Vivien Noakes (1937–2011)
Author of Edward Lear: The Life of a Wanderer
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- Legal name
- Noakes, Vivien Mary
- Other names
- Langley, Vivien (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1937-02-16
- Date of death
- 2011-02-17
- Gender
- female
- Education
- Dunottar School for Girls, Reigate, Surrey
St. Thomas' Hospital
University of Oxford (Manchester College)
University of Oxford (Somerville College) - Occupations
- nurse
lecturer
biographer
teacher
writer - Organizations
- PEN
Society of Authors
Oxford First World War Poetry Steering Committee - Awards and honors
- Royal Society of Literature (Fellow)
- Relationships
- Noakes, Michael (1) (husband)
- Short biography
- She was married to the portrait painter, Michael Noakes, with whom she wrote The Daily Life of the Queen, a diary of his time painting a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Catalogue for an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1985, with 118 entries in various "early years," "natural history" Lear's birds and other animals , "early landscape," "Lear's travels," "Studio watercolours," "Lear and Tennyson," "oil paintings," "illustrated travel books," "nonsense," "the pelican" with a musical score by Lear , and "later memorabilia" including photos . Those knowing Lear chiefly from the Nonsense books may be surprised at the range of his artistic accomplishments.
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