Keynes, Sir Geoffrey Langdon, 1887-1982 (Knight, surgeon and bibliophile)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1887 - 1982
Biography
Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (1887-1982), surgeon, bibliographer and literary scholar, was born in Cambridge on 25 March 1887. His brother was John Maynard Keynes, later Lord Keynes. Geoffrey went to school at Rugby, before entering Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1906, to study natural sciences. He trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I. After the war he became part of the surgical team at Bart's, where he was appointed assistant surgeon in 1928. During World War II he was consulting surgeon to the R.A.F., and was made acting Air Vice-Marshal in 1944. He retired from Bart's in 1952, and received a knighthood in 1955. Keynes wrote many bibliographies and biographies. The subjects of his works include Jane Austen, Rupert Brooke, John Donne, John Evelyn, William Harvey, William Hazlitt, Siegfried Sassoon, Izaak Walton and, in particular, William Blake. His work on Thomas Willis remained uncompleted at his death. Keynes was also a great admirer of ballet, and wrote his own ballet, Job, with music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which was first performed by the Camargo Society in 1931.
Found in 135 Collections and/or Records:
File
Speeches by Geoffrey Keynes and Francis Meynell at the opening of the Gainsborough's House exhibition, 1974
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/D41/5
Scope and Contents
Audiocassette.
Dates:
1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
The compleat angler, by Isaac Walton, 1929
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/D6/2
Scope and Contents
Letters from Meynell to the editor Geoffrey Keynes and to the Curwen Press; trial settings of the title-page; and proofs of the 6 copper engravings by Charles Sigrist (2 sets).
Dates:
1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
The complete writings of William Blake with all the variant readings (1957), 1956-1958
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/D18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series contains papers of the Nonesuch Press from its beginning in 1923 until after its last publication (not counting John Dreyfus's History of the Nonesuch Press, 1981) in 1968. Meynell's files were roughly sorted into 'Pre-war Nonesuch', 'Macy's Nonesuch' (George Macy owned the business 1936-51), and 'Post-war Nonesuch'. This series retains the basic chronological scheme, except for subseries D42 and 43 at the end which keep general correspondence and correspondence about permissions...
Dates:
1956-1958
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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'The Tasking', 'Unwonted Themes' and 'Meredith Biographical References etc.', 1947-1957 (circa; the Meredith notes precede 1948; the poems date circa 1951-1957)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/9
Scope and Contents
Notebook comprising draft poems for 'The Tasking' and 'Unwonted Themes' at one end, and notes for 'Meredith' from the other. The notebook also includes an almost continuous run of diary entries for 5 Feb. 1953 - 4 Apr. 1954. While the diary entries begin from the poetry end, many share pages with the Meredith notes. Contents: 'The Tasking. Unwonted Themes': /1r-29v & 76r. Contains the following draft poems and related notes: - Title page: /1r. - 'The Abstractionist': /1v. - Lists...
Dates:
1947-1957 (circa; the Meredith notes precede 1948; the poems date circa 1951-1957)
Conditions Governing Access:
Fragile, with many loose or detached pages - please handle with care.
Fonds
Thomas Bewick: Correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8520
Dates:
1797-1822
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Thomas Cobden-Sanderson: The ideal book
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8456
Scope and Contents
'The ideal book or book beautiful: a tract on caligraphy, printing, and illustration', a copy by Edward Johnston commissioned by the author. On the flyleaf is the signaure of Cobden-Sanderson and the inscription 'To Greta Johnston. In memory of a friendship. A. C-S. July 1924'. There are sixteen lines of verse by Johnston at the end of the volume. The book is accompanied by a letter from Miss Bridget Johnston to Geoffrey Keynes, 11 January 1946, and another from 'John' to Keynes, 16 October...
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Thomas Moore: Poetical works of the late Thomas Little
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8455
Scope and Contents
A calligraphic manuscript of Poetical works of the late Thomas Little, 124 numbered pages, executed by Ensign George Mackay. At the front of the volume is the bookplate of Lord Gray.
Dates:
1814
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Thomas Philip Le Fanu: correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8383
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript correspondence regarding the seventieth birthday party for Sir Geoffrey Keynes, comprising mainly replies to invitations. Letters are to W.R. Le Fanu unless otherwise stated.
Dates:
1955-1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Series
Transcript of 'The Tasking' by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1954
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8539
Scope and Contents
Notebook with transcript of Siegfried Sassoon's poems 'The Tasking', transcribed for printing in 75 copies by Cambridge University Press; fair copies. This appears to be a transcription of the manuscript of 'The Tasking' at MS Add.8538, incorporating Sassoon's revisions. Contents: Title page: /1r. Poems: - 'The Tasking' and 'Two Stars': /2r. - 'The Visitant' and 'The Question': /2v. - 'The Making': /3r. - 'The Dispersal' and 'Faith Unfaithful': /3v. - 'The Darkness' and 'The Contention':...
Dates:
1954
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Two letters and three cards from Sir Geoffrey Keynes to Peter Hawkes; Brinkley, 13 Aug. 1964-20 June 1965
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9846/108-112
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters and related items, mostly addressed to the editors of the Cambridge Review, and predominantly to Peter Hawkes. Some letters were intended for publication; most of the others concern the contribution (or otherwise) of articles and book reviews.
Dates:
13 Aug. 1964-20 June 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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