George Merrill
George Merrill (born in Sheffield in 1866 ; died in Guildford in 1928 ) was an English gay activist and the life partner of Edward Carpenter .
Life
George Merrill grew up in the second half of the 19th century under precarious social family conditions in the English city of Sheffield. As a young man, he made the acquaintance of Cambridge theology student and later poet Edward Carpenter on a train ride in 1891 . In the same year he moved into his apartment in a suburb of Sheffield, while his life partner worked as a theologian within the Anglican Church for a more tolerant approach to homosexual love.
The couple lived their relationship for more than 30 years (until George Merrill's death) according to the circumstances at the time and ultimately served the writer friend EM Forster as a template or inspiration for his novel Maurice .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Laurence Scott: Laurence Scott: rereading Maurice by EM Forster . In: The Guardian . July 5, 2013, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed October 26, 2019]).
- ↑ Gay Love Letters through the Centuries: Edward Carpenter. Retrieved October 26, 2019 .
- ↑ The lost Utopian: Why have so few of us heard of Victorian poet and. October 5, 2008, accessed on October 26, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merrill, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English gay activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sheffield |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1928 |
| Place of death | Guildford |