Victor Plarr

Victor Gustave Plarr (1863 ? 1929) was an English poet; he is probably best known for the single poem Epitaphium Citharistriae.

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1863 - 1929

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He born near Strasbourg, France, of a French father from Alsace, and an English mother. He was brought up in England after his family moved at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. He read history at Worcester College, Oxford.

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Strasbourg - France - Alsace - Franco-Prussian War - Worcester College, Oxford

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He worked as librarian at the Royal College of Surgeons. He was a founder member of the Rhymer's Club. A generally uncongenial figure, he was befriended in 1909 by Ezra Pound, who enjoyed Plarr?s tales of the naughty nineties.

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Royal College of Surgeons - Rhymer's Club - Ezra Pound

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