Edward Gleichen (1863–1937)
Author of Chronology of the Great War, 1914-1918
About the Author
Image credit: Lord Edward Gleichen
Works by Edward Gleichen
The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915 (TREDITION CLASSICS) (1917) 5 copies
Infantry Brigade: 1914-The Diary of a Commander of the 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, British Army, During the… (2007) 2 copies
The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government. Edited by Count Gleichen Volume 1 (2010) 2 copies
With the Camel Corps Up the Nile: the 'Gordon Relief Expedition' Against the Mahdists, Sudan, 1885 (2010) 1 copy
British America 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1863-01-15
- Date of death
- 1937-12-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- soldier
- Organizations
- British Army
Camel Corps - Awards and honors
- Royal Victorian Order (Commander)
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The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by… by Edward Gleichen
Edward Gleichen had a rather interesting life; nicknamed “Glick” by Vanity Fair he was a Hohenlohe-Langenburg Count who became a soldier and author. He edited The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: a compendium prepared by officers of the Sudan government, which sounds exotic and sometimes across as such, what with the reports of restless natives and attempts to tame the Nile and its swamps. The Bahr-el-Ghazal gets a mention and fans of the Lado Enclave get glimpses of what was to come.
This was the first book ever written which attempted to describe all of the outdoor statues of London, and so is of historical importance. The reader may disagree with the author's opinions of some of the works, but that does not detract from the book's interest. It has numerous pictures and includes some information which may surprise the reader - for instance, did you know that the statue of Eros (strictly the Angel of Christian Charity) was for some years during the 1920's moved from Piccadilly Circus to Victoria Embankment gardens, while work was carried out on the Piccadilly underground station? Some of the information is of course now out of date (the statue of Charles I in Soho Square, which Gleichen refers to as "vanished", has now been returned) and a lot of modern statues now exist which are obviously not referred to, but if you are interested in outdoor sculpture you should try to locate a copy. I would guess that even this reprint, from 1973, is now long out of print.… (more)
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