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Lord David Cecil

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Lord David Cecil (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902-86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature at Oxford (1948-70). Cecil's works are all distinguished for their artistry as well as for their sound scholarship. His masterpiece is his life of Lord Melbourne , published in two volumes, The Young Melbourne (1939) and Lord M. (1954). His other works include Sir Walter Scott (1933), Jane Austen (1935), Walter Pater: Scholar Artist (1955), and Max (1964), a study of Max Beerbohm. The Cecils of Hatfield House, an English Ruling Fa... Read more

Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th marquis of
Salisbury, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th marquis of (1893–1972). Conservative politician. Cecil entered Parliament in 1929 and served as junior minister at the...Club and his support for the white regime in Southern Rhodesia. David Dutton Read more

Belasco, David
Belasco, David (1853–1931), born in San Francisco...discovery, and development of such actors as David Warfield and Mrs. Leslie Carter, his realistic...English melodrama, with James A. Herne ; Lord Chumley (1888), a domestic drama, with...The Return of Peter Grimm (1911), with Cecil B. ... Read more

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	OBIT - HARRIS CECIL DAVID ; Cecil David Harris, 60, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 6, 2004. Surviving are his wife, Judy H. Harris; six brothers and sisters-in-law, Thomas "Tommy" and Gisela Harris...Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, where the family will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. The family wishes to express ... Read more
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	OBIT - CECIL, TRELBY HUNTER ; Trelby Hunter Cecil, 32, of Peterstown, W. Va., formerly of Narrows, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 1, 2008. He was...was the son of Clarence Washington Cecil, Jr. and Janice Rayman Cecil. He was...is survived by his wife, Amy Wilson Cecil; a fiance, Tina Lester, of ... Read more
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	OBIT - OVERFELT, CECIL A. SR. ; Cecil A. Overfelt Sr., 89, of Roanoke, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 7, 2006. He was preceded...Judith F. Overfelt; four brothers, David, Gus, Raymond and Jack Overfelt. He...Jason Overfelt, Nicholas Overfelt, David Bower; two great-grandchildren, Hannah... Read more

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