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Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (June 15, 1911 – March 21, 1997), better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority...
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1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ...
He is best known as the author of The Railway Series of books in which the character Thomas the Tank Engine originated. Map showing the railways on the fictional Island of Sodor (click to enlarge). ...
Thomas the Tank Engine. ...
Biography
Awdry was born in Romsey, Hampshire in 1911. The son of a clergyman, he was educated at Dauntseys School, West Lavington, Wiltshire; St Peter's Hall, Oxford (BA, 1932), and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained into the Anglican priesthood in 1936. In 1938 he married Margaret Wale, and two years later took a curacy in King's Norton, Birmingham where he lived until 1946. He subsequently moved to Cambridgeshire, serving as Rector of Elsworth with Knapwell, 1946-53, and Vicar of Emneth, 1953-65, before retiring to Stroud. Romsey is a small market town, in the county of Hampshire, England. ...
Hampshire, sometimes historically Southamptonshire or Hamptonshire, (abbr. ...
Dauntseys School Dauntseys School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the village of West Lavington, Wiltshire, South West England. ...
West Lavington is a village on the A360 road between Devizes and Salisbury in Wiltshire. ...
College name St Peters College Collegium Sancti Petri-le-Bailey Named after St Peter Established 1929 though part of the University since the 13th century. ...
Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ...
Wycliffe Hall is a Church of England theological college, and one of the constituent institutions of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...
The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
From the Latin curatus, a curate is a person who is invested with the care, or cure (cura), of souls of a parish. ...
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The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ...
In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ...
Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ...
The characters that would make Awdry famous, and the first stories featuring them, were invented in 1942 to amuse his son Christopher during a bout of measles. After he wrote 'Three Railway Engines' Christopher wanted a model of Gordon, however that was beyond the scarce wartime resources available. Instead Awdry made a model of a tank engine from odds and ends and painted it blue. Christopher christened the model engine Thomas. Then Christopher requested stories about Thomas and these duly followed and were published in the famous book Thomas the Tank Engine published in 1946. Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
Christopher Awdry (born 1940) is a British author best known for his contributions to The Railway Series of books featuring Thomas the Tank Engine, which was started by his father Rev. ...
Thomas the Tank Engine. ...
The first book (The Three Railway Engines) was published in 1945, and by the time Awdry stopped writing in 1972, The Railway Series numbered 26 books. Christopher subsequently added a further 14 books to the series. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Map showing the railways on the fictional Island of Sodor (click to enlarge). ...
Awdry's enthusiasm for railways did not stop at his publications. He was involved in railway preservation, and built model railways which he took to exhibitions around the country. He retired from full-time ministry in 1965, and moved to Stroud, Gloucestershire. This article needs cleanup. ...
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ...
Wilbert Awdry was awarded an OBE in the 1996 New Year’s Honours List, but by that time his health had deteriorated and he was unable to travel to London. He died peacefully in Stroud, Gloucestershire on March 21, 1997, at the age of 85. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...
Stroud is a town in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ...
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1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A Class 91 locomotive, 91 124, bears his name. A class 91 at Peterborough in the late 1980s wearing original InterCity Swallow livery. ...
Publications Fiction - The Railway Series
- W V Awdry & G E V Awdry, The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, Kaye and Ward, 1986.
Non-fiction Map showing the railways on the fictional Island of Sodor (click to enlarge). ...
- P J Long & W V Awdry, The Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1987.
