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Lascelles Abercrombie

Lascelles Abercrombie
Abercrombie in 1937.
Abercrombie in 1937.
Born(1881-01-09)9 January 1881[1]
Ashton upon Mersey, Sale, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died27 October 1938(1938-10-27) (aged 57)
London, England, UK
OccupationJournalist, lecturer
Alma materMalvern College, Owens College

Lascelles Abercrombie, FBA (9 January 1881 – 27 October 1938)[1] was a British poet and literary critic, one of the "Dymock poets". After the First World War he worked as a professor of English literature in a number of English universities, writing principally on the theory of literature.

  1. ^ a b Hoiberg, Dale H., ed. (2010). "Abercrombie, Lascelles". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. I: A-ak Bayes (15th ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. pp. 27. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.

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