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Alexander Raban Waugh , was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs , his second wife was Joan Chirnside and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson, author of the Newbery Medal–winning Miracles on Maple Hill. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. July 1898 – 3. September 1981
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Alec Waugh Quotes

“The first duty of wine is to be red. The second is to be a Burgundy.”

In Praise of Wine (1959).

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