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Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1952)

Author of Ghosts of the Chit-Chat

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Includes the names: MacCarthy Desmond, Desmond MacCarthy, Ed. Desmond MacCarthy, Desmond MacCarthy - editor, edited by Desmond MacCarthy

Works by Desmond MacCarthy

Ghosts of the Chit-Chat (2020) — Contributor — 22 copies
Portraits (1977) 16 copies
Memories (1953) 8 copies
Criticism (1969) 6 copies
Lady John Russell; a memoir with selections from her diaries and correspondence (2004) 6 copies
Shaw (1973) 5 copies
Desmond MacCarthy, the man and his writings (1984) 4 copies
William Somerset Maugham: 'The English Maupassant' (1934) 3 copies
The Court theatre, 1904-1907 : a commentary and criticism (2009) 3 copies
Remnants (2007) 3 copies
Humanities (1977) 3 copies
Theatre (1977) 2 copies
Life and Letters, Vol. 6 No. 33 (1931) — Editor — 2 copies
Lady John Russell / A memoir with selections from her / diaries and correspondence 2 copies
Shaw: The Plays (1973) 2 copies
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Associated Works

The Revolt of the Angels (1914) — Introduction, some editions — 565 copies, 14 reviews
Traveller's Library (1933) — Contributor — 79 copies, 1 review
The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1967) — Contributor — 57 copies, 1 review
The Ghost Book: Sixteen Stories of the Uncanny (1926) — Contributor — 48 copies, 1 review
Mons, Anzac and Kut (2009) — Introduction, some editions — 21 copies, 1 review
H. H. A. Letters of the earl of Oxford and Asquith to a friend : 1st series, 1915-1922 (1933) — Editor — 4 copies
H.H.A. Letters to a Friend 1922-1927 (Second Series) — Editor — 2 copies
Capo (1929) — Foreword — 1 copy

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Legal name
MacCarthy, Sir Desmond Charles Otto
Birthdate
1877-05-20
Date of death
1952-06-08
Gender
male
Education
University of Cambridge (Trinity College)
Occupations
journalist
critic
editor
ambulance driver (WWI)
Organizations
Bloomsbury Group
New Statesman
Cambridge Apostles
Awards and honors
Knight Bachelor (1951)
Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
Relationships
MacCarthy, Mary (wife)
Cecil, Hugh (grandson)
Cecil, David (son-in-law)
Short biography
Sir Desmond MacCarthy, a noted literary critic, was a member of the Bloomsbury Group along with his wife Mary (Molly) Warre-Cornish MacCarthy, whom he married in 1906. Asked by Roger Fry to be secretary to the first Post-Impressionist Exhibition in 1910, he traveled throughout Europe acquiring the work of then-unknown artists such as Van Gogh, Cézanne, and Matisse. He served as an ambulance driver in France during World War I. Desmond MacCarthy worked for The New Statesman as literary editor from 1920 to 1927. He was knighted in 1951. See also "Clever Hearts: Desmond and Molly MacCarthy: A Biography," by grandson Hugh Cecil and Mirabel Cecil (1990).
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
Places of residence
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK (birth)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK (death)
Place of death
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Burial location
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Associated Place (for map)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

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