Boyd seated at his desk in his home, "Plumstead", near Cambridge, England, 1947
Born
Martin à Beckett Boyd
10 June 1893
Lucerne, Switzerland
Died
3 June 1972 (aged 78)
Rome, Italy
Burial place
Protestant English Cemetery, Rome
Nationality
Australian
Other names
Martin Mills (pseudonym) (Emma née Mills, his grandmother)
Education
Trinity Grammar School, Melbourne
Known for
Novels, autobiographies, family
Parents
Arthur Merric Boyd (father)
Emma Minnie Boyd (née à Beckett) (mother)
Relatives
Merric Boyd, Penleigh Boyd, Helen Read (siblings); Lucy Beck, Arthur Boyd, Guy Boyd, David Boyd, Mary Nolan, Robin Boyd
Awards
ALS Gold Medal – pseud. Martin Mills 1928 'The Montforts' – author
ALS Gold Medal 1957 'A Difficult Young Man' – author
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1916-1918
Martin à Beckett Boyd (10 June 1893 – 3 June 1972) was an Australian writer born into the à Beckett–Boyd family, a family synonymous with the establishment, the judiciary, publishing and literature, and the visual arts since the early 19th century in Australia.
Boyd was a novelist, memoirist and poet who spent most of his life after World War I in Europe, primarily Britain. His work drew heavily on his own life and family, with his novels frequently exploring the experiences of the Anglo-Australian upper and middle classes. His writing was also deeply influenced by his experience of serving in World War One.
Boyd's siblings included the potter Merric Boyd (1888–1959), painters Penleigh Boyd (1890–1923) and Helen à Beckett Read, née Boyd (1903–1999). He was intensely involved in family life and took a keen interest in the development of his nephews and nieces and their families, including potter Lucy Beck (1916-2009), painter Arthur Boyd (1920–1999), sculptor Guy Boyd (1923–1988), painter David Boyd (1924–2011), painter Mary Nolan (1926–2016) – who was married to painters John Perceval and Sidney Nolan – and architect Robin Boyd (1919–1971). His nephew Guy Boyd was his literary executor.
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survive the harsh winters. He called the result "cattalo" in 1888. Mossom MartinBoyd of Bobcaygeon, Ontario first started the practice in Canada, publishing...
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of Kingsley Amis and the mother of Martin Amis. When her third husband, Alistair Boyd, became Chief of Clan Boyd and 7th Baron Kilmarnock, she became...
Emma Minnie Boyd (23 November 1858—13 September 1936), born Emma Minnie à Beckett, was an Australian artist. Boyd exhibited publicly between 1874 and...
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Lyndon Dadswell. While studying she worked part-time at MartinBoyd Pottery with Guy Boyd and David Boyd. In 1952, whilst in France, she studied wood-engraving...
Beckett, was father to Emma Minnie Boyd and thus Lindsay was related to the Boyd family including writer MartinBoyd. Her mother, Ann Sophie Weigall (née...
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