Gosse, Sir Edmund William, 1849-1928 (Knight, writer)
Dates
- Existence: 1849 - 1928
Biography
Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), poet and man of letters, was born at Hackney, Middlesex, on 21 September 1849, the only child of the zoologist Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888). He worked in the catalogue section of the British Museum, 1865-1875, before becoming translator at the commercial department of the Board of Trade in 1875. He was Clark Lecturer in English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1885-1890, and librarian of the House of Lords, 1904-1914. Gosse developed a reputation as a critic by writing reviews, which included weekly articles for the Sunday Times on literary matters, 1918-1928. His published works include Seventeenth-century studies (1883), Father and son (1907) and Collected poems (1911). He was knighted in 1925, and died in London on 16 May 1928.
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Letter written from 5th I.B.D. (Infantry Base Depot), Rouen, 3 Mar. 1917
Re. the fine Cathedral and church of St Ouen, no-one there he knows or wishes to, his book ('The Old Huntsman') due out in 10 days, latest poem in the Spectator has upset Gosse by a reference to 'Lords'.
Letters, 1864-1933
Anecdotes, reminiscences, letters, photographs and family history
Letters to Augusta Freshfield from Leslie Stephen, Lytton Strachey, E. Hilton Young and Edmund Gosse, 1892-1905
Contains two letters from Leslie Stephen and single letters from other correspondents
Letters to Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1867-1885
Correspondence between Edmund Gosse, his father, Philip Henry Gosse, and his stepmother, Eliza Brightwen.
Life and Letters of Sir Edmund William Gosse, 1850-1931
Interleaved with photographs and original letters and drawings
Notebook entitled 'Memoirs of a Mug', 1932 (1932 transcript of 1927-1928 originals)
Poems and 'Autobiographical Notes: mainly in connection with Gosse and Hardy', 1920-1939 (circa; largely 1930s)
Sir Edmund Gosse: Autobiographical note, 1918
Notes on his literary career and achievements, 1868-1918, written to accompany 'a sifting from the mass of articles which I have published, as a rule anonymously...'; he destroyed many articles
Sir Edmund Gosse: Review of Parini's The Epic of the Beau
A review of H.M. Bower's translation of G. Parini's The epic of the beau by Sir Edmund Gosse, an article for the Sunday times of 15 April 1928, 11 folios. At the beginning is a letter from the donor, P. Gosse, to the University Librarian, 26 April 1929.
Sir Edmund Gosse: Review of The works of Sir Thomas Brown
The manuscript of an unfinished review of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, ed., The works of Sir Thomas Browne, vol. I. This was the last piece written by Gosse before his death.
Sir Edmund Gosse: Tristram Jones
An unprinted fragment, with covering note from Gosse, 27 Sep. 1902.
The Book of Gosse Vol. 1, 1875-1920
Anecdotes, reminiscences, letters, photographs and family history
Typed transcript of a diary entry on Gosse, 1931 (date is inferred)
Part of a typed transcript of a diary entry, dated 15 April 1931, describing a letter Sassoon received from Ruth Head concerning Edmund Gosse. The entry is repeated in full in the notebook MS Add.9852/6/4, folio 4v. Originally enclosed with MS Add.9852/6/4, inside front cover.
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