Evelyn Waugh
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Who was Evelyn Waugh? Novelist.

Date and Place of Birth: 28th October 1903, London, England. Christened Evelyn Arthur Waugh.

Family Background: Second child of Arthur Waugh, a man of letters and publisher and Prudent Catherine Raban.

Education: Lancing. Hertford College, Oxford.

Chronology:

Written Works:

  • 1932: “Black Mischief”.
  • 1934: “A Handful of Dust.”.
  • 1942: “Put Out More Flags”. “Work Suspended”.
  • 1945: “Brideshead Revisited”.
  • 1948: “The Loved One”.
  • 1955: “Officers and Gentlemen”.
  • 1957: “The Ordeal Of Gilbert Penfold”.
  • 1961: “Unconditional Surrender”.
  • 1976: “The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh”.

Marriage: 1. To Evelyn Gardner on 27th June 1928 at St. Paul's Church, Portman Square, London. (Divorced 1936).
2. To Laura Herbert on 17th April 1937.

Places of Interest:

Date and Place of Death: 12th April 1966, Combe Florey, Taunton, Somerset, England.

Age at Death: 62.

Site of Grave: St. Peter and St. Paul's Churchyard, Combe Florey, Somerset, England.