Derwent, Lavinia
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Name (Latin)
Derwent, Lavinia
Other forms of name
Dodd, Elizabeth, 1909-1989
Lady of the Manse
Date of birth
1909-02-23
Date of death
1989-11-26
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Children's stories
Fiction
Radio broadcasting
Television broadcasting
Occupation
Broadcasters
Novelists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- Her Lady of the Manse, 1983.
- Her My own book of animals ... 1937.
- Oxford DNB online, 20 March 2020(Dodd, Elizabeth [pseud. Lavinia Derwent] (1909-1989), children's writer and broadcaster, was born on 23 February 1909 at Overton Bush Farm in the Cheviot hills in the Scottish borders; attended Edgerston primary school and Jedburgh grammar school; wrote memoir, Lady of the Manse (1983); moved to Glasgow shortly before the Second World War; her breakthrough as a writer came in the 1940s when her 'Tammy Troot' radio stories; wrote for newspapers and periodicals and published a romantic novel but by far the largest part of her work was for children including a popular four-volume series, beginning with Sula (1969), set on a fictional Hebridean island; presented the series Teatime Tales for Scottish Television in the 1970s; died in Glasgow, on 26 November 1989)