Cyril w beaumont biography definition

British dance historian, critic, technical theorist, translator, bookseller and publisher

Cyril W.

BeaumontOBE (1 November – 24 May ) was a British dance historian, critic, technical theorist, translator, bookseller, and publisher.^[1] Author of more than forty books on ballet, he is considered one of the most important dance historians of the twentieth century.^[2]

Biography

Cyril William Beaumont was born in London, brought up in a cultivated, middle-class family, and educated at local schools.

As a youth, his parents directed him toward a career as a research chemist, but he was not a good student. Interested in theatre history, languages, and fine books, he abandoned his scientific studies to pursue a career