

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. A building at

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, which was opened during 2007, and Galsworthy Road in Kingston, which is the location of

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, are named for him.

Family

Galsworthy's sister Lilian (1864–1924) was married to the German painter and lithographer

Georg Sauter Georg Sauter (20 April 1866 – 20 December 1937) was a German-English painter, lithographer and draftsman. Life In 1880 Georg Sauter began training as a house painter and then worked in Munich with a painter master. Later he took drawing less ...

from 1894. With the beginning of

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, Sauter was interned as an enemy alien at Alexandra Palace and later expelled. Their son Rudolf Sauter (1895–1971) was also a painter and graphic artist, who among other things, illustrated the works of his uncle.

Notable adaptations

'' has been filmed several times: * ''

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'' (1949), dir. by

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, an

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adaptation in which

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played a rare villainous role as Soames. * ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1967 TV series), directed by

James Cellan Jones Alan James Gwynne Cellan Jones (13 July 1931 – 30 August 2019) was a British television and film director. From 1963, he directed over 50 television series and films, specialising in dramas. He was particularly associated with the "Classic Ser ...

, David Giles, starring

Eric Porter Eric Richard Porter (8 April 192815 May 1995) was an English actor of stage, film and television. Early life Porter was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to bus conductor Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth (née Spall). His parents ho ...

Nyree Dawn Porter Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born Ngaire Dawn Porter; 22 January 1936 – 10 April 2001) was a New Zealand–British actress. Early life and career Porter was born in Napier, New Zealand in 1936. Her first professional work was touring with the N ...

Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. Initially achieving fame in the comedy '' Genevieve'' (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this per ...

, and

Susan Hampshire Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis, (born 12 May 1937) is an English actress known for her many television and film roles. A three-time Emmy Award winner, she won for '' The Forsyte Saga'' in 1970, ''The First Churchills'' in 1969, and for ''Vani ...

, 26 parts. * ''The Forsyte Saga'' (2002 TV series), dir. by

Christopher Menaul Christopher Menaul (born 25 July 1944) is a British film, television director and television writer. Since the late 1970s, Menaul has amassed credits in episodic television and by directing television films. Filmography Film *'' Feast of July' ...

, starring

Gina McKee Georgina "Gina" McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for '' Our Friends in the North'' (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for '' The Lost Prince'' (2003) and '' The Street'' ...

Damian Lewis Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', which earned him a Golden Globe nomination ...

Rupert Graves Rupert Simeon Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in ''A Room with a View'', '' Maurice'', '' The Madness of King George'' and '' The Forsyte Saga''. From 2010 to 2017 he star ...

, and

Corin Redgrave Corin William Redgrave (16 July 19396 April 2010) was an English actor and left-wing socialist activist. Early life Redgrave was born on 16 July 1939 in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kem ...

, 13 parts. ''The White Monkey'' was made into a silent film of the same name in 1925, directed by

Phil Rosen Philip E. Rosen (May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed more than 140 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Malbork, Marienburg, German Empire (now, Malbork, Poland), grew up ...

, and starring

Barbara La Marr Barbara La Marr (born Reatha Dale Watson; July 28, 1896 – January 30, 1926) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in twenty-seven films during her career between 1920 and 1926. La Marr was also noted by the medi ...

Thomas Holding Thomas J. Holding (25 January 1880 – 4 May 1929) was a British-born stage and film actor. Biography Born in England in 1880, Holding possibly had an extensive stage career in his native Britain before arriving in the United States. He was po ...

, and

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. ''

'' was adapted and directed by

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in 1931. It starred

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Helen Haye Helen Haye (born Helen Hay, 28 August 1874 – 1 September 1957) was a British stage and film actress.
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Jill Esmond Jill Esmond (born Jill Esmond Moore; 26 January 1908 – 28 July 1990) was an English stage and screen actress. She was the first wife of Laurence Olivier. Early life Esmond was born in London, the daughter of stage actors Henry V. Esmond and ...

Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won t ...

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and

Phyllis Konstam Phyllis Esther Kohnstamm (14 April 1907 – 20 August 1976), known as Phyllis Konstam, was an English film actress born in London. She appeared in 12 films between 1928 and 1964, including four directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Life Phyllis Est ...

