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Wilbert Vere Awdry OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series .
Wilbert's appearance was of particular significance as the locomotive was named in tribute to Wilbert Awdry who was the president of the Dean Forest Railway at the time. In Thomas and the Great Railway Show (1991) Thomas visited the National Railway Museum in York, and several of the museum's locomotives are featured including Mallard , Duchess ...
Christopher Vere Awdry (born 2 July 1940) [1] is an English author. He is best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his late father, Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997).
Wilbert is a real engine. He is actually named after Rev. Wilbert Awdry, Christopher Awdry's father and the creator of the Railway Series. Wilbert Awdry was President of the Dean Forest Railway. This book marks the only appearance of Sixteen, a steelworks shunter.
Wilbert (originally named "G.B. Keeling") DFR 3806 A dark blue 0-6-0 saddle tank engine named after the Thin Clergyman (Wilbert Awdry), who was a one-time president of the Dean Forest Railway. In Wilbert the Forest Engine, the Fat Controller arranged for Wilbert to come help on his railway. During his visit, Wilbert tells Thomas and Toby the ...
The first known audio adaptation was a 7" (33⅓rpm) EP narrated by the Rev. W. Awdry himself (), with "background effects taken from real engines". This record, released in 1957 by Chiltern Records of Princes Risborough, contained two stories – Edward's Day Out and Edward and Gordon – from the first book in the Railway Series: The Three Railway Engines.
Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry – creator of "Thomas the Tank Engine", was curate at St. Anne's West Heath from 1940 to 1946. It was during this period of his life that Awdry first told a railway story to his son Christopher in 1943 and published his first railway story, "The Three Railway Engines", in 1945.
The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry. For services to Children's Literature. The Reverend Lionel William Rupert Bacon. For services to Homeless People and to Toc H in Worthing, West Sussex. Arup Kumar Banerjee, lately Consultant Geriatric Physician and Medical Director, Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Medicine.