- Augustus Hare
Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (
March 13 ,1834 –January 22 ,1903 ) was an English writer andraconteur .He was the youngest son of
Francis Hare , and nephew ofAugustus William Hare andJulius Hare . He was born inRome ; later he was practically adopted by his aunt, the widow of Augustus Hare, and educated atHarrow School andUniversity College, Oxford .He was the author of a large number of books, which fall into two classes: biographies of members and connections of his family, and descriptive and historical accounts of various countries and cities. To the first belong "Memorials of a Quiet Life" (his adoptive mother's), "Story of Two Noble Lives" (Lady Canning and Lady Waterford), "The Gurneys of Earlham", and an autobiography. To the second, numerous travel books compiled for John Murray: "Walks in Rome", "Walks in London", "Wanderings in Spain", "Cities of Northern, Southern, and Central Italy" (separate works), "Days near Rome", and many others. Hare was a friend to
Basil Levett and his wife Lady Mary Levett, the daughter of the Earl of Shaftesbury, to whom Hare left a painting in his will. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=PrghAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA97&dq=%22basil+levett%22&lr=&ei=Hb3nSMmwDpHcsgOuhMCdBw Story of My Life, Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, George Allen, London, 1900] ] ("BasilLevett or his wife Lady Margaret Copy of the Last Communion of S Jerome by Domenichino.") [ [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Last_Will_and_Testament_of_Augustus_Hare Last Will and Testament of Augustus Hare] ]References
External links
[http://augustus-hare.tripod.com/ The Augustus Hare Society]
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