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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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Herbert Edward Read was a British art historian, poet, writer, and philosopher. Born in Muscoates on 4 December 1893, he served in the British Army during World War I, receiving the Military Cross and the Distinguished Service Order. He was educated at the University of Leeds and later held teaching positions at Harvard University, Wesleyan University, and the University of Edinburgh. His political ideology was anarchism.
Read died in Stonegrave on 12 June 1968. He was the father of Piers Paul Read. His notable works include *The prerequisite of peace*, *The contrary experience*, *This way, delight*, *The place of art in a university*, and *Collected works*. He received the Erasmus Prize and was made a Knight Bachelor. His writings are in English, and his works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and the National Gallery of Art.
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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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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
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Muscoates
- Place of death
- Stonegrave
- Occupation
- critic
- Position held
- teacher
- Educated at
- University of Leeds
- Employer
- Harvard University
- Languages spoken
- British English
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Erasmus Prize
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- Herbert Read (1966).jpg
- Political ideology
- anarchism
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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
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- writing language
- English language
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- member of
- Yorkshire Philosophical Society
- start of work period
- 1915-01-01
- end of work period
- 1968-01-01
- P12749
- Wierzchy
- Commons Creator page
- Herbert Edward Read
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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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