Blundell, Peter (Frank Nestle Butterworth)
Person
Biography
Peter Blundell was the pseudonym of Frank Nestle Butterworth, who was a marine engineer. Friend of Edith Nesbit and Secretary of the Authors Club in London.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Blundell, Pete to Doris Langley Moore, 1933-02-06
Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 3
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.3.001
Scope and Contents
"I am reading "E. Nesbit" with great enjoyment and interest. You have held the balance evenly and without bias, effaced yourself, and at the same time held the reader's attention..."
Dates:
1933-02-06
Blundell, Pete to Doris Langley Moore, 1932-08-05
Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 3
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.3.002
Scope and Contents
"Dear Mrs Moore, Thank you very much for your letter and for letting me see the enclosed. I thinks this reads very well indeed, and I am glad that you have been able to make such full use of the little sketch I gave you of E Nesbit as I knew her..."
Dates:
1932-08-05
Blundell, Pete to Doris Langley Moore, 1931-11-07
Item — Box 1: Series 2005.002.1 [Barcode: 000021215469], Folder: 3
Identifier: 2005.002.1.1.3.003
Scope and Contents
"Dear Mrs Moore, Thank you for your letter of yesterday's date. I am gratified you have asked me to give my recollections of 'E. Nesbit,' and give them below. If my name is mentioned in your book, will you please mention it as PETER BLUNDELL without inverted commas (as I've never let the public know this is a pen-name) and also mention that I am an engineering by profession, as to let the public think that I was a munition worker during the War instead of doing my bit in the trenches would...
Dates:
1931-11-07