Richard Aldington (1892 - 1962)

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Aldington, christened Edward Godfree, was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, on July 8, 1892. At an early age, he moved with his mother, Jesse May, and father, middle-class lawer Albert Edward Aldington, to Dover. There he grew up with his sister Margery and attended preparatory schools, after which he studied for four years at Dover College. When he was sixteen, the family moved inland to Harrow, and then to Teddington. There, Richard (he chose to be called Richard while still a boy) e.. Continue..

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At the British Museum

Bombardment

Childhood

Daisy

Epilogue

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	Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.

- Richard Aldington

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