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J. Alphege Brewer
| Last Name: | Brewer |
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| First Name: | J. Alphege |
| Dates: |
*1881 (Date of Birth)
*1946 (Date of Death)
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| Biography/History: | James Alphege Brewer was born July 24, 1881, in the Kensington section of London, England. He was the son of Henry W. Brewer, noted artist of architectural history and prominent convert to the Catholic Church, and the grandson of John Sherren Brewer, Jr., “the brilliant editor of the Calendar of Letters of Henry VIII.” His great uncle was E. Cobham Brewer, the polymath who compiled Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and authored numerous other important reference works. Among his older siblings were the artist Henry C. Brewer and the organist and writer John Francis Brewer. |
| Related Objects: |
3321.101 (Print, The Bridge of Sighs, Venice, 1921)
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