Draft:Marguerite Fawdry
Marguerite Fawdry (May 14, 1912 - September 15, 1995) was the founder of Pollock's Toy Museum.
Biography
[edit]Fawdry was born Marguerite Desnieres in 1912. Her father was from Brittany and her mother was English. In 1914, her father died as a soldier in World War I. She graduated from the Lycee in South Kensington, West London and went on to graduate from the University of Lille.[1]
Books
[edit]- Tin Toys, Including an A-Z of British metal toy makers (New Cavendish Books, 1990)
- Chinese Childhood
References
[edit]- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/marguerite-fawdry-obituary-1602150.html
- ^ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/londons-pollocks-toy-museum-shuts-and-looks-for-a-new-home-00f9ddrd8
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3612862/The-arts-column-where-the-ghosts-of-childhood-live.html