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Bruce Lyttelton Richmond

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540: 26:(TLS) for 35 years from a few months after its founding in 1902, to his retirement in 1937. His period of editorship is the longest to date, and during his time well over 1600 issues were produced with numerous reviews contributed by many literary figures. Richmond's obituary in 30:
in 1964 described him as "The Architect of the Times Literary Supplement", while the authors of the introduction to the TLS Centenary Archive stated in 2001 that Richmond had "created and sustained one of the most durable of modern British institutions".
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of Liverpool merchants and ship owners. They had no children, though Elena Richmond carried on her father's work in the field of nursing and midwifery, including honorary positions with the nursing charity, the
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in 1922, credited Richmond as his "chief editorial influence". During the period Richmond was editor, well over 100,000 books were reviewed by over 1000 reviewers. Those who worked with Richmond included
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The TLS Centenary Archive introduction (written in 2001) quotes one of Richmond's successors, John Gross, in describing Richmond's contribution to the success of the
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newspaper. In 1902, in addition to his existing editorial duties, Buckle appointed Richmond as editor of the
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in 1920 and succeeded Richmond as editor in 1938 following Richmond's retirement "on the last day of 1937".
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matches. He graduated from Oxford in 1894, and then studied law, being called to the bar in London (
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to mark Richmond's 90th birthday. In his later years, Richmond's mobility was restricted by
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The speech for the 1930 conferral of Richmond's honorary degree from Oxford was given by
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T. S. Eliot, "Bruce Lyttelton Richmond", Times Literary Supplement, 13 January 1961: 17
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In 1913, Richmond had married Elena Elizabeth Rathbone (1878–1964), of the
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was only a few months old and when the publications were still owned by
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Richmond wrote or contributed to two entries published in 1949 for the
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Despite being published separately after 1914, close associations with
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The second-longest is stated to be that of Arthur Crook (1959–1974):
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through most of the remaining years of Richmond's editorship of the
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became a separate publication. Richmond remained at the helm of the
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and steered it through both these changes and later challenges.
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from 1884 to 1911; and the British music critic and scholar
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Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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as he guided it through its founding and early years:
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Other contributors included 130:operating from the offices of 1: 597:Alumni of New College, Oxford 612:Oxford University cricketers 508:Sir Bruce Lyttelton Richmond 494:"Lady Richmond" (obituary), 602:Members of the Inner Temple 643: 260:degrees and a knighthood. 240:editor, Richmond lived in 627:People from Robertsbridge 556:Dugald Sutherland MacColl 326:National Portrait Gallery 270:1930 – honorary D.Litt., 264:1922 – honorary D.Litt., 84:Times Literary Supplement 23:Times Literary Supplement 582:English male journalists 18:Bruce Lyttelton Richmond 409:Arthur Crook (obituary) 198:, and World War I poet 622:People from Kensington 345:Royal College of Music 322:The Pattern of Freedom 214:and the poet laureate 184: 109:George Geoffrey Dawson 236:During his period as 192:William Francis Casey 140:Queen Victoria Street 136:Printing House Square 47:. 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Index

Times Literary Supplement
Kensington
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
Winchester College
New College, Oxford
first-class cricket
Inner Temple
George Earle Buckle
The Times
Times Literary Supplement
James Thursfield
Arthur Fraser Walter
Lord Northcliffe
George Geoffrey Dawson
Printing House Square
Queen Victoria Street
Henry Wickham Steed
Astor family
John Gross
William Francis Casey
Richard Aldington
Virginia Woolf
T. S. Eliot
Henry James
Robert Bridges
The Criterion
David Leslie Murray
South Kensington
Robertsbridge
Doctor of Letters

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