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Biographical Entries

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

Fredrick Hobley (b. 1833): Biographical Entry

332 HOBLEY, Frederick, ‘From the Autobiography of Frederick Hobley – a nineteenth century schoolteacher’, Alta. The University of Birmingham Review, No. 6, …

Fredrick Hobley (1833-1908): An Introduction

Fredrick Hobley’s Autobiography ‘The Autobiography of Fredrick Hobley, Written at the Special Request of his Children, Octover 1905’ caught my eye as …

Nora Lumb (b.1912) Bibliographical Entry

2: 489 LUMB, Nora, ‘Childhood Memories – 1912 onwards’, TS, pp.12 (c.5,500 words). Brunel University Library. Born 1912 in Sunderland. 3rd child …

Molly Keen: Biographical Entry

2:449 KEEN, Molly, ‘Childhood Memories, 1903 to 1921’, TS, pp.35 (c.12,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born 1903 in Hounslow. Father a …

Harold Gill (1919-2003): Biographical Entry

Born 17 May 1919. Father a bricklayer. 4th of 7 children of father’s second marriage. Received formal education from age 4. No …

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. …

Rosa Bell (b.1902) Biographical Entry

Born 1902. Youngest of 7 children. (4 boys, 3 girls) of a colliery clerk and dressmaker. Religious upbringing. Educated at village school. …

Martha Martin (1871): Biographical Entry

1.499 MARTIN, Martha, ‘The Ups and Downs of Life’, MS, pp.277 (c.36,000 words) + shorter version of 62pp. Brunel University Library. Born …

Jack Vallance (b. 1914) – Biographical Entry

Vallance, Jack. ‘Jack of all Grades’, Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, university of Brunel Library. Special Collection, 2:780. VALLANCE, Jack. ‘Jack …

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 …