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- Birth nameHenry Maximilian Beerbohm
- Max Beerbohm was born on August 24, 1872 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Nobody Said Anything (1971), The Unforeseen (1958) and Death in the Hand (1948). He was married to Elizabeth Jungmann and Florence Kahn. He died on May 20, 1956 in Rapallo, Liguria, Italy.
- SpousesElizabeth Jungmann(1956 - May 20, 1956) (his death)Florence Kahn(1910 - January 13, 1951) (her death)
- Half brother of actor/manager Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- Ashes buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
- Longtime theater critic of the London stage.
- Was a strong believer in the spoken delivery of blank verse as rhythmical, though unrhymed, verse. He opposed the "conversational style" of reciting Shakespeare, which is in favor today, as being too realistic.
- He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1956 Queen's Honours List for his services to literature.
- A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
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