. ''

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'' was filmed in 1930 and 1948. The latter was directed by

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, starring Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, and

William Hartnell William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the first incarnation of the Doctor in '' Doctor Who'' from 1963 to 1966. In film, Hartnell notably appeared in '' Bri ...

. The screenplay was by Philip Dunne. ''

One More River ''One More River'' is a 1934 American drama film mystery directed by James Whale. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starred Colin Clive, Diana Wynyard and stage actress Mrs Patrick Campbell in one of her very few films. T ...

'' (a film version of Galsworthy's ''Over the River'') was filmed by

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in 1934. The film starred

Frank Lawton Frank Lawton Mokeley (30 September 1904 – 10 June 1969) was an English actor. His parents were stage players Daisy May Collier and Frank Lawton (I). His first major screen credit was ''Young Woodley'' (1930). In the mid-1930s, Lawton appe ...

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(one of Whale's most frequently used actors) and

Diana Wynyard Diana Wynyard, CBE (born Dorothy Isobel Cox; 16 January 1906 – 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress. Life and career Born in Lewisham, South London, Wynyard began her career on the stage. After performing in Liverpool and Lon ...

, and featured Mrs. Patrick Campbell in a rare sound film appearance. '' The First and the Last'', a short play, was adapted as '' 21 Days'', starring Vivien Leigh and

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...

. Galsworthy's short story ''The Apple Tree'' was adapted into a radio play for

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's ''Lady Esther Almanac'' radio series on

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, first broadcast on 12 January 1942; the play was again produced by Welles for CBS on ''The Mercury Summer Theatre'' of 6 September 1946. The 1988 film ''

A Summer Story ''A Summer Story'' is a British drama film released in 1988, directed by Piers Haggard, based on John Galsworthy’s 1916 short story "The Apple Tree", with a script by Penelope Mortimer. It stars James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs, and Susannah Yo ...

'' was also based on ''The Apple Tree''. The ''

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'' aired radio adaptations of his plays ''

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'' on 31 October 1948 and ''The Patrician'' on 26 February 1950. The Mob, adapted by John Foley in 2004 for the

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Works

The Forsyte Chronicles

# ''The Salvation of a Forsyte (The Salvation of Swithin Forsyte)'' (1900) # ''On Forsyte 'Change'' (1930) (re-published 1986 as "Uncollected Forsyte") # ''Danaë'' (1905–06) in ''Forsytes, Pendyces, and Others'' (1935) # ''The Man of Property'' (1906) – first book of ''

'' (1922) # ''The Country House'',(1907) # "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" (1918) – first interlude of ''The Forsyte Saga'' in Five Tales (1918) # ''In Chancery'' (1920) – second book of ''The Forsyte Saga'' # "Awakening" (1920) – second interlude of ''The Forsyte Saga'' # ''To Let'' (1921) – third book of ''The Forsyte Saga'' # ''The White Monkey'' (1924) – first book of ''A Modern Comedy'' (1929) # ''The Silver Spoon'' (1926) – second book of ''A Modern Comedy'' # "A Silent Wooing" (1927) – first Interlude of ''A Modern Comedy'' # "Passers-By" (1927) – second Interlude of ''A Modern Comedy'' # ''Swan Song'' (1928) – third book of ''A Modern Comedy'' # ''Maid in Waiting'' (1931) – first book of ''End of the Chapter'' (1934) # ''Flowering Wilderness'' (1932) – second book of ''End of the Chapter'' # ''One More River'' (originally ''Over the River'') (1933) – third book of ''End of the Chapter''

Plays

* ''

'', 1906 * '' Strife'', 1909 * ''Joy'', 1909 * ''

'', 1910 * ''The Little Dream'', 1911 * ''The Pigeon'', 1912 * ''

The Eldest Son ''The Eldest Son'' is a 1912 play by the British writer John Galsworthy. Although first written in 1909, it was until three years later that a version was produced. It ran for 47 performances at the Novelty Theatre, Kingsway Theatre in London's ...

