Vernon Lee

Violet Paget, known by the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British art historian and writer. She is remembered today primarily for her supernatural fiction and her work on aesthetics. An early follower of Walter Pater, she wrote over a dozen volumes of essays on art, music and travel.

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Who was born first?

• Vernon Lee and John Singer Sargent were born the same year
• Vernon Lee and George Bernard Shaw were born the same year
• Vernon Lee and Louis Sullivan were born the same year
• Vernon Lee and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were born the same year
• Vernon Lee and Hendrik Petrus Berlage were born the same year

Timeline

1. Bal Gangadhar TilakJuly 23, 1856 – September 1, 1920
2. George Bernard ShawJuly 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950
3. Hendrik Petrus BerlageFebruary 21, 1856 – August 12, 1934
4. John Singer SargentJanuary 12, 1856 – April 1925
5. Louis SullivanSeptember 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924
6. Vernon Lee (this page)October 14, 1856 – February 13, 1935

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