H. E. Bates
H. E. Bates was a British writer, screenwriter, journalist, playwright and essayist (1905–1974). He was born at Rushden and died at Canterbury.
Also recorded as Herbert Bates; Herbert Ernest Bates.
Overview
Born at Rushden in 1905, died at Canterbury in 1974.
Catalogued works
54 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1889 to 1989.
Love for Lydia. A Moment in Time. Fair Stood the Wind for France. My Uncle Silas. The Cruise of the Breadwinner. The Darling Buds of May. The Two Sisters. The Triple Echo. A Breath of French Air. The Purple Plain. When the Green Woods Laugh. The Scarlet Sword. Sea days, sea flowers. A house of women. Day's end, and other stories. Heroic War Stories. Great World War II Stories, dated 1989. Missing from their homes. Western Literary Classics Pack Updated. Western Literary Classics Pack. A german idyll. Cut and come again. Thirty-one selected tales. Twenty tales. The stories of Flying Officer 'X'. Country tales. The beauty of the dead. The day of glory. An aspidistra in Babylon. The world in ripeness. The blossoming world. The modern short story. H.E. Bates : an autobiography. Something Short and Sweet. Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories. Wild Cherry Tree. Tomorrow the Country. The distant horns of summer, dated 1967. THE SLEEPLESS MOON. Plpr3. Breath of French Air. The Face of England. My Uncle Silas Tv Tie in Special Header. Oh! to be in England. Daffodil Sky. Autumn River Scene, The Brook, dated 1889, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1986.1280. Pastoral on paper / by H.E. Bates ; photographs by John Gay ; map and drawings by Leslie S. Haywood., dated [1956?], held by Wellcome Collection. JAV Bates. Box 6 Reels 61-140., dated No date, held by Wellcome Collection. JAV Bates. Box 2 Reels 347-362., dated No date, held by Wellcome Collection. JAV Bates. Box 8 Reels A-W., dated No date, held by Wellcome Collection. JAV Bates. Box 9 Reels 141-182., dated No date, held by Wellcome Collection. JAV Bates. Box 7 Reels 184-248., dated No date, held by Wellcome Collection. JAV Bates. .Box 3 Reels 1-51 +?., dated No date, held by Wellcome Collection. The Ratio Club, dated 1949-1985, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 67 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Bates, Baron, (Michael Walton Bates) (born 26 May 1961), Who's Who, 2007. John Bates, Spring/Summer 1980, John Bates, Spring/Summer 1980, 2019. John Bates, Autumn/Winter 1979, John Bates, Autumn/Winter 1979, 2019. John Bates, Spring/Summer 1979, John Bates, Spring/Summer 1979, 2019.
Digitised editions and texts
10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
IN ENGLAND NOW: SPRING. (1950) — Internet Archive. fair stood the wind for france (1944) — Internet Archive. The flying goat (1939) — Internet Archive. The best of H. E. Bates (1963) — Internet Archive. A Breath of French Air (1962) — Internet Archive. the purple plain (1947) — Internet Archive. THE MODERN SHORT STORY A CRITICAL SURVEY (1941) — Internet Archive. The Fabulous Mrs V (1964) — Internet Archive. THE JACARANDA TREE. (1963) — Internet Archive. My Uncle Silas (1939) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
H. E. Bates studied at Kettering Grammar School. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is literary activity, prose and drama.
Works named in the authority record are Love for Lydia.
Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Chronology
- 1905H. E. Bates born at Rushden.
- 1939The flying goat digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1944fair stood the wind for france digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1947the purple plain digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1950IN ENGLAND NOW: SPRING. digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1962A Breath of French Air digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1963The best of H. E. Bates digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1974H. E. Bates died at Canterbury.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“H. E. Bates”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Consult the sourcereference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1608240: H. E. Bates
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