Sir Max Beerbohm

Sarah Jane Davison (University of Nottingham)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

Born 24 Aug 1872
Died 20 May 1956
Activity 1892-1956

Places

Born in England
Active in England

Activities

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Essayist
Political writer

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Beerbohm's Works

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Max Beerbohm is one of Britain's greatest and best-loved comic artists. He was born Henry Maximilian Beerbohm on 24 August 1872 at 57 Palace Gardens Terrace, London, into a lively, successful and doting family. His father, Julius Ewald Beerbohm (1810-1892) of Lithuanian, Dutch and German descent, hailed from Memel [now renamed Klaipeda and the chief port of Lithuania] on the Baltic coast. He came to England about 1830 and set up as a corn-merchant. When his first wife, Constantia Draper died, leaving four children behind her, he married her sister, Eliza. She bore Beerbohm five children of whom three survived: Agnes (1865-1948), Dora (1868-1940), and Max, the baby of the family. In infancy he was prematurely precocious; in maturity he sustained the delights of a child.

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Citation: Davison, Sarah Jane. "Sir Max Beerbohm". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 August 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=328, accessed 23 November 2024.]