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Humbert Wolfe

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An anti-Nazi parody of the famous Struwwelpeter, published under the alias "Oistros", with pictures by Archibald Louis Charles Savory (1933)
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that he was "of no political creed, except that his general view is that money and its possessors should be abolished."
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to mark the 75th anniversary of Wolfe's death. The sculptures have been sited where Wolfe died in London – 75
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family background, his father, Martin Wolff, being of German descent and his mother, Consuela,
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He was one of the most popular British authors of the 1920s. He was also a translator of
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Harlequin in Whitehall: a Life of Humbert Wolfe, Poet and Civil Servant 1885-1940
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Please note that a wikilink to the author's article on in is not available
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Wolfe's verses have been set to music by a number of composers, including
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Twentieth Century Authors, A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature
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In 2014–2015, five busts of the poet were created and sited by sculptor
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Personalities; a selection from the writings of A. A. Baumann
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Though his works are little read today, the following
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His career was in the Civil Service, beginning in the
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Shylock Reasons with Mr. Chesterton and other poems
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Drawing by William Rothenstein, 1931
William Rothenstein
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Pamela Frankau
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Wadham College
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Heinrich Heine
Edmond Fleg
Eugene Heltai
Board of Trade
Ministry of Labour
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Gustav Holst
Pamela Frankau
epigram

Anthony Padgett

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