A Second World War era photograph showing Keynes (right) with surgeons Max Page and Col. Oramel H. Stanley.

Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes (March 25, 1887 in Cambridge - July 5, 1982, in Cambridge) was an English surgeon, physician, scholar and bibliophile. He was the younger brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Sir Charles Max Page KBE CB DSO (1882-1963) was a British surgeon. ... is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... A cardiothoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center. ... Doctors of internal medicine (internists) are medical specialists who focus on adult medicine and have had special study and training focusing on the prevention and treatment of adult diseases. ... Scholarly method - or as it is more commonly called, scholarship - is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public. ... Bibliophilia is the love of books; a bibliophile is a lover of books. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Biography

Geoffrey Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes (pronounced "Canes"), an economics lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Florence Ada Brown, a successful author and a social reformer. His older brother was the economist John Maynard Keynes and his younger sister Margaret married the Nobel-prize winning physiologist Archibald Hill. John Neville Keynes (31 August 1852 - 15 November 1949) was a British economist and father of John Maynard Keynes. ... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... Florence Ada Keynes (née Brown) (1861 -- February 1958) was a British author and social reformer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Archibald Vivian Hill CH CBE FRS (September 26, 1886 – June 3, 1977) was an English physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. ...

He was educated at Rugby School, where he became friends with Rupert Brooke and was appointed literary executor for the estate of Brooke's death in 1915. A view of Rugby School from The Close, the playing field where according to legend Rugby was invented Rugby School, located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, is one of the oldest public schools in England and is one of the major co-educational boarding schools in the country. ... A statue of Rupert Brooke in Rugby Rupert Chawner Brooke (August 3, 1887 – April 23, 1915) was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), as well as for his poetry written outside of war, especially The Old Vicarage, Grantchester... A literary executor is a person with decision-making power in respect of the literary estate of an author who has died. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...

On May 12, 1917 he married Margaret Elizabeth Darwin, the daughter of Sir George Howard Darwin and granddaughter of Charles Darwin. They had four sons: May 12 is the 132nd day of the year (133rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... George Howard Darwin Sir George Howard Darwin, F.R.S. (July 9, 1845 – December 7, 1912) was a British astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ...

• Richard Darwin Keynes (born 1919)
• Quentin George Keynes (1921-2003)
• William Milo Keynes (born 1924)
• Stephen John Keynes (born 1927)

He graduated from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge and then qualified as a surgeon with the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and then worked as a consultant surgeon, becoming an expert in blood transfusion. His work to create a portable blood transfusion device was recognized as saving thousands of lives during World War I. His pioneering work on blood transfusion was the primary reason for his eventual knighthood. Professr Richard Darwin Keynes FRS (born 14 August 1919) is a British physiologist. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Quentin Keynes Quentin Keynes (1921 - February 2003) was a bibliophile. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr William Milo Keynes MA DM MD MCh FRCS (born 1924) is a British doctor and author. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Stephen John Keynes OBE FLS (born 19 October 1927) a great-grandson of Charles Darwin, is chairman of the Charles Darwin Trust. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Full name Pembroke College Motto - Named after Countess of Pembroke, Mary de St Pol Previous names Marie Valence Hall (1347), Pembroke Hall (?), Pembroke College (1856) Established 1347 Sister College(s) Queens College Master Sir Richard Dearlove Location Trumpington Street Undergraduates ~420 Postgraduates ~240 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is a... The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and has a reputation as one of the worlds most prestigious universities. ... The Royal College of Surgeons of England is an independent professional body committed to promoting and advancing the highest standards of surgical care for patients. ... Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Donating blood Blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

