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词条 J. Griffyth Fairfax
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  1. Biography

  2. Published works

     Poetry 

  3. References

  4. External links

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James Griffyth Fairfax (15 July 1886{{spaced endash}}27 January 1976) was a British poet, translator, and politician.

Biography

Fairfax, a great-grandson of the Australian newspaper tycoon John Fairfax, was a member of the Fairfax family, and was educated at Winchester School and New College, Oxford. Fairfax departed permanently from Australia in 1904.[3]

He served in the 15th Indian Division for the duration of the First World War, and rose to the rank of Captain in the Army Service Corps.

His first volume of poetry was published in 1908. He was also active in literary circles and had an influence on and was influenced by his friend Ezra Pound.[2]

Fairfax was a Member of the UK House of Commons representing the borough constituency of Norwich for the Conservative and Unionist Party from the 1924 election until the 1929 election.[1]

Published works

  • {{cite book |author1=Fairfax, J. G. |author2=University of California Libraries |title=The horns of Taurus |publication-date=1914 |publisher=Smith, Elder & Co. |location=London |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10298660 }}
  • {{cite book |title=Civil aviation in Australia |publication-date=1960 |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34612407 |author1=Fairbairn, J. V. |authorlink1=James Fairbairn |author2=Fairfax, J. G. |location=Canberra |publisher=Canberra Pub. Co. }}

Poetry

  • {{cite book |author1=Fairfax, J. G. |title=Mesopotamia: sonnets and lyrics at home and abroad, 1914-1919 |publication-date=1919 |publisher=John Murray |location=London |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18995102 }}
  • {{cite book |editor1=Billington, William John |title=Catalogue of the war poetry collection presented by and anonymous donor in memory of Private William John Billington |publication-date=1921 |publisher=Birmingham Public Libraries |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26858290 }}
  • {{cite book |title=Up the Line to Death: The War Poets 1914-18 |editor=Gardner, Brian |location=London |publisher=Methuen |publication-date=1964 }}
  • {{cite book |author=Fairfax, J. G. |chapter=The forest of the dead |editor1=Dapin, Mark |title=From the trenches: the best ANZAC writing of World War One |publication-date=2013 |location=Melbourne, Victoria |publisher=Viking |isbn=978-0-670-07781-6 }}

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Fairfax, Charles Burton (1859–1941) |work=Obituaries Australia |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairfax-charles-burton-13802/text24651 |accessdate=26 March 2016 }}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20835 |title=J. Griffyth Fairfax |work=AustLit |publisher=The University of Queensland |date= |accessdate=25 March 2016 }}

External links

  • {{Hansard-contribs | captain-james-fairfax | J. Griffyth Fairfax }}
  • J. Griffyth Fairfax Collextion at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
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