Wilbert Vere Awdry

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children's author human railway enthusiast

Wilbert Vere Awdry was an English clergyman and children's author best known for creating Thomas the Tank Engine and the wider world of The Railway Series.

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Label Occurrences
Wilbert Vere Awdry canonical 2
Rev. W. Awdry 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf children's author ⓘ
human ⓘ
railway enthusiast ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Reverend W. Awdry NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the British Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1911-06-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Ampfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
England ⓘ
Hampshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
child Christopher Awdry NERFINISHED ⓘ
coCreatorOf Island of Sodor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sodor railway system NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
createdCharacter Edward the Blue Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gordon the Big Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henry the Green Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
James the Red Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Percy the Small Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Fat Controller NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas the Tank Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfRetirement 1965 ⓘ
deathDate 1997-03-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Marlborough College NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Peter's Hall, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Awdry NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Christian ministry ⓘ
children's storytelling ⓘ
fullName Wilbert Vere Awdry NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre children's literature ⓘ
railway fiction ⓘ
givenName Wilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ
inspiredBy London and North Eastern Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
real railway locomotives ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAchievement Created the fictional Island of Sodor ⓘ
notableWork The Railway Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thomas the Tank Engine NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation Anglican priest ⓘ
children's writer ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
railway historian ⓘ
religion Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Box ⓘ
Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse Margaret Emily Wale NERFINISHED ⓘ

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The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry → author → Wilbert Vere Awdry ⓘ
subject surface form: The Railway Series
The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry → createdBy → Wilbert Vere Awdry ⓘ
subject surface form: The Railway Series
Skarloey Railway → hasAuthor → Wilbert Vere Awdry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rev. W. Awdry