Thomas Armstrong (author)
| Thomas Armstrong | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 September 1899 Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Died | 2 August 1978 |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse(s) | Una Dulcie Bray |
| Parent(s) |
Charles Plaxton Alice Lily Armstrong[1] |
Thomas Armstrong (3 September 1899 – 1978) was a Leeds-born novelist. He is best known for a series of popular novels set in Yorkshire, including the best-selling The Crowthers of Bankdam.[1]
His parents were from mill-owning families. After attending Queen Elizabeth School, Wakefield, he studied at the Royal Naval College, Keyham, followed by service in the Royal Navy during the First World War.[1] He married in 1930 and then began writing novels. He achieved success with the immediately popular The Crowthers of Bankdam that was soon made into a film (Master of Bankdam).[2] The couple lived in Yorkshire, initially in the West Riding and then in Swaledale for 30 years. Throughout his life he avoided personal publicity.
Published works
- The Crowthers of Bankdam (1940) (Crowther Chronicles)
- King Cotton (1947) (original handwritten manuscript[3] held at Salford University)
- Adam Brunskill (1952)
- Pilling Always Pays (1954)(Crowther Chronicles)
- A Ring Had No End (1958)
- Sue Crowther's Marriage (1961) (Crowther Chronicles)
- The Face of the Madonna (1964)
- Our London Office (1966)
References
- 1 2 3 Who Was Who (online edition ed.). Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ "Thomas Armstrong (novelist)". Goodreads. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ↑ Armstrong, Thomas. "King Cotton". Salford University Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
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