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unusual facts about R. G. Collingwood


R. G. Collingwood

William M. Johnston, The Formative Years of R. G. Collingwood (Harvard University Archives, 1965)


Ælfwald II of Northumbria

Lakeland author W. G. Collingwood 1917 book The Likeness of King Elfwald: A Study of Iona and Northumbria imagined the life of Ælfwald.

Jón Stefánsson

Coauthoring with W. G. Collingwood A pilgrimage to the saga-steads of Iceland. (1899, W. Holmes: Ulverston (publisher))

W. G. Collingwood

He used the names of some of Collingwood's grandchildren for his characters, the Swallows (see Roger Altounyan).

In 1896, Arthur Ransome met the Collingwoods and their children, Dora (later Mrs Ernest Altounyan), Barbara (later Mrs Oscar Gnosspelius), Ursula, and Robin (the later historian and philosopher).


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