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Vera Brittain
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English writer (1893-1970)
OverviewAI-generated
Vera Brittain (1893–1970) was a British nurse, writer, poet, and novelist. Born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, she was educated at Somerville College and held United Kingdom citizenship. Her notable works include *Testament of Youth*, *Testament of Friendship*, *Valiant Pilgrim; the Story of John Bunyan and Puritan England*, *Englands Hour*, and *Pavements at Anderby*. She wrote in the English language and was a member of the Six Point Group.
Brittain’s field of work included poetry and service with the Voluntary Aid Detachment. She was the mother of Shirley Williams and the unmarried partner of Roland Leighton. Her religious affiliation was Anglicanism. She died in Wimbledon.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 29 December 1893
- Died
- 29 March 1970
- Works
- 139
Top works
- Pavements at Anderby
- Englands Hour
- Testament of Youth
- Valiant Pilgrim; the Story of John Bunyan and Puritan England
- Testament of Friendship
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 18
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,971x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,235x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,010x
- Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,864x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
· 2021 · cited 5,868x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Meek wifehood is no part of my profession; / I am your friend, but never your possession.”
- “All that a pacifist can undertake — but it is a very great deal — is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.”
- “It is probably true to say that the largest scope for change still lies in men’s attitude to women, and in women’s attitude to themselves.”
- “Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.”
- “I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.”
- “We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- Vera Mary Brittain , ( 1893-12-29 ) 29 December 1893, Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , England
- Died
- 29 March 1970 (1970-03-29) (aged 76), Wimbledon , London , England
- Occupation
- Writer Author Journalist
- Alma mater
- Somerville College, Oxford
- Genre
- Feminism Pacifism
- Notable works
- Testament of Youth (1933)
- Spouse
- Sir George Catlin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 )
- Children
- John Brittain-Catlin, Shirley Williams
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.
Life and work
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