Robert W. Service - Wikipedia
WEBRobert William Service (16 January 1874 – 11 September 1958) was a Scottish-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon ". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in the west in the United States and Canada, often in poverty.
Robert W. Service | Poems, Books, Biography, & Facts
WEBApr 8, 2024 · Robert W. Service (born January 16, 1874, Preston, Lancashire, England—died September 11, 1958, Lancieux, France) was a popular verse writer called “the Canadian Kipling” for his rollicking ballads of the “frozen North,” notably “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.”
Robert W. Service | Poetry Foundation
WEBBorn in Lancashire, England to a bank cashier and an heiress, poet Robert William Service moved to Scotland at the age of five, living with his grandfather and three aunts until his parents moved to Glasgow four years later and the family reunited. He wrote his first poem on his sixth birthday, and…
About Robert W. Service | Academy of American Poets
WEB1874 –. 1958. Read poems by this poet. Robert William Service, the renowned poet of the Yukon, was born in Lancashire, England, on January 16, 1874. The son of a bank cashier, Service was the eldest of four siblings. At the age of five, Service went to Scotland to live with his grandfather and three young aunts, who showered him with attention.
Robert W Service - Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry
WEBRobert William Service was born in Lancashire, England on January 16, 1874 to a Scottish bank clerk and the daughter of an English factory owner. He was raised by his aunts in a small town in Ayrshire. He then moved to Western Canada and subsequently north to the Yukon Territory.
Robert Service | The Canadian Encyclopedia
WEBFeb 18, 2009 · Article by David Evans. Published Online February 18, 2009. Last Edited March 4, 2015. Robert William Service, poet, novelist (b at Preston, Eng 16 Jan 1874; d at Lancieux, France 11 Sept 1958). Educated in Scotland, Service worked in a bank after he left school. In 1894 he immigrated to Canada, where, after.
Robert Service (historian) - Wikipedia
WEBNotable works. Biographies of Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky. Robert John Service FBA (born 29 October 1947) is a post-revisionist British historian, academic, and author who has written extensively on the history of the Soviet Union, particularly the era from the October Revolution to Stalin's death.
Amazon.com: Lenin: A Biography: 9780674008281: Service, Robert…
WEBJan 1, 2000 · Drawing on sources only recently discovered, Robert Service explores the social, cultural, and political catalysts for Lenin’s explosion into global prominence. His book gives us the vast panorama of Russia in that awesome vortex of change from tsarism’s collapse to the establishment of the communist one-party state.
Lenin: A Biography by Robert Service | Goodreads
WEBJan 1, 2000 · 3.84. 1,691 ratings167 reviews. Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biography on this seemingly unknowable figure.
Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service - The Guardian
WEBMay 29, 2010 · Trotsky: A Biography by Robert Service This article is more than 13 years old Robert Service's biography of the Russian revolutionary reveals the real reason Trotsky was outmanoeuvred by Stalin
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