Virginia Woolf's father, Sir Leslie Stephen, was an eminent Victorian author, critic, and mountaineer who served as the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB). He oversaw the ambitious biographical project from 1882 to 1891, laying the groundwork for a comprehensive record of notable British figures. [1, 2]
Leslie Stephen and the DNB
The Father-Daughter Connection
- Literary Inspiration: Stephen's exhaustive work with British biographies heavily influenced his daughter's literary career. Virginia Woolf grew up with open access to his extensive personal library, largely shaping her intellect. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Fictional Portrayal: Her father’s complex and occasionally tyrannical nature inspired the character of Mr. Ramsay in her acclaimed novel, To the Lighthouse. [1, 2]
Would you like to know more about how Leslie Stephen's background in biography influenced Virginia Woolf's own writing, or perhaps explore her role in the Bloomsbury Group?
“What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one.” ― from TO THE LIGHTHOUSE By Virginia Woolf, 1927
2022年12月12日 星期一
從《人生苦短》(Brief lives《尚友錄》《英國國家傳記辭典》)到《妙趣人生》(21世紀訃聞，‘Eccentric Lives’ Britain’s Daily Telegraph)。附Book of Obituaries (The Economist)
從《人生苦短》(Brief lives《尚友錄》《英國國家傳記辭典》)到《妙趣人生》(21世紀訃聞，‘Eccentric Lives’ Britain’s Daily Telegraph)。附Book of Obituaries (The Economist)
https://www.facebook.com/hanching.chung/videos/2409961892485540
A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’
This new collection is full of oddballs, mavericks and cranks.
This new collection from Britain’s Daily Telegraph is full of oddballs, mavericks and cranks.
Brief lives : 新 《尚友錄》，重要的人物個個都有像胡適之先生寫的《丁文江傳》；《英國國家傳記辭典》
Brief lives : twentieth-century pen portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography
1945-1990
http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2012/05/brief-lives-twentieth-century-pen.html
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思果《藝術家肖像》台北：大地出版社，1977，《無題》頁124。
1945-1990 150位當代英國名人寫剛過世的熟人(著名的英國國家傳記辭典第一次選刊)
最先讀的是Reithˋ
其他兩本本是S. Bellow的傳記和 Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs
這則沒有記下我的同學蓓蒂所提到的餘生努力養生，最幸運的話也不過再卅年，真是Brief Lives。Ken 談起生命之品質……。我說可能生命(活著)本身就有意義 (想到的是許多學問家，譬如說Ken從書櫃中拿出的錢先生百歲紀念文集；畢竟這些都只是他的身後事)。
KJ Wu
多與老同學老朋友聚聚吧
ECONOMIST.COM
Edward de Bono died on June 9th
The father of lateral thinking and “Six Thinking Hats” was 88 | Obituary
1945-1990
150位當代英國名人寫剛過世的熟人(著名的《英國國家傳記辭典》第一次選刊)
http://hcbooks.blogspot.tw/2012/05/brief-lives-twentieth-century-pen.html
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思果《藝術家肖像》台北：大地出版社，1977，《無題》頁124。
希望有一天我們有部新 《尚友錄》，重要的人物個個都有像胡適之先生寫的《丁文江傳》那樣的傳記，那就是國家的大幸了。
Rebel architects: building a better world
Working on the fringes of the law, rebel architects are trying to improve people’s lives in tough areas. From floating homes to disaster-proof houses and bamboo domes, Aaron Millar meets the men and women building for their communitiesl
BRIEF LIVES : INTIMATE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FAMOUS BY THE FAMOUS
這本書，愛不釋手。今天才知道同一書名、同性質的傳記集，在17世紀末英國即有了--- John Aubrey (1626–1697) 參考傳主提供之資料撰寫。BRIEF LIVES : INTIMATE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FAMOUS BY THE FAMOUS的特色可從副標題得之，由熟悉傳主的名人撰寫。
Books 書海微瀾: Brief Lives : John Aubrey (1626–1697) BRIEF LIVES : INTIMATE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE...
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這本書，愛不釋手。今天才知道同一書名、同性質的傳記集，在17世紀末英國即有了--- John Aubrey (1626–1697) 參考傳主提供之資料撰寫。BRIEF LIVES : INTIMATE BIOGRAPHIES OF THE FAMOUS BY THE FAMOUS的特色可從副標題得之，由熟悉傳主的名人撰寫。
Brief Lives: Twentieth-century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography
Drawn from the archives of the Dictionary of National Biography, this collection of sharply drawn portraits offers a rich cross-section of the men and women who shaped Britain's identity in the twentieth century. The DNB is an unrivalled record of modern British thought and achievement, combining critical insight with lively prose, entertaining anecdotes, and private data. Brief Lives contains many of the best articles from the twentieth-century supplements to the DNB, collected for the first time in a single, affordable volume. Both insightful and witty, and sometimes surprisingly frank, these are definitive, diverse, and often intimate biographical sketches--most were written by people who knew their subjects personally.
Here, writers, artists, and musicians rub shoulders with scientists, industrialists, politicians, and soldiers in a unique and highly readable anthology of national endeavour. From Laura Ashley to P.G. Wodehouse, from Tony Hancock to Bertrand Russell, Brief Lives presents no fewer than 150 fresh and enlightening snapshots of British life and culture in modern times.
Here, writers, artists, and musicians rub shoulders with scientists, industrialists, politicians, and soldiers in a unique and highly readable anthology of national endeavour. From Laura Ashley to P.G. Wodehouse, from Tony Hancock to Bertrand Russell, Brief Lives presents no fewer than 150 fresh and enlightening snapshots of British life and culture in modern times.
