Binyon, Laurence b. August 10, 1869 d. March 10, 1943 British poet and critic. Robert Laurence Binyon was born in Lancaster, the son of a clergyman. He was educated at St. Paul's School in London and at Trinity College, Oxford; where, in 1890, he won the Newdigate Prize for his poem "Persephone." After he graduated, he worked at the British Museum in the Department of Printed Books, rising to become the head of the Department of Oriental Prints and Drawings. Upon his retirement in 1933, he went to Harvard University as the Professor of Poetry, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Aldworth, Berkshire, England
Sacher-Masoch (Erisso), Eva (Baroness) Hermine b. 1912 d. 1994 Born in Budapest under the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Baroness was the great niece of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch, who wrote "Venus in Furs" and who gave his name to the psychological condition, masochism. After the War, she married Glynn Faithfull, a British Army Officer and philologist. Their daughter (born 1946) is Marianne Faithfull. (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Aldworth, Berkshire, England
b. August 10, 1869 d. March 10, 1943