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Biographical Entries

An index of the Biographical entries made by the students of Writing Lives.

Dorothy Squires (1897-1992): Biographical Entry

2:735 SQUIRES, Dorothy, Untitled, MS, pp.142 (c.18,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 13 April 1897 at Waltham Cross. 4th child of 7 …

Jean Court, born c. 1923: Biographical Entry

2:188 COURT, Jean, ‘Living in the Lane’, TS, pp.11 (c.10,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born c.1923. One of 2 daughters of an …

C.V. Horner (1897-1980): Biographical Entry

2. 422 HORNER, C.V., ‘Ups and Downs: A Lifetime spent in the Yorkshire Dales’, TS, pp.242 (c.80,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born …

Mary Laura Triggle (1888-1985): Biographical Entry

1:719 TRIGGLE, Mary Laura, Series of autobiographical letters, MS, pp.25 (c.4,000 words). BruneI University Library. Born 1888 at Heanor, Derbys. Father: coal …

Charles Whiten Sanderson (1906-1990): Biographical Entry.

2:688 SANDERSON, Charles Whiten, ‘Half a Lifetime in the 20th Century: A Book of Memoirs’, TS, pp.115 (c.78,000 words). Extracts published in …

Edith Annie Williams (b. Nov. 1899): Biographical Entry

832 WILLIAMS, Edith A., Untitled, TS, pp.39 + 3pp. chapter summary (c.11,700 words). BruneI University Library. Born Nov 1899 in Merthyr Tydfil. …

Mrs RM Downer (b.1884): Biographical Entry

211 DOWNER, Mrs. R., ‘A Bygone Age’, TS, pp.31 (c.lO,OOO words). West Sussex Record Office. Born 1884. Father: ‘connected with horses’, working …

Anthony Errington (1778-1848): Biographical Entry

1:231 ERRINGTON, Anthony, Untitled, MS, 25 loose pages, paginated as 40pp. (c.17,000 words). MS in the Local Studies Collection, Gateshead Public Library. …

Frank Prevett (b.1904): Biographical Entry

2:638 PREVETT, Frank, ‘Memoirs of a Railwayman’, TS, pp.347 (c.150,000 words). BruneI University Library. Born 1904 in Brighton. Father and grandfather were …

Ruth Cox (1890): Biographical Entry

1:184 COX, Ruth, ‘White Knob Row’, TS, pp.11 (c.4,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 20 Aug 1890 in terraced house in Hyde, …