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Also Known As	Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh
Born	October 28, 1903 • London • England
Died	April 10, 1966 (aged 62) • England
Notable Works	“A Handful of Dust” • “Black Mischief” • “Brideshead Revisited, The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder” • “Decline and Fall” • “Helena” • “Scoop” • “Sword of Honour” • “The Loved One” • “Vile Bodies”
Subjects Of Study	Dante Gabriel Rossetti • Ronald Arbuthnott Knox