Llewelyn Powys (pronounced /ˌdʒɒn ˌkuːpɚ ˈpoʊɪs/) (August 13, 1884 - December 2, 1939), was a British writer, a younger brother of John Cowper Powys and T F Powys. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Cowper Powys (ˌdʒɒn ˌkuːpɚ ˈpoʊɪs ( October 8, 1872 - June 17, 1963) was a British writer lecturer and philosopher Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953 was a British writer a younger brother of John Cowper Powys.
He was born in Dorchester, son of a Welsh clergyman, and was educated at Sherborne School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Dorchester is a Market town in southern central Dorset, England, on the River Frome at the junction of the A35 and A37 Sherborne School is a British Independent school for boys located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. Corpus Christi College (full name The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary, often shortened to simply Corpus) is a College of the University While lecturing in the USA, he contracted tuberculosis. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common After his return in 1909, he travelled again, living for a while in Switzerland. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation His time in Africa, from 1914 to 1919 farming with his brother William in British East Africa near Gilgil which is now in Kenya, proved inspirational, as did many of his life experiences. British East Africa was an area of East Africa controlled by the British in the late 19th century which became a Protectorate covering roughly the area of present-day The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Other writings included a novel, Apples Be Ripe (1930), and a biography of Henry Hudson (1927). Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Henry Hudson' (1570 &ndash 1611 was an English Sea explorer and Navigator in the early 17th century Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.