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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 Vere Awdry OBE (15 June, 1911 - 21 March, 1997) was an English Anglican clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author. He was best known for creating both Thomas the Tank Engine and other characters in his Railway Series books, as well as writing the first twenty-six books in the...
Dec 26, 2023 · Reverend Wilbert Awdry was inspired to write The Railway Series books after hearing trains as he lay in his childhood bed in Wiltshire. Rev Awdry later created Thomas to entertain his young...
Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945.
The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), was an English cleric, railway enthusiast, and children's author. Simply known as the Reverend W. Awdry, he was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the central figure in his acclaimed Railway Series. Life and death
An Anglican minister, the Rev. W. Awdry, as he’s commonly known, was also a best-selling author, active for more than a quarter of a century, and rail enthusiast. Along the way, he’d create one of the most beloved children’s characters of all, becoming known as the Puff Puff Parson.
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. Twenty-six books were written by Awdry, the final one being written in October 1972.
Wilbert Awdry was born on 15 June 1911 in Romsey, Hampshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Thomas' Friendship Tales (2017), Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: The Rise of Spamcan (2023) and Thomas & Friends ERTL Adventures: Railway Clone Invasion (2022). He was married to Margaret Awdry.
Nov 13, 2022 · The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry was a steam enthusiast and avid model railway man – but he could never have guessed his stories of a cheeky engine would go on to enrapture the world....
Sep 24, 2010 · The Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Thomas -- that famous little blue tank engine -- hits retirement age this year, but the plucky, imaginary locomotive shows no signs of slowing down any time soon.
