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==Country==
 
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==Occupation==
 
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Writer
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Writer, Poet, Academic
  
 
==Notable Achievements==
 
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CB
  
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Literary critic, biographer, poet.  Confided his attraction to men in letters to contemporaries.
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Literary critic, biographer, poet, and man of letters.  Confided his attraction to men in letters to his contemporaries. His account of his childhood in the book 'Father and Son' (1907) has been described as the first psychological biography.  Lectured in English literature at Cambridge University.  Art critic with a specialty in sculpture.  Librarian of the House of Lords Library (1904).  His poetry collections include 'The Autumn Garden' (1908) and 'On Viol and Flute' (1873).  Named a Companion of the Order of the Bath (1912) and was knighted (1925).
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==See Also==
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* [[Prominent Biographers Who are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Literary Critics and Editors Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Librarians and Archivists]]
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* [[Art and Culture Critics Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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==Further Reading/Research==
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* https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edmund-Gosse
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* http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/edmund-william-gosse
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* http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199799558/obo-9780199799558-0138.xml
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* https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/nov/02/featuresreviews.guardianreview35
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Latest revision as of 14:48, 28 January 2020

Edmund Gosse

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1849 - 1928

Occupation

Writer, Poet, Academic

Notable Achievements

CB

Description

Literary critic, biographer, poet, and man of letters. Confided his attraction to men in letters to his contemporaries. His account of his childhood in the book 'Father and Son' (1907) has been described as the first psychological biography. Lectured in English literature at Cambridge University. Art critic with a specialty in sculpture. Librarian of the House of Lords Library (1904). His poetry collections include 'The Autumn Garden' (1908) and 'On Viol and Flute' (1873). Named a Companion of the Order of the Bath (1912) and was knighted (1925).

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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