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Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in [[London]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]]. | Howard was born to American parents in [[Hascombe]], [[Surrey]], and brought up in [[London]]. He was educated at [[Eton College]], where he was one of the ''Eton Arts Society'' group including [[Harold Acton]] and [[Oliver Messel]]. He entered [[Christ Church, Oxford]] in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the [[Oxford Wits]]. He was one of the ''Hypocrites'' group that included [[Harold Acton]], [[L P Hartley]] and [[Evelyn Waugh]]. | ||
It has been suggested<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/how-to-keep-up-with-the-letwins-2262444.html | work=The Independent | date=5 April 2011 | location=London | title=How to keep up with the Letwins}}</ref> that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in [[Brideshead Revisited]]. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 [[Harold Acton]]. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."<ref name="Waugh 1980 505">{{cite book |last=Waugh |first=Evelyn |author2=Edited by Mark Amory |year=1980 |title=[[The Letters of Evelyn Waugh]] |publisher=[[Weidenfeld & Nicolson]] |isbn=1-85799-245-8 |page= 505}}</ref> | |||
He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zLWTqBmifh0C&pg=PA258 Robert Adrich, Garry Wotherspoon - ''Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II'']</ref><ref name=glbtq>{{cite web |title=Brian Howard (1905-1958) |url=http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html |work=[[glbtq.com]] |year=2002 |last=Smith |first=Patricia Juliana |accessdate=2007-07-02 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814054031/http://www.glbtq.com/literature/howard_b.html |archivedate=14 August 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> They were buried alongside each other at [[Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice]]. | |||
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Revision as of 14:38, 30 July 2017
Brian Howard (Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard, 1905–1958) was a poet and later a writer for the New Statesman.
Howard was born to American parents in Hascombe, Surrey, and brought up in London. He was educated at Eton College, where he was one of the Eton Arts Society group including Harold Acton and Oliver Messel. He entered Christ Church, Oxford in 1923, not without difficulty. He was prominent in the group later known as the Oxford Wits. He was one of the Hypocrites group that included Harold Acton, L P Hartley and Evelyn Waugh.
It has been suggested[1] that Howard was Waugh's model for Anthony Blanche in Brideshead Revisited. But Waugh wrote, to Lord Baldwin, "There is an aesthetic bugger who sometimes turns up in my novels under various names—that was 2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 Harold Acton. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."[2]
He suffered from bad health in the 1950s, and committed suicide by taking an overdose of sedatives after the accidental death of his lover, Sam Langford, an American man, who died suddenly but naturally in Howard's bath.[3][4] They were buried alongside each other at Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice.
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