Wolfe, Reyner
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Wolfe, Reyner or Reginald Wolfe (d. 1573), book-seller and printer, who came from Strasburg, was the first printer in England to possess a large stock of Greek type of good quality, and he printed in 1543, with Greek and Latin text, the
Homilies of Chrysostom, edited by
Cheke, the first Greek book printed in this country. In 1547 he was appointed King's Printer in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew.
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A complex gift for simplicity William Nicholson was an artist of great talents - why then is he so underrated? asks Paul Johnson
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 8/15/2004; ; 700+ words
; William Nicholson by Sanford Schwartz Yale...as a young collector, Sir William Nicholson would be high on my list...disturbing story about Nicholson's son Ben, who became...was away in California, William stole his son's girlfriend...
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The son is my undoing William Nicholson's artistic reputation faded while his son's thrived. But there were Oedipal sources for this battle for supremacy, reveals Sarah Jane Checkland
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 10/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...pictures?" The year was 1935 and Sir William Nicholson, the famous society portraitist...the general consensus was that William's refined, painterly style...years in the doldrums, William Nicholson's work is about to make a dramatic...
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The alphabet man The painter and printmaker William Nicholson has long been eclipsed by his more famous son, the abstract artist Ben. But in his time he was a man of substance: a celebrated society portraitist, friend of the great and good, he even taught Winston Churchill to paint.
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 10/24/2004; ; 700+ words
; In 1887, aged 15, William Nicholson sold a painting for five pounds...size of a small handkerchief. Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949) was, as an artist...one spell, a Conservative MP. William left school early to study at...
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A colourful family; When Barbara Hepworth married Ben Nicholson, she sealed the Nicholson clan's fate as the first family of British art. And four generations of scandal, infighting and rivalry haven't diluted the artistic gene, discovers Godfrey Barker Right: Ben Nicholson with Barbara Hepworth on a boat in Henley in the early Thirties.
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 10/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...to one man: Ben Nicholson's father, Sir William. The top-hatted...the first show of Sir William Nicholson since 1942 opens...turn up,' says Tim Nicholson, son of Kit, Ben...antagonistic relationship of William and Ben has been...
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LIVING WILL THE ARTS: VISUAL ART THE ARTS: VISUAL ART A BEN NICHOLSON EXHIBITION BEGAN WITH A WIFE'S BEQUEST
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 2/24/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...good collection of work by the people around Nicholson his first wife Winifred Nicholson, his second wife Barbara Hepworth, and...herself. We've also got works by his father Sir William Nicholson, his mother, and his uncle James Pryde...
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Here and there Items from Sir Ralph Richardson's collection for auction
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 4/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...great English actor, Sir John Gielgud, Sotheby...mementos which belonged to Sir John's great friend...the English painter Sir William Nicholson (1872-1949), and...GBP 60,000. Another Nicholson painting shows Rottingdean...
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Theatrical friends turn out to see Sir John Gielgud's mementos sold for charity
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/6/2001; ; 639 words
; ...Panama hat belonging to Sir John Gielgud, sold with...the many famous friends Sir John made over the years...the audience, including Sir Donald Sinden and Lord...Master painting by Sir William Nicholson - which fetched more than...
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LETTERS: Emma Nicholson's familial precedent
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/1/1996; ; 347 words
; From Mr Robert Cook Sir: It is interesting to compare Emma Nicholson's comments on changes...her great-grandfather, William Nicholson, Liberal MP for Petersfield...interesting to see whether Ms Nicholson modifies her policy, as...
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No Sir... he's not worth pounds 3m a year.(Mailbox)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 3/17/2002; 700+ words
; ...accepts it is guilty of sheer greed. Sir Robin Nicholson, chairman of BP's remuneration...independent advisers recommended that Sir Robin's pay went up too? - John...Blind Date obviously asked Prince William to appear to boost ratings (Sunday...
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Top honour will see William welcome the queen to area
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 2/20/2002; 386 words
; ...duty, 17-year-old William Oliver is preparing to...appointment means he will join Sir Paul Nicholson in greeting the Queen...youngsters aged 13 to 18, saw William nominated for outstanding...New College Durham, William said: "This means I...
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Sir William Nicholson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir William Nicholson 1872-1949, English woodcut artist, illustrator, and painter...law James Pryde. They became known as the Beggerstaff Brothers. Nicholson illustrated many books and his woodcut portraits, verging sometimes...
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Nicholson, Sir William
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Nicholson, Sir William (1872–1949). British painter and graphic artist, the father of Ben Nicholson . He was born in Newark-on-Trent and studied at Sir Hubert Herkomer's school of art in...
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Sir Francis Nicholson
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Sir Francis Nicholson Sir Francis Nicholson (1655-1728) was colonial governor...and South Carolina. Francis Nicholson was born on Nov. 12, 1655, in...in establishing the College of William and Mary. In 1692 he returned...
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Nicholson, Ben
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Nicholson, Ben (1894–1982). British painter and maker...in Britain. He was born at Denham, Buckinghamshire, son of Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Nicholson, who was the sister of James Pryde and herself a painter...
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Ben Nicholson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Ben Nicholson 1894-1982, English painter; son of Sir William Nicholson. Nicholson's geometric abstractions of landscapes and still lifes are discreetly colored and lyrically expressed. In works such as Relief (1939; Mus. of Modern Art...
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