Sir George Edward Gordon Catlin

Standard Name: Catlin, Sir George Edward Gordon

Connections

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Family and Intimate relationships Vera Brittain
Catlin (not to be confused with the nineteenth-century US painter George Catlin) was the only child of a Congregational minister and his pro-suffragette wife, whose feminist beliefs combined with her husband's growing hostility eventually ended...
Family and Intimate relationships Vera Brittain
Her husband outlived her by nine years.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Family and Intimate relationships Winifred Holtby
During her first year back at Oxford, WH met Vera Brittain , who was also returning to complete her degree.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
140
After a difficult beginning (they disliked each other at first sight), they became lifelong...
Family and Intimate relationships Vera Brittain
VB and George Catlin , political scientist and Labour intellectual, were married in a fashionable white wedding at St James's, Spanish Place, London.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
208
Gorham, Deborah. Vera Brittain: A Feminist Life. Blackwell.
190
Friends, Associates Phyllis Bentley
PB stayed with Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby at the house in Glebe Place in Chelsea where they and Brittain's husband, George Catlin , all lived.
Bentley, Phyllis. "O Dreams, O Destinations". Gollancz.
174
Brittain, Vera. Chronicle of Friendship. Editor Bishop, Alan, Gollancz.
38, 56
Literary responses Vera Brittain
George Catlin later described the book as pretty grossly libellous of my father.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
348
Residence Vera Brittain
VB went with her husband to live in Ithaca, New York, while he taught at Cornell .
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
215-6
Residence Vera Brittain
Frustrated by the lack of American interest in her journalism and lectures, VB decided to return to London to pursue her career, leaving her husband in the USA.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
217-9
Residence Vera Brittain
VB , George Catlin , and Winifred Holtby moved to a larger flat at 6 Nevern Place, London, in order to have room for VB 's first child.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
225
Residence Vera Brittain
VB , George Catlin , and Winifred Holtby moved to 19 Glebe Place, Chelsea, in preparation for the birth of Brittain's second child.
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
242
Textual Features Vera Brittain
VB once again draws heavily on her own experience. Ruth Alleyndene is based on herself and some critics believe that Ruth's husband Denis Rutherston is based on George Catlin (though Leonardi maintains that neither VB
Textual Production Vera Brittain
Above All Nations was published, an anthology of acts of kindness and compassion between enemies in wartime, compiled by George Catlin , VB , and Sheila Hodges of Victor Gollancz .
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
443-4
Travel Vera Brittain
VB joined her husband in Montreal while he taught at McGill University .
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
495-6
Travel Vera Brittain
VB and George Catlin left London for Durban, South Africa, where Brittain was to speak at the Natal University Education Conference .
Berry, Paul, and Mark Bostridge. Vera Brittain: A Life. Chatto and Windus.
497

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Texts

Catlin, Sir George Edward Gordon et al. Above All Nations. V. Gollancz, 1945.