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Alfred Perceval Graves was born on 22 July, 1846 in Dublin, Ireland, is an Anglo-Irish poet. Discover Alfred Perceval Graves's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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Poet, songwriter, Her Majesty's Schools Inspector |
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85 years old |
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Cancer |
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22 July, 1846 |
Birthday |
22 July |
Birthplace |
Dublin, Ireland |
Date of death |
27 December, 1931 |
Died Place |
Harlech, Wales |
Nationality |
Ireland
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Alfred Perceval Graves Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Alfred Perceval Graves's Wife?
His wife is Amalie von Ranke (m. 1891), Jane Cooper (m. 1874–1886)
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Amalie von Ranke (m. 1891), Jane Cooper (m. 1874–1886) |
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Clarissa Perceval Graves, Philip Graves, MORE |
Alfred Perceval Graves Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alfred Perceval Graves worth at the age of 85 years old? Alfred Perceval Graves’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from Ireland. We have estimated Alfred Perceval Graves's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Graves was born in Dublin and was the son of The Rt Rev. Charles Graves, Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, and his wife Selina, the daughter of Dr John Cheyne (1777–1836), the Physician-General to the British Forces in Ireland.
His sister was Ida Margaret Graves Poore.
His paternal grandmother Helena was a Perceval, and the granddaughter of the Earl of Egmont.
Alfred was educated both in England, at Windermere College, Westmorland, and in Ireland, at Trinity College Dublin.
Alfred Perceval Graves (22 July 1846 – 27 December 1931), was an Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter and folklorist.
His first poem appeared in the Dublin University Magazine in 1863.
He graduated with a Master of Arts degree.
As an undergraduate he contributed to the literary magazine Kottabos, starting in 1869.
In 1869, he entered the Civil Service as clerk in the British Home Office, where he remained until he became an Inspector of Schools in 1874.
Graves was a contributor of prose and verse to The Spectator, Athenaeum, John Bull, and Punch.
For a time he lived at Red Branch House on Laurieton Road, Wimbledon, London.
Graves' marriage to Jane Cooper, (29 December 1874 – 24 March 1886) of Cooper's Hill, County Limerick, resulted in five children:
In collaboration with Charles Villiers Stanford, he published Songs of Old Ireland (1882) and Irish Songs and Ballads (1893), the airs of which are taken from the Petrie manuscripts; the airs of his Irish Folk-Songs (1897) were arranged by Charles Wood with whom he also collaborated on Songs of Erin (1901).
Composer Mary Augusta Wakefield also set at least one of his poems to music.
After the death of his first wife, Graves married Amalie (Amy) Elizabeth Sophie (or Sophia) von Ranke, on 30 December 1891.
The couple had five children:
He had a keen interest in the Welsh language and the culture of Wales; he was elected as a Welsh bard in the National Eisteddfod of Wales at Bangor in 1902.
He published an autobiography, To Return to All That, in 1930, as a response to his son Robert's World War I memoir, Good-Bye to All That.
Graves built a large house, named "Erinfa", near Harlech, Wales, which he used as a summer retreat and where he spent his retirement.
He died in Harlech in 1931.
Graves’ obituary in The Spectator concluded: "Mr Graves not only wrote songs but stirred up fresh public interest in the old folk-songs of Ireland, Wales and the Highlands, and, moreover, induced musicians and singers to become interested too. Keeping clear of politics, he did a great work for the popularizing of good music and good poetry in which Celt and Saxon may share."
He took a leading part in the late 19th-century renewal of Irish literature.
He was for several years president of the Irish Literary Society, and he was the author of the comic song Father O'Flynn and many other songs and ballads.