Wilbert Awdry

Wilbert Vere Awdry ( born June 15, 1911 † 21 March 1997 Stroud, Gloucestershire, England), also known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was a British clergyman, railway fan and author of children's books. Among his most famous works is The Railway Series, the literary presentation of the television series Thomas the Tank Engine.

Life

Wilbert Vere Awdry was born on June 15, 1911 at the parsonage of Ampfield. He had a younger brother and three half-siblings of the father. His father Rev Vere Awdry was vicar of Ampfield. His mother's name was Lucy Awdry. With six years Awdry moved to Box, within the village, he moved again to twice. Since he was nine years old, he lived in a house near a railway tunnel Great Western Railway in box.

Completed his secondary education Awdry in 1932 in Oxford. There he also received his BA degree in theology. In 1933, he moved to Jerusalem, where she taught at St. George's School. When he returned to England in 1936, he became a priest. Two years later he married Margaret Wale. From 1940, he moved to Birmingham, where he worked as a pastor. In 1946 he moved again to enable Cambridgeshire, 1953, he was in Emneth pastor. In 1965 he moved to Stroud, where he died on 21 March 1997.

In 1943, he made ​​up a story to entertain his son Christopher. The stories Awdry published in 1946 in his book Thomas the Tank Engine. He wrote to 1972 a total of 26 books of the " Railway Series". In addition, he wrote some non-fiction. In 1995, the biography The Thomas the Tank Engine Man appeared on Awdry.