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Montague Summers

Montague Summers was a British writer, literary scholar, playwright, poet, catholic priest and anglican priest (1880–1948). He was born at Bristol and died at Richmond.

Also recorded as Augustus Montague Summers; Alphonsus Joseph-Mary Augustus Montague; M. Summers.

Overview

Born at Bristol in 1880, died at Richmond in 1948.

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Augustus Montague Summers, Alphonsus Joseph-Mary Augustus Montague and M. Summers. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was Anglicanism.

Catalogued works

39 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. The first 12 are listed here.

A Gothic Bibliography, dated 1941. The Discovery of Witches. The Vampire, His Kith and Kin. The Between-Maid. The complete works of William Wycherley. Constable's edition of the Castle of Otranto and the Mysterious mother. Victorian ghost stories. The confessions of Madeleine Bavent. Vampire in Lore and Legend. Witchcraft and Black Magic. Malleus Maleficarum of Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger. The Physical Phenomena of Mysticism.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Summers, Rev. Alphonsus Joseph-Mary Augustus Montague, (10 April 1880–10 Aug. 1948), Who Was Who, 2007. Montague Summers’ Compilations, Syphilis, Puritanism and Witch Hunts, 1989. Montague Summers, Theology, 1957. Augustus montague summers, Notes and Queries, 1957. Summers, (Augustus) Montague [name in religion Alphonsus Joseph-Mary] (1880–1948), literary scholar, occultist, and eccentric, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004.

In detail

Montague Summers studied at Clifton College. the recorded working language is English.

The authority associates the name with Uranians.

Membership is recorded of Royal Society of Literature.

Works named in the authority record are The History of Witchcraft and Demonology and Malleus Maleficarum.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Chronology

  1. 1880Montague Summers born at Bristol.
  2. 1941A Gothic Bibliography.
  3. 1948Montague Summers died at Richmond.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Montague Summers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q712220: Montague Summers

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