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Augustine Birrell

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in Wavertree, nr Liverpool, The United Kingdom

January 19, 1850

Died

November 20, 1933

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The Right Honourable Augustine Birrell was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916, resigning in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.

Birrell was the son of a Baptist minister. He was educated at Amersham Hall school and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge where he was made an Honorary Fellow in 1879. He started work in a solicitor's office in Liverpool but was called to the Bar in 1875, becoming a QC in 1893.

In 1888 he married Eleanor Tennyson, daughter of the poet Frederick Locker-Lampson and widow of Lionel Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. They had two sons, one of whom, Frankie (1889–1935) was later a journalist and critic and associated with the Bloomsb ...more

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	Obiter Dicta really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1884 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Andrew Marvell 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004 — 84 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Charlotte Brontë 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1973 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Lectures on the Law and History of Copyright in Books 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1971 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obiter Dicta: Second Series 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Res Judicatæ Papers and Essays 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1892 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Frank Lockwood: A Biographical Sketch it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men, Women, And Books it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eight Years of Tory Government, 1895-1903: Home Affairs; a Handbook for the Use of Liberals it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.”
― Augustine Birrell

tags: happiness, library

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“Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”
― Augustine Birrell

tags: books, library

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“Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”
― Augustine Birrell

tags: book-collecting

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