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LIFE Strachey was born in London , the son of Sir Richard Strachey , an engineer. His sister was Dorothy Strachey . From 1899 to 1905 , he studied at Trinity College, Cambridge , having previously read history at the University Of Liverpool . The friendships he made at Cambridge with people such as John Maynard Keynes , Leonard Woolf and Clive Bell drew him into the Bloomsbury Group . From 1904 to 1914 he contributed book and drama reviews to '' The Spectator '' magazine, published poetry, and wrote an important work of Literary Criticism , ''Landmarks in French Literature'' ( 1912 ). During World War I , he was a Conscientious Objector , and spent much time with like-minded people such as Lady Ottoline Morrell and the "Bloomsberries". His first great success, and his most famous achievement, was '' Eminent Victorians '' ( 1918 ), a collection of four short biographies of Victorian heroes. With a dry wit, he exposed the human failings of his subjects and what he saw as the Hypocrisy at the centre of Victorian Morality . This work was followed in the same style by ''Queen Victoria'' ( 1921 ). He died at his country house near Hungerford in Berkshire . Strachey's Homosexual ity was revealed in a biography ( 1967 -8) by Michael Holroyd . His unusual relationship with the painter Dora Carrington (she loved him, but Strachey was much more interested in her husband, Ralph Partridge ) was portrayed in the film ''Carrington'' ( 1995 ). Jonathan Pryce won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance as Strachey in this film. Strachey's letters, edited by Paul Levy , were published in 2005. BOOKS
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