MS 737 01 02 02a
Reference code
MS 737 01 02 02a
Title
Wyndham Lloyd postcard collection: Postcard from C. M. Bowra
Level
Item
Administrative / Biographical history
C. M. Bowra was an English classical scholar and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1951 to 1954.
Date
c.1930
Extent & medium
1 postcard
Content description
A single postcard from C.M. Bowra to Maurice Hastings. Maurice Hastings (1896-1965) was educated at University College, Oxford. After making a fortune in the American stock market in the 1920s and losing it all in the 1929 crash, he moved to Norfolk and became a learned scholar in medieval architecture. In the late 1920s Harrod was a constant visitor to his house (the wild parties are described by Bowra ), and later described him as combining "in a remarkable way the qualities of scholar, hunting man and wit" and as one of the "most vivid personalities" he had known.
Provenance
How the postcard ended up in Wyndham Lloyd's collection is unknown.
Arrangement
In an envelope.
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