Peter Quennell

Quennell (left) with James Stephens in 1929

Sir Peter Courtney Quennell CBE (9 March 1905 – 27 October 1993) was an English biographer, literary historian, editor, essayist, poet, and critic.[1] He wrote extensively on social history. In his Times obituary he was described as "the last genuine example of the English man of letters".[2] Anthony Powell called him "The Last of the Mandarins".[3]

  1. ^ The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2003. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-85229-961-6.
  2. ^ 'Sir Peter Quennell', in The Times, 29 October 1993, p. 23.
  3. ^ 'Sir Peter Quennell', obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 29 October 1993, p. 25