| LC control no. | n 84114644 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Awdry, W. |
| Variant(s) | Awdry, W. V. (Wilbert Vere) Awdry, Wilbert Vere |
| Birth date | 19110615 |
| Death date | 19970321 |
| Place of birth | Hampshire (England) |
| Place of death | Rodborough (Stroud, England) |
| Field of activity | Religion Children's literature |
| Affiliation | University of Oxford |
| Profession or occupation | Priests Authors |
| Found in | A Guide to the steam rail. of G.B., 1984: t.p. (Rev. W. Awdry) LC data base, 6/6/84 (hdg.: Awdry, W.) Long, P. J. The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, 1987: t.p. (Rev. W.V. Awdry) Brit. CIP (Awdry, W.) Meet Thomas the tank engine and his friends, c1989: CIP t.p. (Rev. W. Awdry) data sheet (b. 1911) New York times, Mar. 23, 1997: obituaries (W. Awdry, 85, children's book author, dies; d. Mar. 21, 1997 at his home in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England; Wilbert Vere Awdry, an Anglican minister) Wikipedia, Sept. 26, 2013 (Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry OBE (15 June 1911-21 March 1997) was an English Anglican cleric, railway enthusiast and children's author. Better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, he was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the central figure in his acclaimed Railway Series; born in Ampfield, Hampshire, England; died in Rodborough, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England; B.A., Oxford, 1933; wrote the Thomas stories for his son, Christopher) |
| Associated language | eng |
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