| LC control no. | no 93008102 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Connor, Edric, 1913-1968 |
| Associated country | England |
| Birth date | 19130802 |
| Death date | 19681016 |
| Place of birth | Mayaro (Trinidad) |
| Place of death | Putney (London, England) |
| Field of activity | Popular music Theater |
| Affiliation | BBC Radio |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Actors Folk musicians Radio producers and directors |
| Found in | Songs from Trinidad, c1958: t.p. (Edric Connor) Edric and Pearl Connor papers, 1943-1977: (Trinidadian actor and singer) Wikipedia, Apr. 18, 2014 (Edric Connor (Aug. 2, 1913, Mayaro, Trinidad - Oct. 13, 1968, Putney, England) was a pioneering Caribbean singer, folklorist and actor who was born in Trinidad; was one of the trailblazers of the calypso genre in the United Kingdom, where he migrated in 1944 and chiefly lived and worked until his death, at the age of 55) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edric_Connor> Oxford Companion to Black British History, accessed April 6, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Connor, Edric; actor, radio/television personality, radio/television producer/director, folk musician, singer; born 02 August 1913; settled in Britain and made his debut on BBC radio (1944); promoted Caribbean folk music and dance; featured roles in a number of British and American films, including Cry, the Beloved Country ( 1952 ) and Moby Dick (1956); became the first black actor to appear in a Shakespeare season at Stratford upon Avon; died 16 October 1968 in London, England) |
| Associated language | eng |
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