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Herbert Edward Read
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English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Herbert Edward Read is referenced by 499 other articles, and connects out to existentialism, University of Edinburgh and Imagism.
It is catalogued under topics including 1893 births, 1968 deaths and 20th-century English male writers.
Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 December 1893
- Died
- 12 June 1968
- Works
- 362
Top works
- Bild und Idee
- Sculpture and drawings by Lynn Chadwick
- The prerequisite of peace
- The contrary experience
- This way, delight
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1857-06-02
- Active to
- 1934-02-23
Discography
- Elgar Centenary 1857–19571957
- Enigma variations / Cocaigne Overture1963
- Enigma Variations / Overture Cockaigne1963
- Cello Concerto / Sea Pictures1965
- Elgar: Cellokonzert / Bloch: Schelomo1967
- Elgar: In the South / Vaughan Williams: Tallis Fantasia, The Wasps1968
- Elgar: Enigma Variations / Vaughan Williams: English Folk Songs Suite / Fantasia on "Greensleeves"1971
- Elgar and Worcester1974
- Pomp & Circumstance Marches / Imperial March / Crown of India Suite1974
- Music of England1977
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Equation of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines
· 1953 · cited 29,958x
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,577x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,799x
- Adsorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers
· 1938 · cited 24,547x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,567x
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Key facts
- Born
- Herbert Edward Read , ( 1893-12-04 ) 4 December 1893, Muscoates, North Riding of Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 12 June 1968 (1968-06-12) (aged 74), Stonegrave , North Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Occupation
- Art historian, literary and art critic
- Period
- 1915–1968
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Herbert Read (1966).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1893-11-04
- date of death
- 1968-06-12
- Commons category
- Herbert Read
- birth name
- Herbert Edward Read
- start of work period
- 1915-01-01
- end of work period
- 1968-01-01
- P12749
- Wierzchy
- Commons Creator page
- Herbert Edward Read
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC (/riːd/; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung.
He was a professor of fine art at Edinburgh University from 1931 to 1933, a lecturer in art at the University of Liverpool (1935-36), Leon Fellow at University of London (1940-42), and Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University (1953-54).
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