Tag Archives: Vivien Noakes

Vivien Noakes’s Edward Lear Archive at Somerville College

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Marco Graziosi

Stephen Duckworth reports: On 6 July 2016 a celebration took place at Somerville College Oxford to celebrate the Edward Lear archive of Vivien Noakes, which has generously been given to the College by Michael Noakes.   The archive includes copies … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes: More Obituaries

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

The Telegraph published a long article on 11 March: it contains a view of Edward Lear I do not think Vivien would have shared. Below is the text of the Times’ obituary, which Charles Lewsen has kindly sent me: Vivien … Continue reading →

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Vivien Noakes Obituaries

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Marco Graziosi

Read the Guardian obituary online. The Times also had a full page on 4 March, but it is available only to subscribers: here is the link, just in case. Above is a 1995 portrait of Vivien by her husband Michael.

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