Harvey Wood (1903 - 1977) was a Scottish literary and artistic figure best known as a founder of the Edinburgh International Festival. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of Performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around He also published critical editions of works by Robert Henryson and John Marston as well as a book on Scottish literature. Robert Henryson was a poet who flourished in Scotland in the period c John Marston (baptised October 7, 1576 – June 25, 1634) was an English poet playwright and satirist during the late Elizabethan Scottish literature is Literature written in Scotland or by Scottish writers. Wood established a branch of the British Council in Edinburgh in 1940. The British Council is a Public Body of the United Kingdom Government which specialises in educational and development opportunities Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. He persuaded Rudolf Bing to meet with the Lord Provost of Edinburgh Sir John Falconer which led to the staging of the Festival in 1947. Sir Rudolf Bing ( January 9, 1902 &ndash September 2, 1997) was an Austrian-born Opera Impresario. "Burnley" John Falconer is an English professional Poker player He served as the first chairman of the program committee and on the Executive Council. [1]
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- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography "Henry Harvey Wood"
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