| AdminHistory | Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was born in London in 1886, and later became a novelist, known for works which explore sexuality, social climbing and religion. As a child he was briefly sent to Uppingham School and was privately taught in England, France and Spain. Attended Trinity Hall Cambridge, 1906-1909. He was received into the Catholic Church in 1907. He later travelled around Spain, Italy, the Middle East, and Africa. He died at the age of 40, in 1926, due to lung disease. |
| CustodialHistory | Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. |