Schwann, Duncan, 1879-1962
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Schwann, Charlie, 1879-1962
Schwann, Duncan, b. 1879
Swann, Duncan, 1879-1962
Schwann, Charles Duncan, 1879-1962
Swann, Charles Duncan, 1879-1962
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found: The book of a bachelor, 1910:t.p. (Duncan Schwann)
found: NUC pre-56(hdg.: Schwann, Duncan, 1879- ; usage: Duncan Schwann, Charlie Schwann, Duncan Swann)
found: A country house comedy. 1914:title page (by Duncan Swann, author of "The Book of a Bachelor," "Molyneaux of Mayfair," etc.; illustrated by Olive Snell)
found: Wikipedia, July 8, 2020(Duncan Swann; Sir Charles Duncan Swann, 2nd Baronet (27 January 1879--10 March 1962) was a British barrister, journalist, author and Liberal politician; he was the eldest son of Charles Edward Schwann and Elizabeth Duncan; he was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1901; he began a career in journalism, serving on the staff of the Bolton Evening News and the Star and Evening News in London; in 1904 he was called to the bar at the Inner Temple; at the 1906 general election he was elected as Liberal MP for Hyde; he only served one term in parliament, retiring in 1910; in 1913 his father, member of parliament for Manchester North, obtained a royal licence for himself and his issue changing the family surname to Swann; on the death of his father in 1929, he succeeded to his baronetcy, created in 1906; he was the author of a number of works of fiction and humour including The Magic of the Hill : a Romance of Montmartre (1911), The Book of a Bachelor (1912), Molyneux of Mayfair (1912), A Villa in the South (1919), Swans Down (1922) and The Book Of A Benedict (1923))
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1994-10-21: new
2020-07-09: revised
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