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The Papers of Oliffe Legh Richmond
Catalogue reference: GBR/0272/Misc. 26
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- GBR/0272/Misc. 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- The Papers of Oliffe Legh Richmond
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1892-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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The papers comprise correspondence, a few items relating to a performance of 'The Birds', lecture notes, and files relating to a student mission in South London and to 'Lettercraft'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Richmond, Oliffe Legh, 1881-1977</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 16 envelopes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Oliffe Legh Richmond (1881-1977) was educated at Eton and King's College, matriculating in 1900. He was elected a Fellow of the College in 1905 and a College Lecturer in 1909. During the First World War he served in the Artists' Rifles and as an Intelligence Officer at the War Office and the Italian Headquarters. In 1919 he was appointed Professor of Humanity (Latin) at Edinburgh University. His ingenious theories about the structure of Propertius' elegies and the system of 'Lettercraft', allegedly used by authors to conceal information in their writing, are now generally discredited.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/74dd6b92-e671-4daf-8572-89944fea7054/
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The Papers of Oliffe Legh Richmond