Herbert Read
Art critic, Author
1893 – 1968
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Who was Herbert Read?
Sir Herbert Edward Read, DSO, MC was an English anarchist, poet and literary critic, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. He was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1893
North Riding of Yorkshire - Also known as
- Sir Herbert Edward Read
- Herbert Edward Read
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Leeds
- Lived in
- North Yorkshire
- Died
- Jun 12, 1968
Stonegrave
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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