| 词条 | Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy |
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Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (born 1933 in Edinburgh) is a British author, known for biographies, including one of Alfred Kinsey, and books of social history on the British nanny and public school system.[1] For his autobiography, Half an Arch, he received the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography in 2005. He has also written novels and children's literature. He was brought up in London, and educated at Port Regis School,[2] Bryanston and Cambridge.[3] As a boy, he was one of Benjamin Britten's favourites and he and his family provided the names for the characters in The Little Sweep. His involvement with Britten is described in John Bridcut's Britten's Children. He subsequently worked in advertising and publishing. His grandfather was Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 3rd Earl of Cranbrook. His father was Surg.-Cmdr. Hon. Antony Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, fourth child of the 3rd Earl. His mother was Ruth Elizabeth Thorowgood. Edward Gathorne-Hardy and Robert Gathorne-Hardy were his uncles, and his aunt was Lady Anne Hill, wife of George Heywood Hill, owner of the Heywood Hill bookshop in Mayfair.[4][5] Works
References1. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.lauracecil.co.uk/pages/Clients/Clients_Fiction/Gathorne-Hardy/JGH_Home.html|title= Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy|accessdate= 20 March 2010|author= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |website= |publisher=Laura Cecil (author's agent) |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }} 2. ^Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, Half an Arch: a memoir (2004), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Bx7W-uJ10uoC&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false pp. 55-56] 3. ^{{cite web |url= http://thepeerage.com/p5837.htm#i58365|title= Jonathan Gathorne Garthorne-Hardy|accessdate= 20 March 2010|author= |authorlink= |date= |year= |month= |website= |publisher=The Peerage.com |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }} 4. ^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 2003, vol. 1, p. 942 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lady-anne-hill-434363.html|title=Lady Anne Hill|date=31 January 2007|website=The Independent}} External links
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