Basil de Sélincourt
Basil de Sélincourt | |
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| Born | August 19, 1876 |
| Died | February 16, 1966 (aged 89) Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, England |
| Occupations | Essayist, journalist |
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Basil de Sélincourt (19 August 1876 – 16 February 1966) was a British essayist and journalist.[1]
In 1900, de Sélincourt was an Acting Professor of Greek at the University of Sydney[2] and from 1900-1901 served as President of the Sydney University Union[3] (now the University of Sydney Union).
In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete, but the celibate marriage failed,[4] and in 1908 he married the writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873–1935).[5] Basil de Sélincourt's third wife was Julia Sanford Chapin[6]
De Sélincourt died in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire in February 1966.
Works
- Giotto (1905)
- William Blake (1909)[7]
- Walt Whitman A Critical Study (1914)
- The English Secret and Other Essays (1923)[8]
- The Religion of the Spirit (1927)
- Selected Poems of William Blake (1927) editor
- Pomona or the Future of English (1928)
- Towards Peace and Other Essays Critical or Constructive (1932)
- Enjoyment of Music (Hogarth Press)
- Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters (1936)
References
- ^ "Basil de Selincourt (1877–1966), Journalist" UK National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "Calendar of the University of Sydney 1900". University of Sydney Archives. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "SYDNEY UNIVERSITY UNION". Sydney Morning Herald. 15 December 1900. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "The World's First Global Dance Critic Was a Victorian Aerobics Teacher". Atlas Obscura. Atlas Obscura. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
- ^ "Basil DE SELINCOURT / Anne Douglas SEDGWICK" Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "Family of Basil DE SELINCOURT and Julia Chapin ALSOP".
- ^ "William Blake; by Basil De Selincourt" Hathi Trust Digital Library. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ "THE ENGLISH SECRET, and Other Essays: By Basil de Selincourt" The Spectator. Retrieved 28 August 2013.