Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm (London 24 August 1872 – 20 May 1956 Rapallo) was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist best known today for his 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson.
A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
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He was of English, Dutch, German, and Lithuanian descent.
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He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 Queen's Honours List for his services to literature.
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Was a strong believer in the spoken delivery of blank verse as rhythmical, though unrhymed, verse. He opposed the "conversational style" of reciting Shakespeare, which is in favor today, as being too realistic.
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Longtime theater critic of the London stage.
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Ashes buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.