Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1921-1996. - 1996
Biography
George Mackay Brown (1921-96), was a novelist, poet and playwright, who was born in Orkney. He was educated at Newbattle Abbey College and the University of Edinburgh, and, apart from his time at these institutions, he rarely left the islands of his birth.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Archive of John Murray VI and authors associated with him.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14349
Content Description
This archival collection completes the larger John Murray Archive, which charts the history of one of Britain’s oldest family-run publishing firms, established in Fleet Street in 1768 by Edinburgh-born John (Mc)Murray I (1737-1795), and managed by six successive generations of his descendants, until its sale in 2002. Like his predecessors, John Murray VI (John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray, known affectionately as ‘Jock’, 1909-1993) cultivated and championed a robust and diverse...
Dates:
[?1915-?2016.]
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