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Wilbert Vere Awdry OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997), often credited as Rev. W. Awdry, was an English Anglican minister, railway enthusiast, and children's author. He is best remembered as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine and several other characters who appeared in his Railway Series.
Wilbert Vere Awdry OBE (15 June, 1911 - 21 March, 1997) was an English Anglican clergyman, railway enthusiast and children's author. He was best known for creating both Thomas the Tank Engine and other characters in his Railway Series books, as well as writing the first twenty-six books in the series from 1945 to 1972.
Thomas the Tank Engine is an anthropomorphised fictional tank locomotive in the British Railway Series books by Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher, published from 1945.
Dec 26, 2023 · Reverend Wilbert Awdry was inspired to write The Railway Series books after hearing trains as he lay in his childhood bed in Wiltshire. Rev Awdry later created Thomas to entertain his young...
The Railway Series is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Twenty-six books were written by Awdry, the final one being written in October 1972.
The book is dedicated to Margaret Awdry and George Awdry. The updated edition is also dedicated to both Wilbert Awdry and Hilary Fortnam. On 13th May 1986, Brain Sibley narrated a program for BBC Radio 4 under the same name, which was later repeated on 10th January 1987.
An Anglican minister, the Rev. W. Awdry, as he’s commonly known, was also a best-selling author, active for more than a quarter of a century, and rail enthusiast. Along the way, he’d create one of the most beloved children’s characters of all, becoming known as the Puff Puff Parson.
