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Brittain, Vera, 1893-1970

LC control no.n 81018727
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6003.R385
Personal name headingBrittain, Vera, 1893-1970
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Variant(s)Catlin, Vera Mary Brittain, 1893-1970
Brittain, Vera Mary, 1893-1970
Associated placeOxford (England) Buxton (Derbyshire, England) London (England) France Malta
Birth date1893-12-29
Death date1970-03-29
Place of birthNewcastle-under-Lyme (England)
Place of deathWimbledon (London, England)
Field of activityNursing
Pacifism
Feminism
AffiliationSomerville College (University of Oxford)
Devonshire Royal Hospital (Buxton, Derbyshire, England)
Profession or occupationNurses Pacifists
Found inHer Verses of a V.A.D. ... 1918.
Wood, Joyce Ann. Vera Brittain and the VAD experience, c2000: t.p. (Vera Brittain) p. 51 (b. 29 Dec. 1893) p. 266 (d. 1970) p. 58 (m. George Catlin, 27 June 1925)
OCLC, Dec. 28, 2016 (hdg.: Brittain, Vera Mary, 1893-1970; usage: Vera Brittain)
Wikipedia, February 10, 2022 (Vera Mary Brittain; born December 29, 1893 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, died March 29, 1970 in Wimbledon, London; English Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, writer, feminist, socialist, and pacifist; Educated at Somerville College, Oxford; worked as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse for much of the First World War, at the Devonshire hospital in Buxton and later in London, Malta, and France; she lost her fianceĢ, two friends, and her brother in the war; practical pacifist during the Second World War)
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Associated languageeng