Vivien Noakes
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Early life and education
She was born Vivien Mary Langley, daughter of aeronautical engineer Marcus Langley[2] and educated at Dunottar School, leaving with A-levels. It was not until later in life that she took her degree at Manchester College, Oxford, and Somerville College, Oxford, where she was subsequently lecturer.[3]
Career
She lectured at Harvard University and at the Yale Center for British Art. She was a leading authority - per her Times obituary, "the world's leading authority" - on Edward Lear and on the literature of World War I.[4][5][6][7]
Personal life
She was married to the painter Michael Noakes, in collaboration with whom she produced The Daily Life of The Queen: An Artist's Diary (2000); the couple had three children.[1]
She died of cancer the day after her 74th birthday, a month after suffering a stroke.[8] She left copies of many of Lear's letters to Somerville College Library.[9]
Works
- Edward Lear, The Life of a Wanderer (1968). Template:ISBN (2006 ed.)
- Edward Lear, 1812-1888 (1986). Template:ISBN
- The Painter Edward Lear (1991). Template:ISBN
- The Daily Life of The Queen: An Artist's Diary (2000) with Michael Noakes. Template:ISBN
- Voices of Silence (2006).[10] Template:ISBN
Links
- Michael and Vivien Noakes' website; accessed 10 April 2014.
References
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- ↑ a b Obituary, The Guardian, 4 March 2011; accessed 10 April 2014.
- ↑ The Telegraph obituary, 11 March 2011; accessed 10 April 2014.
- ↑ Vivien Noakes obituary, warpoets.org; accessed 10 April 2014.
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- ↑ Cambridge Science Live; accessed 10 April 2014.
- ↑ Notice of the death of Vivien Noakes, nonsenselit.wordpress.com; accessed 10 April 2014.
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