Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Sir Neville Pearson
Standard Name: Pearson, Sir Neville
Used Form: Sir Neville Arthur Pearson
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Rosita Forbes | She apparently had a friendly, teasing relationship while journeying with Ahmed Hassanein
, who went with her to Kufra but who was not, it seems, the creative mind behind the journey. Magazine publisher Sir Neville Pearson |
| Occupation | Rosita Forbes | This launched a period as a celebrity, lecturing and receiving acclaim for her adventures. According to her obituary she was the heroine of the hour, summoned by the king
for a personal account of her... |
| Occupation | Stevie Smith | By 1922, after a brief spell in an engineering firm, she was working as a secretary at Pearson and Newnes
publishing firm, a job she kept for thirty years. Spalding, Frances. Stevie Smith: A Critical Biography. Faber and Faber, 1988. 46 |
| Textual Features | Stevie Smith | This highly unusual novel takes the form of a disconnected journal by a publisher's secretary named Pompey, an alienated but irrepressible member of the disregarded female work-force, who is clearly an alter-ego for SS
... |
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