English poet and critic (died 1968)

Herbert Read

Sir Herbert Edward Read, was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role of art in education. Read was co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. As well as being a prominent English anarchist, he was one of the earliest English writers to take notice of existentialism. He was co-editor with Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler of the British edition in English of The Collected Works of C.

Born

1893

December 4

Died

1968

Era

1890s

Country

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About

Herbert, in brief

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Key dates

1893 Born
1968 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

771 Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
963 The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination.
1110 An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade.
1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.

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The world in 1968

When Herbert departed

april 10 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
april 11 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
april 11 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
april 20 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on December 4

Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alex Delvecchio 1931–2025 Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) Dave Taylor 1955– Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1893

Allen Dulles 1893–1969 American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1969) Alois Hába 1893– Czech composer and educator (died 1973) Charles E. Burchfield 1893–1967 American painter (died 1967) Christopher Kelk Ingold 1893– British chemist (died 1970) Colin Fraser Barron 1893– Scottish-Canadian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1958) H. Bonciu 1893– Romanian author, poet, and journalist (died 1950) Huey Long 1893–1935 American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died 1935) Joan Miró 1893–1983 Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1983) Karl Mannheim 1893–1947 Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (born 1893)

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