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Type of entity
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Authorized form of name
Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, 1915-1999
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Dates of existence
1915-1999
History
Wilkinson, Oliver Marlow, son of Louis Umfraville Wilkinson, author and lecturer, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, and Frances Josepha Gregg, poet, d. of Oliver Howard Gregg of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA; b. 28 Jan. 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (G); left Dec. 1930; dir. Red Triangle Theatre, London, 1936-8; drama adviser Lond. YMCA 1938-9; RN in WW2; drama dir. Iona Community 1945-51; co-dir. Oxford Playhouse 1951-2; drama adviser TocH 1952-6, drama organiser Oxfordshire County 1956-61; sen. lecturer Oxf. Poly. 1962-80; author (as Oliver Marlow) of Ishmael (Sybil Thorndike Trophy winner) 1937, How Can We Save Father (Royal Court) 1954; ed. letters of his godfather John Cowper Powys; m. 18 Mar. 1939 Margaret Lily, d. of Henry Shenton, civil servant, of Hampstead; d. Sept. 1999.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Full
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992