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Benjamin Disraeli 1st earl of Beaconsfield

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Isaac D'Israeli 1766-1848, English critic and historian, b. London; father of Benjamin Disraeli . Born into a wealthy Jewish family, he produced his first poem at the age of 14. His best-known work is Curiosities of Literature (6 vol., 1791-1834), a miscellany of literary and historical anecdotes and original material. D'Israeli's five-volume study of Charles I (1828-31) marked a great advance in methods of historical research and earned him the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford. Author not available, D'ISRAELI, ISAAC. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth... Read more

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield (1804–...letters, Disraeli led an early...the future earl of Derby...interests. Disraeli succeeded...Gladstone than Disraeli, but it gave...he sought. Disraeli's platform...Palmerston . Disraeli's name ... Read more

Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield
Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st earl of Beaconsfield (1804–81). Conservative statesman, novelist, and exotic. Of a Christianized Jewish upper middle-class family (his father a distinguished man of letters), Disraeli led an early life that handicapped the political career for which he ... Read more

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	A model politician ; ...bicentenary of the birth of Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, in December 2004...is drawn from the Disraeli letters which passed...National Trust from Disraeli's descendants at...1978. On display are Disraeli's diaries and letters... Read more
	A great man, preserved for posterity.(Features) ; ...van Havermaet of the 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG - perhaps better known as Benjamin Disraeli - but as the subject...portrait, and those of Disraeli fall into two groups...exercising this trust Disraeli abandoned a legal... Read more
	Letter: No honour in politics.(Letters) ; ...Lord Chancellor, stated: 'Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.' Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British statesman, declared: 'There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party... Read more
	Take it easy. ; ...levels of service has crept out as far as Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, where it has been wrapped...to lift a finger. Is this really what the 1st Earl of Beaconsfield - Benjamin Disraeli - meant when he said: Increased means and... Read more

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