Abercrombie, Lascelles, Engels dichter en criticus, *9.1.1881 Ashton-upon-Mersey, †27.10.1938 Londen. Hoogleraar te Leeds, Londen en Oxford. Abercrombie schreef aanvankelijk cerebrale dialogen en romantische middeleeuwse legenden, later ook tragische versdrama’s.
Werken: Interludes and poems (1908), The sale of St. Thomas (1911, voltooid 1930), The poems (1930); kritische studies: Towards a theory of art (1922), Theory of poetry (1924), The idea of great poetry (1925), Romanticism (1926), Principles of literary criticism (1932).
LITT. J.Cooper, A bibliography and notes on the works of L.Abercrombie (1969).
