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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...early ambition to be a painter was thwarted because of lack of money, and instead he began to write poetry in his spare time. It is at this time that Russell became "AE." He used the pseudonym Aeon in signing his poems. This was shortened by a careless typesetter to the letters AE, which he has since written under this name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GEORGE W. RUSSELL "AE" TALKS AT UNION TONIGHT | 1/6/1931 | See Source »

...nights, after his work in the accounting office, he wrote poetry. It was at this time that he became AE. He wrote under the pseudonym of Aeon, but because of his illegible handwriting the typesetters on the papers to which his first efforts were contributed, unable to read the signature, printed only the first two letters. He has kept this nom de plume ever since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHEDULE LECTURE BY AE NEXT MONTH AT UNION | 12/18/1930 | See Source »

...signed his first literary composition '-'Aeon." The printer could not read his handwriting, set up only the initial diphthong. The error pleased the author, who signed his subsequent work thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Enter an Irishman | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

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