Oswald Valentine Sickert
Oswald Valentine Sickert (* 1871 , † 1923 ) was a British businessman and author . He was the son of the Danish-German painter Oswald Sickert . The painters Walter Sickert and Bernhard Sickert were his brothers.
Sickert studied at Cambridge , where he helped set up a weekly magazine, the Cambridge Oberserves . During this time a friendship developed with Bertrand Russell . He also worked as a business traveler for the Encyclopædia Britannica ; he headed the trade department.
Sickert published under the pseudonym Oswald Valentine the important novel Helen , a character study of the late Victorian era.
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- ↑ Special Collections ( English ) Islington Local History Center. March 3, 2011. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
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| SURNAME | Sickert, Oswald Valentine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Valentine, Oswald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British businessman and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1871 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1923 |