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Biography of Wilbert Vere Awdry
1,899 words, approx. 6 pages
 For almost half a century Thomas the Tank Engine and his fellow engines from Rev. Wilbert Vere Awdry's Railway series have delighted children. World sales of more than 9 million copies, with 750,000 titles sold per year, attest to their continued...


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 Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (June 15 1911 – March 21 1997), better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author. He is best known as the author of The Railway Series of books in which the character Thomas...



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 The Independent - London
Obituary: The Rev W. Awdry
03/22/1997: 2,237 words, approx. 8 pages The name of the Rev W. Awdry will go down in history as that of "the Thomas the Tank Engine Man". It cannot be otherwise, since he is the creator of the pantheon of steam-driven childhood gods which run the rails of that enchanting...
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 The Washington Post
W. Awdry Dies; Wrote `Thomas' Children's Books
03/23/1997: 459 words, approx. 2 pages The Rev. W. Awdry, 85, who delighted generations of children with his tales of Thomas the Tank Engine, died March 21 at his home in Stroud, England. The cause of death was not reported, Wilbert Vere Awdry produced his first book in 1945...


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