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Birth Name:

Wilbert Vere Awdry

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Jun 15, 1911

Time of Birth:

05:22 PM

Place of Birth:

Romsey, England, United Kingdom

Age:

112

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

23°

Gem

28'

Moon

5°

Aqu

22'

Asc

20°

Sco

44'

MC

10°

Vir

22'

About Wilbert Vere Awdry

Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was an English Anglican cleric, railway enthusiast, and children's author. Better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, he was the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, the central figure in his Railway Series.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Rev W Awdry's appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, first broadcast on 16 October 1964

• Awdry Family website

• 'Original' Awdry Family website at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 February 2006) – contains some information not available on the later site

• Sodor Enterprises (publishing company) at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 December 2007) – Formerly www.sodor.co.uk (Dead link discovered April 2010)

• Rev. W. V. Awdry – Biography at the official Awdry Family website

• The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales – Home of the Rev. W. V. Awdry's study

• "Obituary: The Rev W. Awdry", from The Independent, written by Brian Sibley

• "Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries" (Entry for Rev. W Awdry), by Trevor Beeson – Note: contains some factual errors.

• Daily Telegraph Obituary – on which "Priests and Prelates" is based; also contains errors

• David Self (1 February 2008). "What draws clerics to railways?". Church Times.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Wilbert Vere Awdry: Sun 23 Gemini, Moon 5 Aquarius, Mercury 4 Gemini, Venus 7 Leo, Mars 9 Aries, Jupiter 5 Scorpio, Saturn 15 Taurus, Uranus 28 Capricorn, Neptune 20 Cancer, Pluto 27 Gemini, Asc 20 Scorpio, Mc 10 Virgo, Moon Opposition Venus, Sun Quincunx Ascendant, Moon Trine Mercury, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Moon Conjunct Uranus, Moon Square Jupiter, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Conjunct Pluto, Moon Sextile Mars, Mercury Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Square Neptune, Venus Trine Mars, Venus Square Jupiter, Mars Quincunx Midheaven, Saturn Semi Square Pluto, Saturn Trine Midheaven, Uranus Quincunx Pluto, Neptune Trine Ascendant

Categories related to Wilbert Vere Awdry: 1997 deaths, June 15 births, English childrens writers, Officers of the Order of the British Empire, Oxford, Alumni of Wycliffe Hall, 20th-century English Anglican priests, Alumni of St Peters College, 1911 births, People educated at Dauntseys School, People from Romsey, The Railway Series, Talyllyn Railway, British people in rail transport, English Christian pacifists, Anglican pacifists, Burials in Gloucestershire, British people associated with Heritage Railways, People from Rodborough, Rail transport writers