Herbert Read

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Herbert Read was a British art historian, poet, and anarchist known for his influential writings on modern art and aesthetics.

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Herbert Read canonical 7
Herbert Edward Read 1

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instanceOf aesthetician
anarchist
art critic
art historian
human
literary critic
poet
awardReceived Knight Bachelor
Order of the British Empire
birthName Herbert Read self-linksurface differs
surface form: Herbert Edward Read
causeOfDeath prostate cancer
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1893-12-04
dateOfDeath 1968-06-12
educatedAt University of Leeds
University of London
employer University of Edinburgh
Victoria and Albert Museum
familyName Read
fieldOfWork aesthetics
art history
literary criticism
political theory
genre aesthetics
art criticism
literary criticism
poetry
givenName Herbert
influenced 20th-century anarchist thought
British modern art
art education theory
influencedBy Immanuel Kant
Peter Kropotkin
William Morris
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch Green Howards
movement modernism
name Herbert Read self-link
nationality British
notableWork Art Now
Education Through Art
Poetry and Anarchism
The Green Child
The Meaning of Art
The Philosophy of Modern Art
occupation anarchist writer
art critic
art historian
literary critic
philosopher of art
poet
placeOfBirth England
Kirkbymoorside
surface form: Kirbymoorside

North Riding of Yorkshire
placeOfDeath England
North Yorkshire
Stonegrave
politicalIdeology anarchism
positionHeld Professor of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh
editor of The Burlington Magazine
sexOrGender male
spouse Evelyn Roff
Margaret Ludwig

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The Institute of Contemporary Arts founder Herbert Read
subject surface form: Institute of Contemporary Arts
Herbert Read name Herbert Read self-link
Herbert Read birthName Herbert Read self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Herbert Edward Read