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Herbert Read

  • Herbert Edward Read
  • Sir Herbert Edward Read
  • Sir Herbert Read
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Date of birth
1893-12-04
Place of birth
United Kingdom
Date of death
1968-06-12
Place of death
United Kingdom

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Sir Herbert Edward Read, (; 4 December 1893 – 12 June 1968) was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung.

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English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art.

Last modified: 2020-10-13 (revision #33051)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Erziehung durch KunstPaperback?1968
Philosophie des AnarchismusPaperback978-3-8136-0014-81982
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Goodreads Author ID
641268
ISNI
0000 0001 2124 4854
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readherbert
OpenLibrary Author ID
OL117497A
VIAF
24619891
Wikidata ID
Q460061

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