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Quentin George Keynes ( 1921 - 26 February 2003 ) was a Bibliophile .

Keynes (pronounced "Canes") was born in London , the second son of Geoffrey Keynes and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter of George Howard Darwin who in turn was the son of Charles Darwin , making him the great-grandson of Charles Darwin (see Darwin — Wedgwood Family ). He was also the nephew of the renowned economist, John Maynard Keynes . His older brother Richard is a physiologist, and younger brothers Milo and Stephen both writers.

Keynes moved to the United States in 1939 . Shortly after the Second World War he started his life as an explorer of Africa and sub-equatorial islands of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean s. He made several films, and wrote several articles for the National Geographic Magazine . He collected books principally on the great explorers of the 19th Century , but also Travel , Natural History and Modern Literature .

A biography of him was published in 2004 by his nephew, the historian Simon Keynes .


REFERENCES

  • by S.D. Keynes (2004) ''Quentin Keynes (1921-2003) Explorer, Film-Maker, Lecturer, and Book-Collector'' ISBN 0-907435-17-3



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