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Biographical Entries

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

Susan Silvester (1878-1968): Biographical Entry

1:628 SILVESTER, Susan, In a World that has Gone (Privately printed, Loughborough, 1968), pp.31. Illustrated. Brunel University Library. Born 13 Nov 1878 …

Lorna Kite (b.1916): Biographical Entry

KITE, Lorna. Title: ‘Mentioned in Despatches; WWII As Seen Through the Eyes of a Nurse.’ Typescript. 141.pp. Brunel University Library. Narrator (Lorna) …

John Sawyer (b. 1914) Biographical Entry

John Sawyer. One man in his time… (Or – “The first sixty years” ) (An autobiography). 38,000 words. Born in 1914 at …

Florence Anne Cooter (1912-2004): Biographical entry

181 COOTER, Florence Anne, ‘Seventh Child’, MS, pp.71 (c.71,000 words). Brunel University Library. Born Aug 1912 in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. Father worked as …

Isaac Gordon (b. 1927): Biographical Entry

2:327 GORDON, Isaac, Going Where the Work Is (Hackney Reading Centre, London, 1979), pp.34. Illustrated. Brunel University Library. Born and raised in …

A.W. Todd: Biographical Entry

2/1030 TODD, A.W., “The Masons of London”, TS, pp.101 + 39pp. illustrations (c.38,000 words).Modern Department, Museum of London. An extremely useful account …

Marion Owen: Biographical Entry

Marion Owen “I follow my nose: a potted autobiography” TS. 48pp. Born shortly before World War I, lived in Brixton, London. Before …

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 …

Frank George Marling (1863-1954): Biographical Entry

492 MARLING, Frank George, ‘Reminiscences’, TS, pp.22 (c.16,000 words). BruneI University Library. Born 7 Jan 1863 at Berkeley, Gloucester. Died 1954. Father …

Mabel F Lethbridge (1900-1968)

Extract from “Fortune Grass”,London, Geoffrey Bles, 1934. Photocopies from the book. Pp61-65; 74-77; 79-88; 177-184; 227-235 Middle class parents; her father served …