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Like numerous Victorians, Lear was superficially normal and enviable. He kept a wonderful cat whom he immortalized under the preposterous name of Foss, as magical a literary companion in its way as Dr. Johnson's Hodge or Christopher Smart's Jeoffrey. He had enduring friends, including Tennyson and a man called Chichester Fortescue, a real name that sounds like a Lear invention. Lear's peregrinations over 30 years ranged from Calais to the coast of Coromandel, a course which enabled him to work at his art-essentially the trade of providing souvenirs of the Grand Tour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How Pleasant to Know Mr. Lear | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...Jeoffrey W. Lewis '32, has replaced Langley C. Keyes '24 as dean of upperclassmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lewis New Baby Dean | 9/20/1934 | See Source »

Married. Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustaf of Sweden; to Estelle Romaine Manville, Manhattan debutante, descendant of Jeoffrey de Mag-navil, ally of William the Conqueror; in Pleasantville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 10, 1928 | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

Engaged. Count Folke Bernadotte, nephew of King Gustaf of Sweden; to Estelle Romaine Manville, Manhattan debutante, descendant of Jeoffrey de Magnavil, ally of William the Conqueror; in Pleasantville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 13, 1928 | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

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