Biography A biography entitled The Thomas the Tank Engine Man was written by Brian Sibley and published in 1995. Brian Sibley is a British writer. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
External links - Rev. W. V. Awdry – Biography at the Official Awdry Family Website
| The world of Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends view • talk • edit | Book series: The Railway Series
TV Series: Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends | | Series particulars | List of Railway Series Books
TV Series Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10
Movie and spin-off releases: Thomas and the Magic Railroad • Calling All Engines • On Site with Thomas | | Characters | Thomas • Edward • Henry • Gordon • James • Percy • Toby • Duck • Donald and Douglas • Emily
The Fat Controller • Bertie • Terence • Trevor • Harold
The Railway Series: Major Characters • Minor Characters • Unfeatured Characters
TV Series: Major characters • Minor Characters • Rolling Stock • Non-rail vehicles • People & animals
Movies: Movie-only characters Map showing the railways on the fictional Island of Sodor (click to enlarge). ...
Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, also known as Thomas the Tank Engine) is a British childrens television series which was first broadcast in 1984. ...
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// Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
// Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series. ...
// Thomas and Friends (previously known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a childrens television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. ...
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, later renamed Thomas and Friends is a childrens television series, based on the Railway Series, and which was first broadcast in 1984. ...
Thomas and the Magic Railroad was a movie made in the year 2000 based on the well known TV Series and its American spinoff. ...
Calling All Engines DVD cover Calling All Engines was a midquel to the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad based on the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
Jack and the Pack is a direct-to-video release for the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends series, much like the movie: Calling All Engines. ...
Thomas the Tank Engine. ...
The Railway Series book, featuring Edward, which also carries Edwards name. ...
Henry the Green Engine Henry the Green Engine is a fictional anthropomorphic 4-6-0 steam locomotive from the childrens television series, Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, and The Railway Series books written by the Reverend Wilbert Vere Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. ...
Gordon the Big Engine. ...
James the Red Engine in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
The Railway Series book, featuring Percy, which also carries Percys name. ...
Toby the Tram Engine. ...
Duck was heavily featured in the Railway Series book Duck and the Diesel Engine. ...
Donald and Douglas Donald and Douglas are characters from The Railway Series by W.V. Awdry and its spinoff TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
Emily, from the TV Series Thomas and Friends Emilys Coaches Emily is a fictional locomotive from the television series Thomas and Friends. ...
The Fat Controller, in the TV Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
Bertie is a small red bus who appears in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
Terence the Tractor, as portrayed in the TV Series Terence is a fictional anthropomorphic crawler tractor from The Railway Series of childrens books by the Rev. ...
Trevor the Traction Engine is a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
Harold is a character in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
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There are many characters featured in the Railway Series books created by Rev. ...
This article lists, and also profiles, the regular Engine characters of the Television Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
This article lists and profiles the minor characters appearing in the childrens television program Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ...
// No railway would be complete without coaches and trucks, and those appearing in the childrens television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends are no exception. ...
The television series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends is well known for its anthropomorphic railway engines. ...
In the fictional works of The Railway Series and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends there are many people who help keep the railway running, and animals who sometimes cause surprises for the engines. ...
Here is a list of characters that have appeared in the two Thomas and Friends movies. ...
| | Locations | Island of Sodor
Railways: North Western • Skarloey • Arlesdale • Culdee Fell • Mid Sodor • Sodor & Mainland • "Other"
Other locations - The Railway Series • TV Series A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ...
A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ...
Map of the Skarloey Railway On the fictional Island of Sodor in The Railway Series by Rev. ...
Small Railway Engines book cover, showing the engines (L to R): Mike, Bert and Rex (with Duck in the foreground) The Arlesdale Railway, more commonly known as the Small Railway, is a fictional railway on the Island of Sodor from the Railway Series books by Rev. ...
// A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ...
The Mid Sodor Railway is a fictional narrow gauge railway on the Island of Sodor in The Railway Series books of Rev. ...
A map of the Island of Sodor showing the Railway system (click to enlarge). ...
In the childrens books The Railway Series, by the Rev W Awdry The Other Railway refers to British Railways (later British Rail), the UK nationalised rail organisation that existed from 1948 until 1997. ...
There are many fictional locations in The Railway Series of books by Rev. ...
There are many fictional locations in Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, the television series based on The Railway Series books by Rev. ...
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