He maintained a passionate interest in English literature all his life and devoted a large amount of his time to literary scholarship and the science of bibliography. He was one of the greatest authorities on the literary and artistic work of William Blake and produced biographies and bibliographies of English writers such as Sir Thomas Browne, John Evelyn, Siegfried Sassoon, John Donne and Jane Austen. He was also a pioneer in the history of science, with studies of John Ray, William Harvey and Robert Hooke. The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... Bibliographies at the University Library of Graz Bibliography (from Greek: βιβλιογραφία, bibliographia; lit. ... William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, visionary, painter, and printmaker. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Thomas Browne (October 19, 1605 – October 19, 1682) was an English author of varied works that disclose his wide learning in diverse fields including medicine, religion, science and the esoteric. ... John Evelyn (October 31, 1620 – February 27, 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. ... Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE MC (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. ... For the Welsh courtier and diplomat, see Sir John Donne. ... 1873 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait drawn by her sister Cassandra. ... Science is a body of empirical and theoretical knowledge, produced by a global community of researchers, making use of specific techniques for the observation and explanation of real phenomena, this techne summed up under the banner of scientific method. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... William Harvey William Harvey (April 1, 1578 – June 3, 1657) was an English medical doctor, who is credited with being the first to correctly describe, in exact detail, the properties of blood being pumped around the body by the heart. ... Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both experimental and theoretical work. ...

His autobiography The Gates of Memory was published in 1981. Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Works

• Jane Austen: a Bibliography (Nonesuch Press, 1929)
• Selected Essays of William Hazlitt 1778 : 1830 (Nonesuch Press, 1930)
• The Works of Sir Thomas Browne: Miscellany Tracts, Repertorium, Miscellaneous Writings (Faber & Gwyer 1931)
• The Works of Thomas Browne: Letters (Faber & Faber, 1931
• The Faber Gallery Series: Blake. (Faber and Faber 1945)
• The Poetical Works of Rupert Brooke (Faber & Faber, 1946)
• Poetry and Prose of William Blake (Nonesuch 1948)
• Portraiture of William Harvey London 1949. With a Catalogue and Reproductions of the Pictures. The Thomas Vicary Lecture 1948.
• The Personality of William Harvey Cambridge University Press: 1949
• William Blake's Engravings, edited with an introduction (Faber and Faber, (1950)
• William Blake, 1757-1827 (1949) 1946 ? Blake (1953)
• The Tempera Paintings of William Blake (1951)
• The Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Containing the Voyages Made Into Divers Places with Many of His Writings Upon Surgery (1951)
• Samuel Butler's Note-Books, selections (1951) with Brian Hill
• Poems of Rupert Brooke (1954)
• A Bibliography of Rupert Brooke (1954) Hart-Davis, The Soho Bibliographies, No.4)
• Harvey Though John Aubrey's Eyes (1958)
• Essays in Biography 1961 by J. M. Keynes, editor
• Dr. Timothie Bright 1550-1615. A Survey of his Life with a Bibliography of his Writings (1962)
• A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake Poet, Printer, Prophet (1964)
• An Exhibition of the Illuminated Books of William Blake: Poet - Printer - Prophet (1964) with Lessing J. Rosenwald
• On Editing Blake (1964)
• Blake. The Masters 6 (1965)
• Henry James in Cambridge (1967)
• Blake: Complete Writings with Variant Readings (1966)
• Sir Thomas Browne Selected Writings (1968)
• The Letters of Rupert Brooke (1968)
• William Blake Engraver (1969)
• Drawings of William Blake (1970)
• William Blake's Water-Colours Illustrating the Poems of Thomas Gray (1972)
• Deaths Duell by John Donne (1973)
• The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1975)
• The Gates of Memory (1981) Keynes, Geoffrey and Davidson, Peter (Eds.)
• A Watch of Nightingales (Stourton Press, 1981)

Nonesuch Press was a private press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell, his wife Vera, and David Garnett. ... Nonesuch Press was a private press founded in 1922 in London by Francis Meynell, his wife Vera, and David Garnett. ... Faber and Faber is a celebrated publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing the poetry of T. S. Eliot. ... Faber and Faber is a celebrated publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing the poetry of T. S. Eliot. ... John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes [ˈkeɪns], 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (June 5, 1883 - April 21, 1946) was an English economist, whose radical ideas had a major impact on modern economic and political thought. ...

References

• Geoffrey Keynes: The gates of memory. Oxford : Oxford University Press; ISBN 0-19-812657-3
• To Geoffrey Keynes: Articles from the Book Collector to Commemorate His Eighty-Fifth Birthday (The Book Collector, 1972) with Francis Meynell, A. N. L. Munby, David Garnett, John Sparrow