Wilfrid Blunt (1901–1987)
Author of The Dream King: Ludwig II of Bavaria
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Do not confuse with Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
Works by Wilfrid Blunt
Great Flower Books, 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books (1990) 38 copies, 1 review
Cockerell: Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, friend of Ruskin and William Morris and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1965) 10 copies
Pietro's Pilgrimage. A Journey to India and back in the beginning of the 17th. century. (1953) 7 copies
A PERSIAN SPRING 3 copies
The illustrated herbal 1 copy
Tulips & tulipomania 1 copy
Flower books and their illustrators : an exhibition arranged for the National Book League (1950) 1 copy
Pietro's Pilgramage 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Blunt, Wilfrid Jasper Walter
- Birthdate
- 1901
- Date of death
- 1987
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Marlborough College
University of Oxford (Worcester College)
Royal College of Art - Occupations
- art teacher
writer
artist
curator - Organizations
- Haileybury College
Eton College
Watts Gallery - Relationships
- Blunt, Anthony (brother)
Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (granduncle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (cousin) - Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- England, UK
- Disambiguation notice
- Do not confuse with Wilfrid Scawen Blunt.
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
A book such as this should be lavishly illustrated, and Mr. Blunt's text is clear and readable. I have placed the "Fantasy" tag on this book, because it is about a very elaborate fantasy indulged in by a very well-heeled fan of the genre. Wagner anyone?
The Dream King, Ludwig II of Bavaria. With a Chapter on Ludwig and the Arts, by Michael Petzet by Wilfrid Blunt
Blunt writes in a popular style that makes this book a good introduction to Ludwig II and his world. One comes away with a somewhat skewed sense of Ludwig's importance in the process of German unification.
The definitive work on one of the world's greatest naturalists, the Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus. This beautifully illustrated biography celebrates the man who will be remembered for ever as the father of modern plant taxonomy. This is an account of Linnaeus the man, his adventures in the wilds of Lapland, his family life and his relations with his pupils, as well as his epoch-making scientific achievements.
This is one of my favorite books: art and history combined, very readable
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- 40
- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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