A Fairey family meeting at Pittleworth Manor was extremely helpful, and over the past ten days there have been a number of useful initiatives, not least the first stage in establishing a website, and posting information re the project on relevant university noticeboards. I’m acquiring a formidable library of secondary literature re the embryonic British …
Monthly Archive: July 2013
Jul 18
July 2013 commencement of Fairey three year project
I’m Adrian Smith, and have a chair in History at the University of Southampton – and this is my first blog entry (a historic moment!). About ten days ago I was at last able to concentrate upon my principal research project across the next three years – writing a biography of Sir [Charles] Richard Fairey, …
Adrian Smith, Emeritus Professor of Modern History, University of Southampton
