Osbert Sitwell
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet, Capt. Sir [Francis] Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
British writer; baronet (1892-1969)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1969
- Works
- 242
Top works
- C.R.W. Nevinson
- the collected satires and poems of osbert sitwell
- Miracle on Sinai
- Miracle on Sinai
- Osbert Sitwell / Left Hand Right Hand 1947
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1887-09-07
- Active to
- 1964-12-09
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Evidence of Artemisinin-Resistant Malaria in Africa
· 2021 · cited 775x
- Can no-tillage stimulate carbon sequestration in agricultural soils? A meta-analysis of paired experiments
· 2010 · cited 674x
- Grassland ecosystems in China: review of current knowledge and research advancement
· 2007 · cited 563x
- Soil carbon change and its responses to agricultural practices in Australian agro-ecosystems: A review and synthesis
· 2010 · cited 361x
- The Golden Hour and the Silver Day: Detection and Correction of Occult Hypoperfusion within 24 Hours Improves Outcome from Major Trauma
· 1999 · cited 318x
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Quotes
- “The British bourgeoisieIs not bornAnd does not die,But, if it is ill,It has a frightened look in its eyes.”
- “The Daily Herald is unkind.It has been horridAbout my nice new war.I shall burn the Daily Herald.”
- “Our GeneralHad to restore"Law-and-Order" At Amritsar; For he knewThat if he failedTo shootTwo thousand nativesThey would have laughed at him.To laugh at a General,Is, of course, very rude.”
- “Heroic figures are now obsolete,So Demigod and Devil find retreatIn minds of children — as rare beasts and men,Elsewhere extinct, persist in hill or fenFrom man protected — where each form assumesGigantic stature and intention, loomsFrom wind-moved, twilight-woven histories:For them each flower teems with mysteries.”
- “For Poetry is the wisdom of the blood,That scarlet tree within, which has the powerTo make dull words bud forth and burst in flower.”
- “Educ[ated]: during the holidays from Eton.”
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Osbert Sitwell in The Bookman volume 57 December 1919 p. 102.jpg
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- P12749
- Lucky Twice
- date of birth
- 1892-12-06
- date of death
- 1969-05-04
- Commons category
- Osbert Sitwell
- start of work period
- 1919-00-00
- name in native language
- Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bt
- birth name
- Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell
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