Meynell, Everard, 1882-1926
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1882 - 1926
Biographical note
Writer, journalist, and book collector. Everard Henry Edward Manning Meynell was born in 1882 in London, England to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell. Everard wrote biographies, including Corot and His Friends (Methuen & Co., 1908) and The Life of Francis Thompson (Burns & Oats, 1913). He served in the British Army during World War II. Everard Meynell died in 1926, just four years after his mother's death.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Boston College collection of the Alice and Wilfrid Meynell family
Collection
Abstract
This collection documents the literary life of British Catholic authors, editors, and publishers Alice and Wilfrid Meynell, as well as their sponsorship of poet Francis Thompson. It contains materials created or collected by both Alice and Wilfrid, as well as six of their children: Everard, Francis, Madeline, Monica, Sebastian, and Viola. Materials include correspondence, drawings, ephemera, manuscripts, photographs, proofs of publications, and a scrapbook. The focus of the collection is on...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research.
Dates:
1868 - 1958; Majority of material found within 1881 - 1938