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On 25 May 1934 Gustav Holst went in for surgery to have a duodenal ulcer removed. Not long after he was dead, having suffered heart failure during the operation.  The death of her father appeared, initially, to have little impact on Imogen’s life. Of a stoical nature, she got on with things, including her work,…

August 22, 2016 in cataloguing archives, Personal archives.

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