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今天90元買150人:Brief lives : twentieth-century pen portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography
1945-1990 150位當代英國名人寫剛過世的熟人(著名的英國國家傳記辭典第一次選刊) 我第一看的是BBC的創辦人Reith 參考:BBC - The BBC Story - John Reith (8篇) The life of Lord Reith, first Director-General of the BBC.
還花約520元兩本英文傳記 各約650頁 美國文豪S. Bellow傳和Grant 總統回憶錄
1945-1990 150位當代英國名人寫剛過世的熟人(著名的英國國家傳記辭典第一次選刊) 我第一看的是BBC的創辦人Reith 參考:BBC - The BBC Story - John Reith (8篇) The life of Lord Reith, first Director-General of the BBC.
還花約520元兩本英文傳記 各約650頁 美國文豪S. Bellow傳和Grant 總統回憶錄
Brief lives : twentieth-century pen portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography
1945-1990 150位當代英國名人寫剛過世的熟人(著名的英國國家傳記辭典第一次選刊)
最先讀的是Reithˋ
其他兩本本是S. Bellow的傳記和 Ulysses S. Grant Personal Memoirs
2012.6.18 立讀林義正老師《春秋公羊傳倫理思維與特質》（2003）的結語
(此書的日文參考資料真令人開眼界)空言。不如見之於行事之深切著明。託之空言
讀Brief Lives 之Pevsner 傳
(此書的日文參考資料真令人開眼界)空言。不如見之於行事之深切著明。託之空言
讀Brief Lives 之Pevsner 傳
這則沒有記下我的同學蓓蒂所提到的餘生努力養生，最幸運的話也不過再卅年，真是Brief Lives。Ken 談起生命之品質……。我說可能生命(活著)本身就有意義 (想到的是許多學問家，譬如說Ken從書櫃中拿出的錢先生百歲紀念文集；畢竟這些都只是他的身後事)。
KJ Wu
多與老同學老朋友聚聚吧
2001.6.19
In Memory of H. A. SIMON
( A mail to Learning Organization Forum on Learning and Teaching Styles )
Last weekend I read The Economist 'Obituary' on Herbert Simon（1916-2001）.
http://www.economist.com/
(please help us to locate as many information as possible.)
I started to write my own series of appreciation for this great learner, scientist and educator. One theme we discussed several years ago is about this subject. If you like to read his Models of My Life (MoML) and Sciences of the Artificial (SoA), there are plenty insights on this important subject.
For example, I quoted his "In the Afterword I reflect on the methods I have used in my research...if permitted, I will stay at this pleasurable, exciting work a while longer."( MoML, please also see his learning and teaching journey.)
He defines the 'style' in SoA, together with Marshall's Economics textbook and so on.
It is difficult to tell the nuance of this subject but you might like to read his quote of Paul Valery's Instants( ...As one speaks to the closest one.) in MoML.
I didn't meet Herb but we knew our own learning styles through emails partially at least.
Herb knows Chinese and we know the meaning of 'history' , Words, Deeds, and Worth of an evergreen life and his theories in sciences.
hanching chung
3月16日回永和，接到卡耐基-梅隆大學(CMU)校長室（
原 來是該校校長室和董事會（Boards of Trustee）邀請我參加3月18日的紀念會的；
The Richard King Mellon University of Computer Science and Psychology
Dear Herb,
In Memory of H. A. SIMON
( A mail to Learning Organization Forum on Learning and Teaching Styles )
Last weekend I read The Economist 'Obituary' on Herbert Simon（1916-2001）.
http://www.economist.com/
(please help us to locate as many information as possible.)
I started to write my own series of appreciation for this great learner, scientist and educator. One theme we discussed several years ago is about this subject. If you like to read his Models of My Life (MoML) and Sciences of the Artificial (SoA), there are plenty insights on this important subject.
For example, I quoted his "In the Afterword I reflect on the methods I have used in my research...if permitted, I will stay at this pleasurable, exciting work a while longer."( MoML, please also see his learning and teaching journey.)
He defines the 'style' in SoA, together with Marshall's Economics textbook and so on.
It is difficult to tell the nuance of this subject but you might like to read his quote of Paul Valery's Instants( ...As one speaks to the closest one.) in MoML.
I didn't meet Herb but we knew our own learning styles through emails partially at least.
Herb knows Chinese and we know the meaning of 'history' , Words, Deeds, and Worth of an evergreen life and his theories in sciences.
hanching chung
3月16日回永和，接到卡耐基-梅隆大學(CMU)校長室（
原 來是該校校長室和董事會（Boards of Trustee）邀請我參加3月18日的紀念會的；
The Richard King Mellon University of Computer Science and Psychology
Dear Herb,
Edward de Bono died on June 9th
The father of lateral thinking and “Six Thinking Hats” was 88 | Obituary
Published works[edit]
A partial list of books by de Bono includes:
- The Use of Lateral Thinking (1967) ISBN 0-14-013788-2, introduced the term "lateral thinking"
- New Think (1967, 1968) ISBN 0-380-01426-2
- The Five-Day Course in Thinking (1968), introduced the L game
- The Mechanism of the Mind (1969), Intl Center for Creative Thinking 1992 reprint: ISBN 0-14-013787-4
- Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step, (1970), Harper & Row 1973 paperback: ISBN 0-06-090325-2
- The Dog-Exercising
