Driver, Christopher Prout (1932–1997), journalist and writer on food, was born in India on 1 December 1932, the son of Arthur Herbert Driver, a Presbyterian medical missionary, and his wife, Elsie Kathleen Shepherd. When the family returned to England, Dr Driver ran Book in Hand...
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Driver, Christopher Prout (1932–1997), journalist and writer on food
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Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969), writer on cookery and journalist
Paul Levy
Heath, Ambrose (1891–1969), writer on cookery and journalist, was born Francis Geoffrey Miller (the second forename was later changed to Gerald) on 7 February 1891 at 16 Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London, the son of Francis Miller (1866–1935), electrical engineer, and his wife, ...
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Jackson, Michael (1942–2007), journalist and writer on beer and whisky
Lawrence Goldman
Jackson, Michael (1942–2007), journalist and writer on beer and whisky, was born on 27 March 1942 at Stockeld Park maternity home, Spofforth, Wetherby, Yorkshire, the son of Isaac (Jack) Jackson, First Aid Party member and commercial traveller, and Margaret Duff, née Millington, the wife of ...
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Postgate, Raymond William (1896–1971), journalist and writer on food and wine
J. M. Bellamy
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Postgate, Raymond William (1896–1971), journalist and writer on food and wine, was born in Cambridge on 6 November 1896, the eldest of four sons and second of the six children of John Percival Postgate (1853–1926), classical scholar and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge...
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Rylance, Ralph (1782–1834), miscellaneous writer and editor
Janet Ing Freeman
Rylance, Ralph (1782–1834), miscellaneous writer and editor, was born on 30 March 1782 at Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, the son of Thomas Rylance, a joiner, and his wife, Alice Beswick or Boswick (d. 1831). He attended Bolton grammar school, leaving in 1797 and entering into a brief apprenticeship with a weaver; by that date ...
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Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013), film-maker and food critic
Andrew H. Spicer
Winner, (Robert) Michael (1935–2013), film-maker and food critic, was born on 30 October 1935 at 40 Belsize Grove, Hampstead, London, the only child of George Joseph Winner (1907–1972), businessman, and his wife, Helen, née Zlota (1906–1984), who was born in Praszka, Poland. His paternal grandfather was a Russian Jew who became a naturalized British citizen in 1910 and set up a successful clothing business. ...