Bevis hillier biography

bevis hillier biography
Bevis Hillier (born 28 March 1940) is an English art historian, author and journalist.
Bevis Hillier (born 28 March 1940) is an English art historian, author and journalist.
This biography takes the reader from Betjeman's troubled childhood in north London, through his blossoming at Oxford; a gay fling with W. H. Auden;.

John Betjeman: The Biography by Bevis Hillier - Hachette UK

    Hillier"s major work, however, is the authorised biography of Sir John Betjeman.

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    Bevis Hillier (born 28 March ) is an English art historian, author and journalist.

Hillier, Bevis 1940– -

  • Bevis Hillier is an English art historian, author and journalist.

    • JOHN BETJEMAN: THE BIOGRAPHY by Bevis Hillier - Oxford Mail

      Bevis Hillier, British magazine editor, author.

    John Betjeman: The Biography by Bevis Hillier - Waterstones

  • Hillier, Bevis 1940–PERSONAL:Born March 28, 1940, in Redhill, Surrey, England; immigrated to the United States, 1984; son of Jack Ronald (an author) and Mary Louise (an author) Hillier.

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  • Bevis Hillier is a journalist and antiques expert who is especially knowledgeable about styles of the early twentieth century, such as Art Deco and the art forms of posters, cartoons, and photography of that period.
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    Bevis Hillier (born March 281940) is an English art historian, author and journalist. He is known for his writing on Art Deco, and also for his biography of Sir John Betjeman.

    Life and work

    Hillier was born in Redhill, Surrey, his father was Jack Hillier, an authority and author on Japanese art. His mother was Mary Louise Hillier, an author on wax dolls and automata. Hillier was educated at Reigate Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he won the Gladstone Memorial Prize for History. He was employed as a journalist on The Times in 1963.

    In 1969 his book Art Deco of the 20s and 30s was published by Studio Vista. This was the first major work on a hitherto neglected period of art, which had been previously been referred to by various names. His use of the term Art Deco became definitive. A year later, also by Studio Vista, he published a book concentrat

    John Betjeman - Bevis Hillier: 9780719564444 - AbeBooks

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      This book is a distillation of Bevis Hillier's three-volume biography, authorized by Betjeman himself.