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3 unusual facts about anglophile


Jaime Gil de Biedma

Among Spanish readers, he is considered one of the most consummate Anglophiles in the field of contemporary peninsular literature.

Paul Déroulède

Déroulède was also an Anglophile, believing that an alliance or agreement with Britain was essential for defending France against Germany and enabling the recapture of Alsace-Lorraine.

Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque

Tuan Haji Mohamed Arif bin Punak was supervised by the Johor government engineer Dato' Yahya bin Awalluddin who communicated the Anglophile sentiments of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Sultan Abu Bakar who was the Sultan of Johor at that time.


Damon Andrews

A known anglophile, Damon has a collection of English automobiles, including a 1933 Aston Martin Le Mans

Popski's Private Army

He was privately educated in Belgium and went up to St John's College, Cambridge, becoming an ardent Anglophile, influenced by Bertrand Russell.

Steen Steensen Blicher

Also something of an Anglophile, he translated British poetry, including Macpherson’s Ossian and novels such as Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield – once he even tried to write poetry in English.


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