Holloway, David Richard, 1924-1995
- GB-2014-WSA-09442
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- 1924-1995
Holloway, David Richard, son of William Edwyn Holloway, actor man., of Adelaide, Australia, and Margaret Boyd, d. of George Schleselman, analytical chemist, of Dundee; b. 3 June 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (L); left July 1939; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949; editorial staff, Daily Sketch 1941-2, RAF Coastal Command 1942-6, served Aden, Sri Lanka and India; leader writer, News Chronicle 1950-2, literary critic 1953-7, book page ed. 1958-60; dep. literary ed., The Daily Telegraph 1960-8, literary ed. 1968-88; author, John Galsworthy 1968, Lewis and Clark and the Crossing of America 1972, Derby Day 1975, Playing the Empire 1979; m. Mar. 1952 Sylvia Eileen, d. of Douglas Gray; d. 31 Aug. 1995.