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John Lancelot Agard Bramhall Davenport (10 May 1908 – 27 June 1966) was an English critic and book reviewer who wrote for, amongst other publications, The Observer and The Spectator. He was a mentor to the critic Nora Sayre.
Apr 10, 1977 · Yet John Davenport, 1908‐1966, critic, aesthete, editor and heavyweight boxer, didn't discourage the legends that mounted in his wake: He seemed both amused and nourished by them.
The literary critic and poet John Davenport was a close friend of Buhler and one of his favourite sitters. Buhler exhibited four portraits of Davenport at the Royal Academy in 1949, 1951, 1952 and this painting, his Diploma work in 1960.
John Davenport (rally driver), co-winner of the 1968 RAC Rally and British Leyland's Director of Motorsport from the end of 1976. John Davenport (baseball), born 1922, American baseball player in 1954 New York Giants (MLB) season.
Better known as a poet and literary critic than for his film work, John Davnport was, for many years, the literary editor of "The Observer" newspaper in London, and co-author with his friend Dylan Thomas of a famous satirical novel, "The Death Of The King's Canary".
Eighty letters, 1939-1966, to John Davenport, literary critic and friend of Dylan Thomas, much of the correspondence relating to literary matters (ff. 1-91). There are references to Thomas throughout, including detailed (and contrasting) accounts, by John Malcolm Brinnin (ff. 12-13) and George Reavey (ff. 71-72 verso), of events surrounding his ...
John Lancelot Agard Bramhall Davenport was born in London, England in 1908. He became known as a critic and book reviewer who wrote for The Observer and The Spectator. Son of the writer Robert Davenport and the actress Muriel George, he was primarily raised by his grandmother and educated at ST Paul’s and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
