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Strachey was born in London, the son of Sir Richard Strachey, an engineer. From 1899 to 1905, he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, having previously read history at the University of Liverpool. The friendships he made at Cambridge, with people such as John Maynard Keynes, Leonard Woolf and Clive Bell, drew him into the Bloomsbury group. From 1904 to 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos he contributed book and drama reviews to The SpectatorThe Spectator is a British conservative political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. It claims to be the oldest continually published magazine in the English language. The current editor is Boris Johnson, and it is owned by the Barclay brothers magazine, published poetry, and wrote an important work of literary criticismLiterary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often informed by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of its methods and goals. Though the two activities are closel, Landmarks in French Literature ( 19121912 is a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar) Events January 1 Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U. January 17 British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the). During World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of, he was a conscientious objectorA conscientious objector is an individual whose personal beliefs are incompatible with military service, or sometimes with any role in the armed forces. This constitutes a conflict in the case of conscription. The reasons for refusing to serve are varied., and spent much time with like-minded people such as Lady Ottoline MorrellLady Ottoline Morrell ( June 16, 1873 April 21, 1938) was an English socialite, friend and patron of many artistic people, including Aldous Huxley, Siegfried Sassoon and D. Born Ottoline Violet Anne Cavendish Bentinck she acquired the title of "Lady" when and the "Bloomsberries". His first great success, and his most famous achievement, was Eminent VictoriansEminent Victorians is a book by Lytton Strachey first published in 1918 and consisting of biographies of four leading figures from the Victorian era. Its fame rests on the irreverence and wit Strachey brought to bear on three men and a woman who had till ( 1918), a collection of four short biographies of Victorian heroes. With a dry wit, he exposed the human failings of his subjects and what he saw as the hypocrisy at the centre of Victorian morality. This work was followed in the same style by Queen Victoria ( 1921). He died at his country house near Hungerford in Berkshire.
Strachey's unconventional private life was revealed in a biography ( 1967-8) by Michael Holroyd (see below). His relationship with the painter Dora Carrington was portrayed in the film Carrington ( 1995).