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Also Known As Walter Horatio Pater
Born August 4, 1839 • England
Died July 30, 1894 (aged 54) • Oxford • England
Notable Works “Marius the Epicurean”
Movement / Style Aestheticism
Subjects Of Study Renaissance art • Renaissance • art for art’s sake

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