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Geoffrey Scott (architectural historian)

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116:, to grow up in Italy, "free from all this national feeling which makes people so unhappy. Bring her up somewhere where she does not belong." Lady Sybil and her daughter settled in 349: 334: 364: 369: 329: 339: 324: 109: 359: 101: 112:. She had arrived in Florence when her first husband, terminally ill with tuberculosis, had written he wanted their young daughter, 295: 28: 344: 19:(11 June 1884 – 14 August 1929) was an English scholar and poet, known as a historian of architecture. His biography of 354: 105: 244: 93: 185: 20: 147:) the same year. With little in the way of career, it has been suggested that an unlikely love affair with 137: 125: 265: 319: 314: 148: 82: 52: 273: 78: 266:"DIVORCES GEOFFREY SCOTT.; Lady Sybil, Whose First Husband Was W. Bayard Cutting, Gets Decree" 92:
made his reputation. In 1916, he married Lady Sybil Cutting (1879–1943), whose first husband,
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Geoffrey Scott and the Berenson Circle: Literary and Aesthetic Life in the Early 20th Century
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in New York City, Geoffrey Scott had been retained as an editor of the papers of
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The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste (1914)
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from 1923 to 1925 spurred Scott into his later literary production.
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in 1906. While still an undergraduate he was befriended by
143:The Scotts divorced in 1926, and she remarried (to 8: 184:The Portrait of Zélide (1925) biography of 350:James Tait Black Memorial Prize recipients 243:Stille, Alexander (21 September 2018). 213: 110:Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood 7: 335:People educated at Highgate School 221:thePeerage.com – Person Page 20785 102:Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart 63:, leading to his admission to the 14: 365:20th-century English male writers 370:English male non-fiction writers 330:English architectural historians 340:People educated at Rugby School 296:James Tait Black Memorial Prize 29:James Tait Black Memorial Prize 245:"Living With Fascism in Italy" 1: 325:Alumni of New College, Oxford 154:At the time of his death, of 181:A Box of Paints (1923) poems 90:The Architecture of Humanism 106:Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny 88:In 1914 the publication of 77:, the Berenson villa, with 386: 360:20th-century English poets 94:William Bayard Cutting Jr. 104:, who served as the last 254:– via NYTimes.com. 136:, and seasonal resident 43:, Scott was educated at 126:Villa Medici in Fiesole 203:(1998) Richard M. Dunn 25:The Portrait of Zelide 345:People from Hampstead 186:Isabelle de Charrière 85:, who met him there. 21:Isabelle de Charrière 298:Biography Award 1925 149:Vita Sackville-West 138:Lady Cecilia Pearse 83:John Maynard Keynes 55:, where he won the 53:New College, Oxford 355:English male poets 274:The New York Times 169:'s close friends. 79:Cecil Ross Pinsent 377: 299: 293: 287: 286: 284: 282: 270: 262: 256: 255: 253: 251: 240: 234: 229: 223: 218: 130:Bernard Berenson 69:Bernard Berenson 385: 384: 380: 379: 378: 376: 375: 374: 305: 304: 303: 302: 294: 290: 280: 278: 277:. 21 April 1926 268: 264: 263: 259: 249: 247: 242: 241: 237: 232:The Peerage.com 230: 226: 219: 215: 210: 197: 175: 100:and barrister, 57:Newdigate Prize 45:Highgate School 37: 12: 11: 5: 383: 381: 373: 372: 367: 362: 357: 352: 347: 342: 337: 332: 327: 322: 317: 307: 306: 301: 300: 288: 257: 235: 224: 212: 211: 209: 206: 205: 204: 196: 193: 192: 191: 188: 182: 179: 174: 171: 165:He was one of 132:at the nearby 36: 33: 17:Geoffrey Scott 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 382: 371: 368: 366: 363: 361: 358: 356: 353: 351: 348: 346: 343: 341: 338: 336: 333: 331: 328: 326: 323: 321: 318: 316: 313: 312: 310: 297: 292: 289: 276: 275: 267: 261: 258: 246: 239: 236: 233: 228: 225: 222: 217: 214: 207: 202: 199: 198: 194: 189: 187: 183: 180: 177: 176: 172: 170: 168: 167:Edith Wharton 163: 161: 160:James Boswell 157: 152: 150: 146: 145:Percy Lubbock 141: 139: 135: 131: 127: 124:; buying the 123: 119: 115: 111: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 86: 84: 80: 76: 75: 70: 66: 62: 61:Mary Berenson 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 34: 32: 30: 27:won the 1925 26: 22: 18: 291: 279:. Retrieved 272: 260: 248:. Retrieved 238: 227: 216: 200: 190:Poems (1931) 164: 153: 142: 133: 89: 87: 72: 67:'circle' of 49:Rugby School 38: 24: 16: 15: 320:1929 deaths 315:1884 births 309:Categories 250:20 January 195:References 35:Background 156:pneumonia 41:Hampstead 23:entitled 118:Florence 65:Florence 39:Born in 281:2 April 134:I Tatti 74:I Tatti 47:, then 269:(PDF) 208:Notes 173:Works 122:Italy 283:2019 252:2019 114:Iris 98:peer 51:and 311:: 271:. 162:. 140:. 120:, 31:. 285:.

Index

Isabelle de Charrière
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Hampstead
Highgate School
Rugby School
New College, Oxford
Newdigate Prize
Mary Berenson
Florence
Bernard Berenson
I Tatti
Cecil Ross Pinsent
John Maynard Keynes
William Bayard Cutting Jr.
peer
Hamilton Cuffe, 5th Earl of Desart
Lord Lieutenant of Kilkenny
Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood
Iris
Florence
Italy
Villa Medici in Fiesole
Bernard Berenson
Lady Cecilia Pearse
Percy Lubbock
Vita Sackville-West
pneumonia
James Boswell
Edith Wharton
Isabelle de Charrière

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