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Crabtree Orations 1954-94

Crabtree Orations 1954-94
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Much was known about Joseph Crabtree, poet and polymath, in the nineteenth century; much was forgotten or deliberately obscured in the twentieth century—until 1951. In that year it happened that, at one of Professor Hugh Smith’s weekly seminars for scholars of all disciplines or none, two or three of those present discovered a common interest in the life and work of the extraordinary great man, Joseph Crabtree. This interest grew and intensified until Hugh Smith and others at University College London were inspired to set up the Crabtree Foundation at the College. The first annual meeting of the Foundation, then numbering some twentyfour members, was held on February 17 1954 at University College London with Professor Hugh Smith as its first President. At this Centenary Celebration the President spoke of the aims of the Foundation:
Taylor & Francis; June 1997
ISBN 9780203213490
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