Anthony powell biography

Anthony Dymoke PowellCH, CBE (December 21, 1905 – March 28, 2000) was a Britishnovelist. He is best known for his A Dance to the Music of Time series of books published between 1951 and 1975.

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Childhood

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Powell was born in Westminster, England, to Philip Powell and Maud (née Wells-Dymoke). His father was an officer in the Welsh Regiment. His mother came from a wealthy family in Lincolnshire. Powell's early childhood was spent in a flat in Kensington. It overlooked the Gardens where he often played.

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In 1913, the family moved to Aldershot and into Stonehurst. Stonehurst was a large bungalow on top of a hill.

On the start of World War I in August 1914, his father went to France and took part in the early fighting. Powell moved with his mother to London. He went to a private school for a short time. Powell was later sent to a boarding school in Kent.

In early 1919 Powell passed the Common Entrance Examination for Eton where he started t Anthony Powell - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia GYSA