Person    | Female  Born 16/2/1937  Died 17/2/2011

Vivien Noakes

Categories: Literature

Biographer, editor and critic. Wife of the painter Michael Noakes. She wrote a notable biography of Edward Lear and was a leading scholar of the war poet Isaac Rosenberg.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Vivien Noakes

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Michael and Vivien Noakes

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