Vera Brittain
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 29 December 1893
- Died
- 29 March 1970
- Works
- 139
Top works
- Pavements at Anderby
- Englands Hour
- Testament of Youth
- Valiant Pilgrim; the Story of John Bunyan and Puritan England
- Testament of Friendship
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 18
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,668x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,671x
- Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2021 · cited 6,429x
- 2021 ESC Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice
· 2021 · cited 5,503x
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Key facts
- Born
- Vera Mary Brittain , ( 1893-12-29 ) 29 December 1893, Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , England
- Died
- 29 March 1970 (1970-03-29) (aged 76), Wimbledon , London , England
- Occupation
- Writer Author Journalist
- Alma mater
- Somerville College, Oxford
- Genre
- Feminism Pacifism
- Notable works
- Testament of Youth (1933)
- Spouse
- Sir George Catlin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 )
- Children
- John Brittain-Catlin, Shirley Williams
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Key dates
- Born
- 29 December 1893
- Died
- 29 March 1970
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vera
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Place of death
- Wimbledon
- Occupation
- suffragist
- Educated at
- Somerville College
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
Article
Vera Mary Brittain (29 December 1893 – 29 March 1970) was an English Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse, writer, feminist, socialist and pacifist. Her best-selling 1933 memoir Testament of Youth recounted her experiences during the First World War and the beginning of her journey towards pacifism.
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1893 births1970 deaths20th-century British nurses20th-century English memoirists20th-century English novelists20th-century English women novelists20th-century English women poetsAlumni of Somerville College, OxfordAnglican pacifistsAnglican socialistsAnglican writersBritish women civil rights activists