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Beerbohm, Henry Maximilian, Sir(Max)

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Born: 1872 AD
Died: 1956 AD, at 83 years of age.

Nationality: English
Categories: Authors, Critics, Essayists, Satirists

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1872 - Born on the 24th of August in London, England.

       - Educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford.

1896 - Published his first book The Works of Max Beerbohm.

1897 - Wrote The Happy Hypocrite.

1910 - He married the actress Florence Kahn.

1911 - He wrote his only novel Zuleika Dobson.

1912-1919 - Wrote A Christmas Garland, a parody of literary styles, and Seven Men, which includes "Enoch Soames".

1935 - Radio broadcaster, talking on cars and carriages and music halls for the BBC.

1939 - He was knighted.

1956 - He died on 20th of May in Rapallo, Italy. His ashes were interred in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.







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