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David Holbrook

David Holbrook is a British writer, poet and academic. Since 1989 he has been Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.

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British writer

Born	9 January 1923
Died	2011

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I've got to use words: an English work book

by David Holbrook First published in 1966 — 9 editions

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English for maturity: English in the secondary school.

by David Holbrook First published in 1961 — 9 editions

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People and diamonds: an anthology of modern short stories for use in secondary schools

by David Holbrook First published in 1962 — 7 editions

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The quest for love.

by David Holbrook
First published in 1964 — 6 editions
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English for Maturity

by David Holbrook First published in 1961 — 5 editions

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Sylvia Plath: poetry and existence

by David Holbrook First published in 1976 — 5 editions

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Against the cruel frost: a second volume of verse.

by David Holbrook First published in 1963 — 5 editions

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Visions of life: prose passages in four volumes for reading and comprehension work.

by David Holbrook First published in 1964 — 4 editions

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Flesh wounds

by David Holbrook First published in 1966 — 4 editions

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English for the rejected: training literacy in the lower streams of the secondary school.

by David Holbrook First published in 1964 — 4 editions

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The secret places: essays on imaginative work in English teaching and on the culture of the child.

by David Holbrook and David Holbrook First published in 1964 — 3 editions
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Childrens Writing

by David Holbrook First published in 1967 — 3 editions
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The Cambridge hymnal

by David Holbrook First published in 1967 — 3 editions
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Images of woman in literature

by David Holbrook First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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Education, nihilism, and survival

by David Holbrook First published in 1977 — 3 editions

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Lost bearings in English poetry

by David Holbrook First published in 1977 — 3 editions
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Dylan Thomas and poetic dissociation.

by David Holbrook First published in 1964 — 3 editions
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Gustav Mahler and the courage to be

by David Holbrook
First published in 1975 — 3 editions
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The case against pornography

by David Holbrook First published in 1972 — 3 editions

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British writer

Born	9 January 1923
Died	2011

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL68856A
ISNI: 0000000116974406
Library of Congress Names: n80032730
VIAF: 107981311
Wikidata: Q5235087
Inventaire.io: wd:Q5235087

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DAVID. [COMPILED] HOLBROOK
DAVID HOLBROOK
David. HOLBROOK
david holbrook
david holbrook m a
m.a. david holbrook

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Created April 1, 2008
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August 1, 2025	Edited by WikidataBot	[sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers
July 29, 2025	Edited by Tom Morris	merge authors
July 29, 2025	Edited by Tom Morris	Clean death date
September 30, 2020	Edited by MARC Bot	add ISNI
April 1, 2008	Created by an anonymous user	initial import

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