In his “Notes upon the Literary, Scientific, and Artistic Activities of Edward Heron-Allen, FRS” (Heron-Allen Society, Opusculum I (2000), EH-A wrote that after he lost his younger daughter Armorel Daphne in a car accident, within a fortnight of her having taken her degree (with first class honours) in Science, at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford: he…
The Grave at Church Norton in Selsey, West Sussex, where Edward Heron-Allen, his wife Edith and their daughter Armorel are buried was restored by Messrs F.A. Holland of Selsey in March 2007 at the direction of the Society. The stonework was cleaned and the lettering repaired.
Chichester District Museum Chichester District Museum is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. In celebration the Museum put on a temporary exhibition about its collection entitled “A Better Mousetrap and the Selsey Feet”. The “better mousetrap” is another story but the “Selsey Feet” originally belonged to Heron-Allen before ending up here in the Museum. These…
February In the evening of 9 February, Timothy McCann, the Chairman of the Society will give an illustrated talk entitled, ‘Edward Heron-Allen and the Heron-Allen Society’ to the Local History Group of the Selsey Society. Opusculum VIII entitled ‘Edward Heron-Allen and Friends’ distributed to members. March At 7.30pm on 8 March, Timothy McCann, the Chairman of…
February In the evening of 9 February, Timothy McCann, the Chairman of the Society will give an illustrated talk entitled, ‘Edward Heron-Allen and the Heron-Allen Society’ to the Local History Group of the Selsey Society. Opusculum VIII entitled ‘Edward Heron-Allen and Friends’ distributed to members. March The Linnean, the Newsletter of the Linnean Society of London…
Members will recall the Heron-Allen Plaque unveiling at Selsey on 15 July 2002 (described in Newsletter no.3). Your committee failed to check out the blue plaque unveiled outside Large Acres to the extent, and their eternal shame, that the letters ‘FRS’ were omitted from it. It was thought essential that this should be corrected: accordingly, the…
Presented by Dr Joan NavarreSaturday, 12 June 2004 A group of about twenty, mainly from literary clubs, and three EH-A Society members assembled at 3pm. Close to to St. Mary Abbotts Church in Kensington on the anniversary of the day that Edward Heron-Allen read the horoscope of Cyril Wilde, Oscar’s eldest son. The area is…
Article by Joan Navarre When I presented a paper on Edward Heron-Allen in America (EH-A Society Meeting of 7 July 2002) I posed a research question: Where are all the photographs of EH-A? EH-A documents that he had been photographed numerous times while in America (1886-1889). However, only a few photographs are known to exist.…