User:GoldenPeacock/Georgina Masson
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Georgina Masson (1912–1980) is the pen name of British author[1] and photographer Marion Johnson. Known as "Babs" to her friends,
she spent significant time studying Roman and Italian architecture, with a keen interest in villas and gardens.
Upon her death in 1980, she bequeathed her entire collection of 5,000 negatives to the American Academy in Rome.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she travelled extensively and traveled throughout Italy often accompanied only by her
Books[edit]
The Companion Guide to Rome Italian Villas and Palaces (1959), Italian Villas and Gardens (1961)
Bibliography[edit]
- Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. A life. Secker & Warburg, London 1957
- Italian villas and palaces. Thames & Hudson, London 1959
- Italian gardens. Thames & Hudson, London 1961
- The Companion Guide to Rome. Collins, London 1965.
- Queen Christina. Secker Warburg, London 1968
- Courtesans of the Italian Renaissance. Secker Warburg, London 1975
References[edit]
- ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 112.
External links[edit]
Category:1912 births
Category:1980 deaths
Category:British writers
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