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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).
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Christopher Awdry, the Rev. W. Awdry's son, had some background in writing when he took over writing the Railway Series books, having written a number of articles for Steam Railway magazine. He was inspired to write some Railway Series stories by a visit to the Nene Valley Railway , with encouragement from his father.
Started in 1945 and concluded in 2011, The Railway Series is a series of 42 British books written by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry and his son Christopher Awdry.This is a list of all characters who appeared in the book series.
Awdry's memorial plaque, shared with his wife Margaret, at Church Place, Rodborough, Gloucestershire A Class 91 locomotive, 91 124, used to bear the name The Rev W Awdry.A Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST (saddle tank) engine on the Dean Forest Railway is named Wilbert after him; and was used as the title character in Christopher Awdry's Railway Series book Wilbert the Forest Engine.
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Awdry wrote 26 books; the final one being written in October 1972.
See also B Charles Babbage (1791–1871), polymath Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610), theologian and bishop David Baddiel (born 1964), novelist and comedian Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), writer and army officer, Scouting for Boys Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944), orientalist and autobiographer Anne Bacon (c. 1528–1610), translator and correspondent Francis Bacon (1561–1626), essayist ...
Rev. W. Awdry – James the Red Engine (third in The Railway Series of 42 books by him and his son Christopher Awdry) Hans Fischer – Pitschi. Das Kätzchen, das immer etwas anderes wollte. Eine traurige Geschichte, die aber gut aufhört; Antonia Forest – Autumn Term (first in the Marlow series of ten books) Ruth Stiles Gannett – My Father ...