Norman Douglas

Norman Douglas was a British writer, autobiographer, novelist and diplomat (1868–1952). He was born at Thüringen and died at Capri.

Also recorded as Normyx; Pilaff Bey; George Norman Douglas.

Norman Douglas in brief

Born
1868
Died
1952
Known for
writer, autobiographer, novelist and diplomat
Place of birth
Thüringen
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Identity and origins

He also worked under the name Normyx. The authorities additionally record the headings Normyx, Pilaff Bey and George Norman Douglas. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of John Sholto Douglass and Wanda Douglass-Jehly. He married Elizabeth Louisa Theobaldina Fitzgibbon.

Catalogued works

38 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 1767 to 2007.

South Wind. Old Calabria. Siren Land. They Went. In the Beginning. An Unnatural Feud. Some Limericks. Fountains in the Sand, dated 1912. South Wind,. South Wind - Norman Douglas, dated 2007. AN ALMANAC. Old Calabria : (Norman Douglas Classics Collection). Fountains in the Sand : (Norman Douglas Classics Collection). Alone : (Norman Douglas Classics Collection). Alone. Alone (Esprios Classics). Love and the Fear of Love. Together. In the Beginning (Phoenix Library series). Nerinda. London Street Games. Looking back. Late harvest. Old Calabri. Birds and beasts of the Greek anthology. Pacific Islands yearbook. Special interest tourism. Study for Aspects of Negro Life: The Negro in an African Setting, dated 1934, gouache, with touches of graphite, on illustration board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.416. Variable Piece #70 (In Process): 166A, dated 1975/76, typed and signed statement, typed list of characterizations, five chromogenic prints mounted on two panels, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.109. Whisperings of Love, dated c. 1889, watercolor on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2012.556. Norman Douglas Wayne / Elizabeth Wayne., dated 2002, held by Wellcome Collection. Venus in the kitchen, or, Love's cookery book / by Pilaff Bey ; edited by Norman Douglas ; introduction by Graham Greene., dated [1952], held by Wellcome Collection. A century of care : a history of the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland / edited by Norman Muir and Douglas Bell., dated 2002, held by Wellcome Collection. A guide to birth control literature : a selected bibliography on the technique of contraception and on the social aspects of birth control / by Norman E. Himes., dated 1931, held by Wellcome Collection. They died with Custer : soldiers' bones from the Battle of the Little Bighorn / Douglas D. Scott, P. Willey, and Melissa A. Connor., dated [1998], held by Wellcome Collection. Sioux Indian religion : tradition and innovation / edited and with an introduction by Raymond J. DeMallie and Douglas R. Parks ; illustrations by Arthur Amiotte., dated [1987], held by Wellcome Collection. A letter to Norman Sievwright M.A. in vindication of the episcopal clergy of Scotland from his charge of innovations in politics and religion., dated 1767, held by Wellcome Collection. Off-prints and reprints of articles by scientists, dated 1902-1906, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 50 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

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

NORMAN DOUGLAS, Norman Douglas, 1971. Douglas, Norman, (1868–9 Feb. 1952), Who Was Who, 2007. Douglas, (George) Norman (1868–1952), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Norman Douglas, 1971. Douglas, Col Norman, (20 Oct. 1887–21 Jan. 1968), Who Was Who, 2007. OLD CALABRIA DI NORMAN DOUGLAS COME RICERCA DEL SENSO PERDUTO, Le Simplegadi, 2018.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (139909575) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500237014).

Digitised editions and texts

12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Together (1931) — Internet Archive. South wind (1938) — Internet Archive. Experiments (1925) — Internet Archive. Looking Back: an autobiographical Excursion (1933) — Internet Archive. old calabria (1938) — Internet Archive. Fountains in the sand (1921) — Internet Archive. In the Beginning (1953) — Internet Archive. Goodbye To Western Culture (1930) — Internet Archive. ALONE (1940) — Internet Archive. AN ALMANAC. (1946) — Internet Archive. Fountains in the Sand: Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia — Project Gutenberg. London street games — Project Gutenberg.

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 9 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 9 means 9 genuinely separate publishers of record. 8 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1868Norman Douglas born at Thüringen.
  2. 1921Fountains in the sand digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1925Experiments digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1931Together digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1933Looking Back: an autobiographical Excursion digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1938South wind digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1938old calabria digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1952Norman Douglas died at Capri.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Norman Douglas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1243973: Norman Douglas

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