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Irving, Laurence, 1897-1988

LC control no.n 85379597
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Personal name headingIrving, Laurence, 1897-1988
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Variant(s)Irving, Laurence Henry Forster, 1897-1988
Associated placeKent (England)
Birth date1897-04-11
Death date1988-10-23
Place of birthLondon (England)
Place of deathWittersham (England)
Field of activityArt Art direction Writing Illustration of books
Profession or occupationMotion picture art directors Motion picture set designers Biographers Illustrators
Found inHis Great interruption, 1983: t.p. (Laurence Irving) jkt. (b. 1897; former RAF member)
LC data base, 3-4-86 (hdg.: Irving, Laurence Henry Forster, 1897- ; usage: Laurence Irving)
Designing for the movies, c2005: ECIP t.p. (Laurence Irving) data view (b. Oct. 11, 1897) p. xvii (illustrated books, including Hakluyt, voyages and discoveries of the English; and John Masefield's Philip the King)
Wikipedia WWW site, viewed December 29, 2016 (Laurence Irving; Laurence Henry Forster Irving; artist, book illustrator, motion picture set designer and art director; born, April 11, 1897 in London, England; died, October 23, 1988 in Wittersham, Kent, England; son of actors H. B. Irving and Dorothea Baird; nephew of Laurence Irving (1871-1914); biographer of his grandfather, actor Henry Irving; served in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I and the Royal Air Force during World War II; wrote the biographies, Henry Irving, the actor and his world, and The successors; wrote two volumes of autobiography, Designing for the movies, and Great interruption)
Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 viewed on Ancestry.com December 28, 2016 (Laurence Henry Forster Irving; born April 11, 1897 in London, England)
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 viewed on Ancestry.com December 28, 2016 (Laurence Henry Forster Irving; died, October 23, 1988 in Wittersham, Kent, England)
IMDb, July 17, 2008 (Laurence Irving; b. Oct. 11, 1897, London, England, UK; d. Oct. 23, 1988, London, England, UK; art director, producer, production designer, set decorator)
Associated languageeng