Early life and education Siegfried Sassoon

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sassoon (front) brother hamo , other students on morning after college may ball @ cambridge university in 1906


sassoon educated @ new beacon school, sevenoaks, kent; @ marlborough college, wiltshire; , @ clare college, cambridge, 1905 1907 read history. went down cambridge without degree , spent next few years hunting, playing cricket , writing verse: published privately. since father had been disinherited sassoon fortune marrying non-jew, siegfried had small private fortune allowed him live modestly without having earn living (however, later left generous legacy aunt, rachel beer, allowing him buy great estate of heytesbury house in wiltshire.) first published success, daffodil murderer (1913), parody of john masefield s everlasting mercy. robert graves, in good-bye describes parody of masefield which, midway through, had forgotten parody , turned rather masefield.


sassoon expressed opinions on political situation before onset of first world war thus— france lady, russia bear, , performing in county cricket team more important either of them . sassoon wanted play kent county cricket club; kent captain frank marchant neighbour of sassoon. siegfried turned out bluehouses @ nevill ground, tunbridge wells, played alongside arthur conan doyle. had played cricket house @ marlborough college, once taking 7 wickets 18 runs. although enthusiast, sassoon not enough play kent, played cricket matfield village, , later downside abbey team, continuing seventies.








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