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Frederick Brittain (1893–1969)

Author of The Penguin Book of Latin Verse

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Includes the names: F. Brittain, F. Brittain, F. Brittain Litt.D, F. Brittain Litt. D, ed Frederick Brittain, Frederick Brittain (ed.), editor Frederick Brittain, Frederick Brittain - Editor, Brittain Frederick (Ed. & Intro.), intro. and ed. Frederick Brittain

Works by Frederick Brittain

The Penguin Book of Latin Verse (1962) — Editor — 85 copies

Arthur Quiller-Couch: A Biographical Study of Q (2010) 19 copies

Latin In Church: The History of Its Pronunciation (2014) 14 copies

A history of Jesus College, Cambridge (1979) 9 copies

Fifty Years at Jesus: The Diaries of Frederick Brittain, HTTO, Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge (2001) 4 copies

Bernard Lord Manning, a memoir (1942) 3 copies

It's a Don's Life (1972) 3 copies

Illustrated guide to Cambridge 3 copies

Babylon bruis'd & Mount Moriah mended: Being a compendiouse & authentick narracioun of ye proceedinges of ye Wm. Dowsing Societie in a visitatione of all ... Review, is here… 2 copies

The Medieval Latin and Romance Lyric to A.D. 1300 2 copies

Saint Radegund : patroness of Jesus college, Cambridge 1 copy

Tales Of South Mymms & Elsewhere (1952) 1 copy

Notes on the First Twenty Years of the Roosters 1 copy

Saint Giles (1928) 1 copy

The Medieval Latin and Romance Lyric to A.D. 1300 1 copy

Q Anthology (1948) 1 copy

The Medieval Latin and Romance Lyric to A.D. 1300. (1951) 1 copy

symbols and their interpretation 1 copy

Associated Works

Book handbook; an illustrated quarterly for discriminating book-lovers (1951) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Birthdate: 1893-10-24
Date of death: 1969
Gender: male
Education: University of Cambridge (MA|1925, LittD|1948)
Organizations: University of Cambridge (Jesus College)
Short biography: Married to Muriel Brittain.
Nationality: England
UK
Birthplace: Isleworth, London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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Works: 18
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Members: 152
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ISBNs: 8

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