# Geoffrey Faber > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Geoffrey_Faber > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Geoffrey_Faber.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Faber > Source revision: 1322010522 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British academic, publisher, and poet}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} '''Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber''' (23 August 1889, [Great Malvern](/source/Great_Malvern) – 31 March 1961) was a British academic, publisher, and poet. He was a nephew of the noted Catholic convert and hymn writer, Father [Frederick William Faber](/source/Frederick_William_Faber), [C.O.](/source/Oratory_of_St._Philip_Neri), founder of the [Brompton Oratory](/source/Brompton_Oratory). ==Life== Faber was educated at [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School) and [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford).Pine, L. G., ed., ''The Author's and Writer's Who's Who'', 4th ed., 1960, p. 125 He gained a first in Classical Moderations in 1910 and a first in Literae Humaniores ('Greats') in 1912.''Oxford University Calendar 1914'', Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1914, pp. 198, 210 In 1913 he joined the [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). A fellow of [All Souls College, Oxford](/source/All_Souls_College%2C_Oxford), he was the founding editor of [Faber and Gwyer](/source/Faber_and_Gwyer) (shortly afterwards [Faber and Faber](/source/Faber_and_Faber)), one of the most celebrated of literary publishing houses.{{cn|date=January 2023}} He was [knighted](/source/Knight_Bachelor) in the [1954 New Years Honours List](/source/1954_New_Year_Honours).UK list: {{London Gazette |issue=40053 |date=29 December 1953 |pages=2 |supp=y}} His grave is located in the churchyard of St. James's Church, Stedham, West Sussex.{{Cn|date=March 2024}} ==Works== * [https://archive.org/details/interflowpoemsc00fabegoog ''Interflow, Poems Mainly Lyrical''] (1915) * ''In the Valley of Vision: Poems Written in Time of War'' (1918) * ''Elnovia, An Entertainment for Novel Readers'' (1925) * ''Oxford Apostles. A Character Study of the [Oxford Movement](/source/Oxford_Movement)'' (1933) * ''A Publisher Speaking'' (1935) * ''The Buried Stream: Collected Poems 1908–1940'' (1941) * [https://archive.org/details/principlesscien00jevogoog ''Benjamin Jowett : A Portrait with Background''] (1957) * ''Twelve Years'' (1962), a poem * ''Modern First Editions: Points and Values'' ==Legacy== [William Saroyan](/source/William_Saroyan) wrote a short story about Faber in his 1971 book, ''[Letters from 74 rue Taitbout](/source/Letters_from_74_rue_Taitbout) or Don't Go But If You Must Say Hello To Everybody''. ==See also== {{portal|Poetry |Books}} * [Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize](/source/Geoffrey_Faber_Memorial_Prize) ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == *[http://www.authorandbookinfo.com/ngcoba/fa.htm New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors] * {{LCAuth|nr90012337|G. C. Faber|14|ue}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faber, Geoffrey}} Category:1889 births Category:1961 deaths Category:People from Malvern, Worcestershire Category:Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Category:British World War I poets Category:20th-century British male writers Category:Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Category:People educated at Rugby School Category:Oxford University Press people Category:Knights Bachelor Category:British publishers (people) Category:20th-century British poets Category:British male poets {{UK-poet-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Geoffrey Faber](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Faber) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Faber?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.