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Forster, Edward Morgan. Adm. at KING'S, Oct. 4, 1897. [Only] s. of Edward Morgan Llewellyn (1866), architect [and Alice Clara]. B. 1879. School, Tonbridge. Matric. Michs. 1897; Exhibitioner, 1897; Prizeman, 1899 and 1900; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1911. Fellow, 1927-33. Clark Lecturer, 1927; Rede Lecturer, 1940-1. 'It is apparent,' says Rose Macaulay in The Writings of E. M. Forster, 'that he fell in love with Cambridge. His second novel, The Longest Journey, is partly a glorification of undergraduate life, as being nearer the true and shining world of reality than is the dark, chaotic muddle and falsity of most life outside.' Began the search for 'sly shades' and elusive connections with a series of short stories which reappeared in The Celestial Omnibus and The Eternal Moment. Two novels, Where Angels Fear to Tread and A Room With A View, were the result of explorations in Italy. Howards End, 'that rich work of delicate social irony and imaginative individual creation,' followed in 1910. A Passage to India was begun after his first visit there in 1912, and completed ten years later. During the Great War, served with the British Red Cross in Egypt. While stationed at Alexandria, compiled a History and Guide to the locality, a happy instance of 'imagination harnessed to precision.' Essays written soon after the War include The Consolations of History (republished in Abinger Harvest) which suggests that 'with existence as it threatens to-day a draggled mass of elderly people and barbed wire it is agreeable to glance back to enchanted carnages, and to croon over conditions we now subscribe to exterminate. Tight little faces from Oxford, fish-shaped faces from Cambridge, we cannot help having our dreams. Was life then warm and tremendous?' Other works include a Memoir of G. Lowes Dickinson and the Rede Lecture on Virginia Woolf, whose posthumous collection, The Death of the Moth, contains an estimate of Forster's work. Awarded the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Prize, 1925. Benson Medal, Royal Society of Literature, 1937. Member of Lord Chancellor's Committee on Defamatory Libel, 1939. President, National Council for Civil Liberties, 1942. Hon. LL.D. (Aberdeen) 1931. Living at West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Surrey, in 1942. (Tonbridge Sch. Reg.; King's Coll. Adm. Reg.; Who's Who, 1942; E. M. Forster.) | Edward Morgan FORSTER Approx. lifespan: 18791970 Adm King's College 1897:10:04 Only s. of Edward Morgan Llewellyn FORSTER (1866), Architect: [and Alice Clara]. b. 1879 Sch: Tonbridge School Tonbridge, [Kent], Matric 1897:10MT: Exhibitioner 1897 Prizeman: 1899, and 1900 BA 1900 MA 1911 Fellow 1927-33 Clark Lecturer: 1927 Rede Lecturer: 1940-41 'It is apparent,' says Rose Macaulay in The Writings of E. M. Forster, 'that he fell in love with CB, ???, His second novel, The Longest Journey, is partly a glorification of undergraduate life, as being nearer the true and shining world of reality than is the dark, chaotic muddle and falsity of most life outside.' Began the search for 'sly shades' and elusive connections with a series of short stories which reappeared in The Celestial Omnibus and The Eternal Moment. Two novels, Where Angels Fear to Tread and A Room With A View, were the result of explorations Italy , . Howards End, 'that rich work of delicate social irony and imaginative individual creation,' followed in1910 A Passage to India was begun after his first visit there in1912, and completed ten years later. During the Great War[1914-18], served with the British Red Cross Egypt , While stationed Alexandria, [Egypt], , compiled a History and Guide to the locality, a happy instance of 'imagination harnessed to precision.' Essays written soon after the War include The Consolations of History (republished in Abinger Harvest ) which suggests that 'with existence as it threatens to-day-a draggled mass of elderly people and barbed wire-it is agreeable to glance back to enchanted carnages, and to croon over conditions we now subscribe to exterminate. Tight little faces from OX, [Oxfordshire], , fish-shaped faces from CB, ???, , we cannot help having our dreams. Was life then warm and tremendous?' Other works include a Memoir of G. Lowes Dickinson and the Rede Lecture on Virginia Woolf, whose posthumous collection, The Death of the Moth, contains an estimate of Forster's work. Awarded the Prix Femina Vie Heureuse and the James Tait Black Prize 1925 Benson Medal, Royal Society of Literature 1937 Member of Lord: Chancellor's Committee on Defamatory Libel 1939 President: National Council for Civil Liberties 1942 Hon.LLD Aberdeen 1931 At West Hackhurst, Abinger Hammer, Surrey , in1942 ( Tonbridge School Reg.; King's College Adm. Reg.; Who's Who 1942; E. M. Forster.) [add:]Hon.Litt.D. 1950[:add] [add:] d. 1970:06:07 [:add] [add:] WWW [:add] |