George Seaver – SIGNED LETTER 1973

A fine autograph letter from the Reverend George Seaver to E. Stanley Jones Esq, dated 9th April 1971, written in blue ink on headed ivory writing paper – ‚’St. Ernan’s, Donegal, Ireland Tel. No. : Donegal 65′ – with two horizontal folds.

In full: ‚’Dear Mr Stanley Jones, Thank you for your letter. You will find a list of all my books under my (correction) name in Who’s Who. I am sorry I cannot give them to you in writing but am just off on a journey. Thank you for your kind words about them. Your own name is familiar to me as that of a Christian missionary in India when I was young, whose books made a great impression on me. With all good wishes, Yours sincerely, George Seaver.’

The Very Reverend George Fenn Seaver (1890‚Äì1976) was an Anglican priest and accomplished biographer, born in Cheltenham and later closely associated with Greystones, County Wicklow. He is best remembered for his sympathetic polar biographies, especially Edward Wilson of the Antarctic (1933), Birdie Bowers of the Antarctic (1938), and works on Scott. Seaver’s writing combined clerical seriousness, admiration for character, and a careful narrative gift, helping preserve the reputations of Scott’s companions for later readers today. Reverend George Seaver lived at St Ernan’s, Donegal, in the 1960s and 1970s; the house had been donated to the Church of Ireland and was used until 1983 as a retirement home for clergy families.