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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Richard Buckle
Born: August 6, 1916
Died: October 12, 2001 (aged 85)
Bio: Christopher Richard Sandford Buckle, better known as Richard Buckle, was a lifelong devotee of ballet, and a well-known ballet critic. He founded the magazine Ballet in 1939, and revived it after the war.
Known for:
- Nijinsky: A Life of Genius and Madness
- Nijinsky (1971)
- Buckle at the ballet (1980)
- Diaghilev (1979)
- In the wake of Diaghilev (1982)