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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 book series, The Railway Series, as well as writing the first twenty-six books...
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.
Wilbert Awdry retired from ministering in 1965 meanwhile, setting up home in Rodborough (Gloucestershire). He’d face many challenges in later life, including the death of his wife (1989) and serious ill-health. He was interviewed more than once on television as the fascination with his stories and their author surged.
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.
The Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE (15 June 1911 [1] – 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.
May 8, 2023 · Terry Wogan chats to Reverend W. Awdry about his love of steam engines, and the phenomenal global success of Thomas the Tank Engine and his Railway Series of...
Sep 28, 2017 · The Thomas the Tank Engine universe was the brainchild of an Anglican minister, the Reverend Wilbert Awdry, who in 1942 began spinning stories about trains to amuse his son Christopher, who...
