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Peter Quennell
English writer (1905–1993) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Peter Courtney Quennell CBE (9 March 1905 – 27 October 1993) was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic.[1] He wrote extensively on social history. In his Times obituary he was described as "the last genuine example of the English man of letters".[2] Anthony Powell called him "The Last of the Mandarins".[3]
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