Item VI/iii/26 - Germs: a memoir of childhood

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRX-VI/iii/26

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Germs: a memoir of childhood

Date(s)

  • 2004 (Creation)

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4to, 1 volume

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Name of creator

(1923-2003)

Biographical history

Wollheim, Richard Arthur, son of Eric Wollheim, theatrical impresario, of Walton-on-Thames, and Constance Mary, d. of Col. William Henry Baker, vintner; b. 5 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (KS); left July 1941; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1941, BA 1948, (1st class hons History 1946, PPE 1948), MA 1949; Roy. lnniskilling Fusiliers 1943-5 (Lieut.); asst lecturer in Philosophy Univ. Coll. Lond. 1949-51, lecturer 1951-60, Reader 1960-3, Grote Prof. of Philosophy of Mind and Logic 1963-82; Prof. of Philosophy Columbia Univ. New York 1982-4; visiting Prof. of Philos­ophy Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1985-; Prof. of Philosophy and the Humanities Univ. of California, Davis, 1989-; FBA 1972; Fellow American Academy of Arts & Sciences 1986; author of Freud 1971, On Art and the Mind 1972, The Thread of Life 1984, Painting as an Art 1987; also edited works by F. H. Bradley; m. 1st 15 Aug. 1950 Anne Barbara Denise, formerly wife of Theodore Philip Toynbee, d. of Lieut.-Col. George Powell, Grenadier Guards; 2nd 1969 Mary Day, d. of Robert S. Lanier of New York; d. 4 Nov. 2003.

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Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.

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A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.

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  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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GB 2014

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Final

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Partial

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  • English

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  • Latin

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