'', 1912 * ''The Fugitive'', 1913 * ''The Mob'', 1914 * ''The Little Man'', 1915 * ''A Bit o' Love'', 1915 * ''The Foundations'', 1917 * '' The First and the Last'', 1919 * ''

'', 1920 *''A Family Man'', 1922 * '' Loyalties'', 1922 * ''Windows'', 1922 * ''

'', 1926 * ''Punch and Go'', 1935

Essays

* Quality, 1912, * ''The Inn of Tranquility'', 1912, * ''Addresses in America'', 1912 * ''Two Essays on Conrad'', 1930

Collections

* ''The Manaton Edition'', 1923–26 (30 vols.) * ''The Grove Edition'', 1927–34 (27 Vols.)

Other works

* ''From the Four Winds'', 1897 (as John Sinjohn) * ''Jocelyn'', 1898 (as John Sinjohn) * ''Villa Rubein and Other Stories'', 1900 (as John Sinjohn) * ''A Man of Devon'', 1901 (as John Sinjohn) * ''The Island Pharisees'', 1904 * ''A Commentary'', 1908 * ''Fraternity'', 1909 * ''A Justification for the Censorship of Plays'', 1909 * ''A Motley'', 1910 * ''The Japanese Quince'', 1910 * ''The Spirit of Punishment'', 1910 * ''Horses in Mines'', 1910 * '' The Patrician'', 1911 * ''Moods, Songs, and Doggerels'', 1912
''For Love of Beasts''
1912
''Treatment of Animals''
1913
''The Slaughter of Animals For Food''
1913 * ''The Dark Flower'', 1913 * ''The Freelands'', 1915 * ''A Sheaf'', 1916 * ''Beyond'', 1917 * ''Five Tales'', 1918 (Contents: "The First and Last", "A Stoic", "

The Apple Tree ''The Apple Tree'' is a series of three musical playlets with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick with contributions from Jerome Coopersmith. Each act has its own storyline, but all three are tied toge ...

", "The Juryman", and "Indian Summer of a Forsyte" (the first interlude of ''

'') * ''Saint's Progress'', 1919 * ''Tatterdemalion (short stories)'', 1920 * ''Captures'', 1923 * ''Abracadabra'', 1924 * ''The Forest'', 1924 * ''Old English'', 1924 * ''The Show'', 1925 * ''Caravan: The Assembled Tales of John Galsworthy'', New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1925 * ''Verses New and Old'', 1926 (poems) * ''Castles in Spain'', 1927 * ''

Bambi ''Bambi'' is a 1942 American animated drama film directed by David Hand (supervising a team of sequence directors), produced by Walt Disney and based on the 1923 book ''Bambi, a Life in the Woods'' by Austrian author and hunter Felix Salten ...

'', Mar 16, 1928, wrote the foreword to Felix Salten's now famous novel * ''Exiled'', 1929 * ''The Roof'', 1929 * ''Soames and the Flag'', 1930 * ''The Creation of Character in Literature'', 1931 (The

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for 1931). * ''Forty Poems'', 1932 * ''Autobiographical Letters of Galsworthy: A Correspondence with Frank Harris'', 1933 * ''Collected Poems'', 1934 * ''The Life and Letters'', 1935 * ''The Winter Garden'', 1935 * ''Forsytes, Pendyces and Others'', 1935 * ''Selected Short Stories'', 1935 * ''Glimpses and Reflections'', 1937 * ''Galsworthy's Letters to Leon Lion'', 1968 * ''Letters from John Galsworthy 1900–1932'', 1970

Notes and references

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Interview
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The Papers of John Galsworthy
at Dartmouth College Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Galsworthy, John 1867 births 1933 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Animal rights scholars Animal welfare scholars Anti-vivisectionists British Nobel laureates Neurological disease deaths in England Deaths from brain cancer in England English animal rights activists English dramatists and playwrights English humanitarians 20th-century English novelists PEN International Nobel laureates in Literature People educated at Harrow School People from Kingston upon Thames English Nobel laureates 19th-century English non-fiction writers Members of the Order of Merit English male dramatists and playwrights English essayists English male novelists 19th-century male writers

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