GB 0103 MS ADD 114 - De La Mare Papers

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GB 0103 MS ADD 114 1931-1941 Collection (fonds) 1 folder Mare , Walter John , De La , 1873-1956 , poet, novelist and anthologist

De La Mare was born on 25 April 1873 at Charlton in Kent. He was educated at St Paul's Cathedral Choristers' School, where he edited the school magazine. He then entered the service of the Anglo-American Oil Company for which he worked until 1908. He began his literary career with Songs of Childhood (1902), followed by a vast array of poems, stories, novels, books for children and anthologies. He died at Twickenham on 22 June 1956.

Unknown.

Two letters to E V Hitchcock dated 22 December 1931 and 24 June 1935; newspaper article from the Daily Telegraph, 24 December 1941; Two poems (privately printed, 1931).

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English

Collection level description.

For further correspondence and papers of Walter John De La Mare, see the National Register of Archives.

  1999, revised Oct 2001  Hitchcock , E V , fl 1931-1935 Literary forms and genres Literature Mare , Walter John de la , 1873-1956 , poet and writer x de la Mare , Walter Poetry

Unknown.

Two letters to E V Hitchcock dated 22 December 1931 and 24 June 1935; newspaper article from the Daily Telegraph, 24 December 1941; Two poems (privately printed, 1931).

Open.

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

• 英文

• 拉丁语

English

Collection level description.

For further correspondence and papers of Walter John De La Mare, see the National Register of Archives.

• 英文