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Geoffrey Keynes was the son of John Neville Keynes (pronounced "Canes"), an economics lecturer at Cambridge University and Florence Ada Brown, a successful author and a social reformist.
He graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge University and then qualified as a surgeon with the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and then worked as a consultant surgeon, becoming an expert in blood transfusion.
He married Margaret Elizabeth Darwin who was the daughter of Sir George Howard Darwin, the son of Charles Darwin.
As a result of a friendship begun at Cambridge, Geoffrey Keynes was appointed Literary Executor for the estate of Rupert Brooke upon the latter's death in 1915.
He maintained a passionate interest in English Literature and devoted a large amount of his time to literary scholarship and the science of bibliography. He was one of the greatest authorities on the literary and artistic work of William BlakeWilliam Blake ( November 28, 1757- August 12, 1827) was an English poet, mystic, painter and printmaker, or "Author & Printer," as he signed many of his books. Early career Blake was born at 28 Broad Street, Golden Square, London, England into a middle-cl and produced biographies and bibliographies of English writers such as Sir Thomas Browne, John EvelynJohn Evelyn ( October 31 1620 February 27 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. Evelyn's diaries are largely contemporaneous with those of the other noted diarist of the time, Samuel Pepys, and cast considerable light on the art, culture and, Siegfried SassoonSiegfried Loraine Sassoon ( September 8, 1886 September 1, 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during World War I, but later won acclaim for his prose work. Biography Early life and education Sasso, John DonneJohn Donne (pronounced Dun 1572 March 31, 1631) was a major English poet and writer, and probably the greatest of the metaphysical poets. His works include love poetry, sermons and religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, and sonnets and Jane AustenJane Austen ( December 16, 1775 July 18, 1817) was a prominent British novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. She stands as a model of the writer whose apparently sheltered life did nothing to reduce the stature and drama of her fict. He was also a pioneer in the history of science, with studies of John RayJohn Ray ( November 29, 1627 January 17, 1705) was an English naturalist, sometimes called the father of English natural history. Until 1670 he wrote his name as John Wray. He published important works on plants, animals, and natural theology. His classif, William HarveyWilliam Harvey ( April 1, 1578 June 3, 1657) was a medical doctor who first correctly described in exact detail the circulatory system of blood being pumped around the body by the heart. This developed the ideas of Rene Descartes who in his Description of and Robert Hooke.
His autobiography "The Gates of Memory" was published in 1981.
His son Quentin Keynes ( 1921-2003 ) was also a bibliophile.
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