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Russell, George William, 1867-1935
Variant namesGeorge William Russell was born on April 10, 1867 in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland to Thomas and Marianne (Armstrong) Russell. The family moved to Dublin in 1878, and Russell attended Dr. Power’s School in Harrington Street and night classes at the Metropolitan School of Art, before entering Rathmines School, which he left in 1884. He would later recall experiencing visions and trances during his youth, experiences which would cement his life-long interest in the supernatural. Those visions also brought about his pen name, “AE”, which was derived from “Aeon”, the first sound in the universe. Russell’s first book of poetry, Homeward: Songs by the Way, was published in 1894, influenced by his fascination with the occult. In 1897, he published his second collection, entitled The Earth Breath.
In 1898, Russell married Violet North, with whom he went on to have two sons, Bryan (born 1899) and Diarmuid Conor (born 1902). That same year, he began working for the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society (IOAS). In 1898, Russell was appointed as the organization’s Dublin-based secretary. He continued to write poetry and literary reviews, and his play, Deirdre, was produced in 1902. In 1903, Russell accepted the joint vice-presidency of the Irish National Theatre Society. He published a further two collections of poetry, The Divine Vision and Other Poems (1904) and The Mask of Apollo and Other Stories (1905).
Russell grew increasingly political in the early twentieth century, and he began to publish nationalist essays and poems. Despite his political engagement, he was surprised by the Easter Rising in 1916. Russell was a pacifist, and although he supported Irish independence, never fully embraced radical republicanism. He supported the Free Staters during the Civil War (1922-1923). In 1923, he assumed editorship of The Irish Statesman, continuing in this role until the journal closed in 1930. Russell left Ireland for London in 1933, disenchanted by the Free State and grieving for his wife, who died in 1932. Russell died in London on July 17, 1935.
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| referencedIn | Padraic Colum collection of papers, 1901-1963 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Edward Harry William Meyerstein collection of papers, 191-?]-1959, 1924-1959 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Herbert Hitchen Irish Collection MS 10., 1908-1970 | Mortimer Rare Book Room | |
| referencedIn | William Butler Yeats Collection TXRC02-A7., 1872-1970 | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Jack Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1899-1955 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell collection of papers, 1891-1935 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Ralph Hodgson papers, 1695-1976, 1914-1970 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Thomas Bird Mosher papers, 1890-1939 (inclusive) 1895-1924 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | John Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1897]-1921 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Frank O'Connor Papers, 1927-1972 | Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida | |
| referencedIn | Miscellaneous Foreign Letters, 1796-1979 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers. | |
| referencedIn | Dame Edith Sitwell collection of papers, 1926-1965 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Letters of British authors, 1770-1915 | Getty Research Institute | |
| referencedIn | Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Maloney collection of Irish historical papers, 1857-1965, 1913-1922 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | James Joyce collection of papers, 1897-1971, 1902-1949 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | Herbert F. West collection of A. Hugh Fisher, 1860-1945, 1901-1945 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | William Butler Yeats collection of papers, 1876-[1965, 1897-1939 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | English literature mss., 1901-1950 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| creatorOf | Russell, George William, 1867-1935. Letters, 1935. | Washington State University, Holland and Terrell Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Horace Mason Reynolds papers, 1895-1965. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell (AE) letter to Ogden Heath, 1935 February 5 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Books, pamphlets, periodicals, 18-- - <ongoing> | Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Papers concerning the Abbey Theatre and the Irish National Theatre Society, 1903-1942 and undated. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Shan F. Bullock Manuscript Collection, 19th century | Queen's University, Belfast | |
| referencedIn | Annotations and Additions to Rathmines School Roll., 1932-1939 | University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | John Quinn papers, 1901-1926 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| creatorOf | M.J. MacManus papers, 1849-1951, (bulk 1934-1942). | Boston College. John J. Burns Library | |
| referencedIn | James Stephens collection of papers, 1908-1939, 1911-1938 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
| referencedIn | English literature mss., ca. 1750-ca. 1979 | Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Archives of Irish America Pamphlet Collection, 1843-1992 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | John MacKay Shaw Collection, 1737-2007 | ||
| referencedIn | John Thomas Codman Brook Farm collection, 1840-1901. | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell [AE] letters to James Stephens, 1925–1928 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Oliver St. John Gogarty letter lecture tour publicity collection, circa 1933 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell [AE] letter, 1915 January 19 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell [AE] letter to [Summers], 1934 September 28 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell [AE] letters and poems, 1927 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell [AE] letters, 1925–1929 | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | A. E., 1867-1935. [The candle of vision] [manuscript] / [A.E.]. | University College Dublin, James Joyce Library | |
| referencedIn | Boris Souvarine papers, 1915-1984 (inclusive), 1940-1984 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Autograph letter signed A.E. to "My dear Leah" | Wellesley College | |
| creatorOf | Letters : to Henry A. Wallace. Dublin, Ireland | University of Iowa Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Autograph letter signed from James Welch, London, to A.E [manuscript] | Folger Shakespeare Library | |
| referencedIn | Scrapbook of newspaper clippings about George William Russell | Indiana University | |
| referencedIn | Papers of Arthur Kingsley Porter | Harvard University Archives. | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell Papers | Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library | |
| George William Russell collection | University of Victoria Libraries, UVic | ||
| creatorOf | George William Russell collection | University of Victoria Libraries, UVic | |
| referencedIn | Frank O'Connor Papers | University of Florida Archives, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida | |
| referencedIn | Kemp Malone papers | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library | |
| creatorOf | [Miscellaneous papers and poems] | New Mexico State University | |
| referencedIn | The Harry Lyman Koopman Collection | Brown University Archives, John Hay Library | |
| creatorOf | Letters of British authors, 1770-1915 | Getty Research Institute | |
| referencedIn | Letter 1913 Oct 21 Coole Park, Gort, Co. Galway, to George Russell | University of Tulsa. | |
| creatorOf | Autograph letter signed "A. E." : Dublin, to Mr. Hard | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Lady Gregory papers | Emory University. Special Collections and Archives | |
| referencedIn | Leslie Shane papers | Boston College. John J. Burns Library | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell (AE) letter to Ogden Heath | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | James Southall Wilson Guest Book | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Lewis Mumford papers | University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center | |
| referencedIn | Jay Sigmund Papers | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. | |
| referencedIn | Mary Louisa Sutliff papers | Columbia University. Libraries. | |
| creatorOf | Glenveagh Castle : visitors' book | Harvard University Archives. | |
| referencedIn | Lennox Robinson papers | Southern Illinois University, Morris Library | |
| referencedIn | Grace Hill Turnbull papers | Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library | |
| creatorOf | Autograph letter signed to James B. Pond, Hyde Park | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Letters : Dublin, to Claud Lovat Fraser | Bryn Mawr College | |
| referencedIn | William Whittingham Lyman memoirs : typescript | University of California, Berkeley. Library | |
| referencedIn | Siegfried Sassoon papers | Columbia University. Libraries. | |
| creatorOf | Boston College Collection of George William Russell | Boston College. John J. Burns Library | |
| creatorOf | George William Russell [AE] letter | University of Delaware Library - Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Gertrude Folks Zimand and Savel Zimand papers | Vassar College | |
| referencedIn | James A. Healy collection of Irish literature | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Torrence Ridgely Papers | Dartmouth College Library | |
| creatorOf | Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1955-1959. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers of James Southall Wilson | University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept. | |
| creatorOf | Letter to Richard Weil. : Dublin, Ireland, | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. | |
| creatorOf | Letter, AE | Brigham Young University. |
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Birth 1867-04-10
Death 1935-07-17
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