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Cradock, Fanny, 1909-1994

LC control no.n 79147971
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6053.R23
Personal name headingCradock, Fanny, 1909-1994
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Variant(s)Cradock, Phyllis, 1909-1994
Pechey, Phyllis Nan Sortain, 1909-1994
Primrose-Pechey, Phyllis Nan Sortain, 1909-1994
Cradock, Phyllis, 1910-
See alsoFor works of this author written in collaboration with Johnnie Cradock, search also under Bon Viveur
Alternate identity: Dale, Frances, 1909-1994
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Birth date1909-02-26
Death date1994-12-27
Place of birthLeytonstone, London, England
Place of deathHailsham, England
Field of activityCooking Television cooking shows
Profession or occupationCook Television personality Journalist Novelist
Found inFabulous Fanny Cradock, 2007: p. 229 (died 27 Dec. 1994)
LC database, May 30, 2013 (hdg.: Cradock, Fanny, 1910- ; usage: Fanny Cradock [predominant form], Frances Dale)
Oxford dictionary of national biography, viewed May 30, 2013 (Cradock, Phyllis Nan Sortain (Fanny); b. Feb. 26, 1909, Leytonstone, Essex; daughter of Archibald Thomas Pechey and his wife, Bijou Sortain, née Hancock; by the time of her first marriage she had embellished her surname, giving it as "Primrose-Pechey"; m. Sidney Arthur Vernon Evans, Oct. 10, 1926 (d. a few days or months later); m. Arthur William Chapman, 1928; m. Gregory Leo Edmund Dye (or Holden-Dye), 1939; left him within a few weeks for Major John Cradock (m. 1977, d. 1987) d. Dec. 27, 1994, Hailsham, Sussex; television chef; called herself Frances Dale on the spine of the nine romantic novels she wrote [usage in LC copies of novels: Fanny Cradock] and in the by-line she enjoyed as fashion editor of the Sunday graphic; she and Johnny joined the Daily telegraph under the nom de plume Bon Viveur)
Wikipedia, viewed May 30, 2013 (under Fanny Cradock: Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey, better known as Fanny Cradock; b. Feb. 26, 1909, Leytonstone, Essex; d. Dec. 27, 1994, Hailsham, East Sussex; unable to marry Johnnie Cradock because of her husband's refusal to get divorced, she changed her surname to Cradock by deed poll in 1942; wrote novels under the names Phyllis Cradock and Fanny Cradock; also wrote books under the name Frances Dale; wrote a column with Johnnie for the Daily telegraph under the pen name Bon Viveur)
Not found inBon voyage, 1950: t.p. (Frances Dale)
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNn 81048443