Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982

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Name (Latin)
Duncan, Ronald, 1914-1982
Other forms of name
Duncan, Ronald Frederick Henry, 1914-1982
Duncan, Ronald Frederick Henry, 1914-
Duncan, Ronald, 1914-
Date of birth
1914-08-06
Date of death
1982-06-03
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 2510708
Wikidata: Q5625510
Library of congress: n 50023598
OCoLC: oca00059009
Sources of Information
  • His Journal of a husbandman, 1944.
  • The Encyclopedia of medical ignorance, 1984:t.p. (Ronald Duncan) introd. (died June 1982)
  • Britten, B. The rape of Lucretia, 1949?:container (libretto by Ronald Duncan)
  • University of Plymouth Ronald Duncan coll. website, Oct. 24, 2002 (Ronald Duncan, 1914-1982; librettist for The rape of Lucretia)

Wikipedia description:

Ronald Frederick Henry Duncan (6 August 1914 – 3 June 1982) was an English writer, poet and playwright of German descent, now best known for his poem The Horse and for preparing the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia, first performed in 1946.

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