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Sherard, Robert Harborough

Robert Harborough Sherard was born Robert Harborough Sherard Kennedy on 3 December 1861 at Putney, England, the son of Reverend Bennet Sherard Calcraft Kennedy (illegitimate son of the 6th Earl of Harborough and actress Emma Love) and Jane Stanley Wordsworth, the granddaughter of William Wordsworth. He dropped the surname Kennedy upon moving to Paris in late 1882.

He was married in turn to Marthe Lipska in 1887, Irene Osgood in 1908, and Alice Muriel Fiddian in 1928.

Robert H.Sherard was an English writer and journalist. He was a friend, and the first biographer, of Oscar Wilde, as well as being Wilde's most prolific biographer in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Born 1861
Died 1943

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  • Cover of: The life of Oscar Wilde: with a full reprint of the famous revolutionary article, "Jacta alea est,"

    Cover of edition lifeofoscarwilde00sheriala Cover of edition lifeofoscarwilde00sher Cover of edition lifeoscarwilde00shergoog First published in 1906 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: real Oscar Wilde: to be used as a supplement to, and in illustration of "The life of Oscar Wilde"; by Robert Harborough Sherard, with numerous unpublished letters, facsimiles, portraits and illustrations.

    First published in 1900 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Bernard Shaw, Frank Harris & Oscar Wilde

    First published in 1937 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Oscar Wilde: the story of an unhappy friendship

    First published in 1905 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Andre□ Gide's wicked lies about the late Mr. Oscar Wilde in Algiers in January, 1895: as translated from the French and broadcast by Dr. G. J. Renier

    First published in 1933 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: life, work, and evil fate of Guy de Maupassant (gentilhomme de lettres)

    First published in 1976 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: My friends the French: with discursive allusions to other people

    First published in 1909 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Twenty years in Paris: being some recollections of a literary life

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  • Cover of: The white slaves of England: being true pictures of certain social conditions in the kingdom of England in the year 1897

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  • Cover of: Émile Zola: a biographical and critical study

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  • Cover of: Alphonse Daudet: biographical and critical study

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  • Cover of: The life, work and evil fate of Guy de Maupassant: (gentilhomme de lettres)

    First published in 1926 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Agatha's quest

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  • Cover of: At the closed door: being the true and faithful account of an experiment in propria persona of the treatment accorded of the pauper emigrants in New York Harbour by the officials of the American democracy

    First published in 1902 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: bartered honour: a novel ...

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  • Cover of: The child-slaves of Britain

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  • Cover of: Modern Paris: some sidelights on its inner life

    First published in 1911 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: My wickedness: a psychological study.

    First published in 1893 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Oscar Wilde, "drunkard and swindler": a reply to George Bernard Shaw, Dr. G.J. Renier, Frank Harris, etc.

    First published in 1933 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Oscar Wilde twice defended from André Gide's wicked lies and Frank Harris's cruel libels: to which is added a reply to George Bernard Shaw, a refutation of Dr. G. J. Renier's statements, a letter to the author from Lord Alfred Douglas, an interview with Bernard Shaw by Hugh Kingmill [pseud.]

    First published in 1934 — 1 edition
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Born 1861
Died 1943

Subjects

Biography, Irish authors, Irish Authors, Authors, Irish, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Social life and customs, Authors, French, French Authors, Friends and associates, Labor and laboring classes, Child labor, Criticism and interpretation, Emigration and immigration

Places

Great Britain, Paris (France), France, United States

People

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Frank Harris (1855-1931), Gustaaf Johannes Renier (1892-), André Gide (1869-1951), Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897), Andre Gide (1869-1951), Emile Zola (1840-1902), Gustaaf Johannes Renier (1892-1962), Hugh Kingsmill (1889-1949)

Time

19th century

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  • OLID: OL187787A

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Alternative names

  • Robert Harborough Sherard Kennedy

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June 14, 2010 Edited by 82.171.181.173 Edited without comment.
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import