Hollis, Christopher, 1902-1977
Biographical Note
Maurice Christopher Hollis (1902-1977) was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He converted to Catholicism in 1924 and published his first book, Glastonbury and England, in 1927. From 1925-1935, he was assistant master at Stonyhurst College and from 1935-1939 he lectured and did research in the United States and Canada. Hollis was an economist, scholar, historian, biographer, lecturer, and journalist. He was a Conservative member of the British Parliament from 1945-1955 and served with the Royal Air Force in World War II. He served as a member of the editorial board of the London Tablet and published many works during his lifetime. His last book, Oxford in the Twenties: Recollections of Five Friends, was published a year before his death in 1977.
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Hollis, Christopher, 1973-1975
Consists of correspondence to John Cumming, literary editor of The Tablet, from various English and Scottish writers. Manuscripts of poems, essays, and reviews by these authors are also included.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of Christopher Hollis
This collection documents the life and work of Christopher Hollis, a twentieth-century British Catholic author, historian, and politician. It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and typescripts for Hollis's theological work "The Mystery of Things."
Collection is open for research.
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