Seymour de Ricci
English historian and bibliographer
About Seymour de Ricci
Lived 1881 – 1942 (aged 61). Seymour de Ricci was a French bibliographer, archaeologist, art historian, classical philologist, classical scholar and bookseller.
Seymour de Ricci (1881-1942) was a bibliographer and historian, who was born in England and raised and became a citizen of France. His parents were Helen Montefiore (c. 1860–1931) and James Herman de Ricci (1847–1900). He lived with his mother in Paris after 1890, when his parents divorced. His father was a colonial judge and a lawyer.
Personal life and the war De Ricci became a French citizen in 1901. He married Jenny Gabrielle Thérèse Dreyfus about 1902. She was born about 1886 and died about 1938.
During World War I, he was a French Army second-class chasseur à pied. He was an interpreter for the British later in the war. After the war, de Ricci divorced Jenny and he married Delphine Levy Feher in 1920. She was born about 1886 and died about 1977.
Death De Ricci died in Suresnes, near Paris, France in 1942.
Publications A selection of de Ricci's works include the following:
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Digitized notes Notes from de Ricci have been digitized for an online database, Seymour de Ricci Bibliotheca Britannica Manuscripta Digitized Archive. The notes, at the University of London's Senate House Library, had been intended for publishing of Bibliotheca Britannica Manuscripta, which was not completed. They had been originally bequeathed to the Historical Research in London in the form of more than 60,000 index cards.
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Who was Seymour de Ricci?
English historian and bibliographer (1881–1942)
When was Seymour de Ricci born?
Seymour de Ricci was born on 17 May 1881 in Twickenham.
When did Seymour de Ricci die?
Seymour de Ricci died on 26 December 1942 in Suresnes.
What was Seymour de Ricci's occupation?
Seymour de Ricci was a bibliographer, archaeologist, art historian, classical philologist, classical scholar and bookseller.
What nationality was Seymour de Ricci?
Seymour de Ricci was French.
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