Bell, Quentin |
| HISTORIAN, AUTHOR (ENGLAND) |
|
BORN 19 Oct 1910, London - DIED 16 Dec 1996, Firle, Sussex BIRTH NAME Bell, Quentin Claudian Stephen GRAVE LOCATION West Firle, East Sussex: St. Peter's Churchyard |
|
Son of Vanessa and Clive Bell. In his youth his aunt Virginia Woolf told him 'you will always be ignorant and illiterate' but that turned out differently. He became a professor of fine art and wrote several books about the Bloomsbury Group , among them "Virginia Woolf: A Biography". He was also active as a painter and as a sculptor. He marrie Anne Popham, with whom he had three children. Author Angela Garnett was his half-sister. He died in 1996 in Firle, Sussex and was buried there near his mother. Family • Mother: Bell, Vanessa |
| Images |
 The grave of Quentin Bell at St. Peter's Churchyard, West Firle, Sussex. Picture by Androom (03 Oct 2014) |
Sources • Quentin Bell - Wikipedia (EN) • nytimes.com |
