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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 book series, The Railway Series, as well as writing the first twenty-six books...
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 fictional railway on the Island of Sodor, created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. The books feature anthropomorphic engines and are based on real-life events and locomotives.
Terry Wogan chats to Reverend W Awdry about his love of steam engines, and the phenomenal global success of Thomas the Tank Engine and his Railway Series of ...
Sep 24, 2010 · Thomas the Tank Engine had humble beginnings as the star of stories that the Rev. Wilbert Awdry told his son Christopher in 1942, when Christopher was sick in bed with the measles.
