Carrier, Robert, 1923-2006

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Carrier, Robert, 1923-2006
Other forms of name
McMahon, Robert, 1923-2006
Date of birth
1923-11-10
Date of death
2006-06-27
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 115141062
Wikidata: Q601418
Library of congress: n 50033105
Sources of Information
  • His Great dishes of the world, 1964, c1963.
  • Times online WWW site, June 28, 2006(Robert Carrier; b. Robert McMahon, Nov. 10, 1923; adopted the French surname of his grandmother, with whom he often stayed in upstate New York; d. June 27, 2006; flamboyant restaurateur and writer whose cooking epitomised the new love of food in 1970s Britain; with a colleague, Oliver Lawson-Dick, wrote a sumptuous book on London, The vanishing [i.e. vanished] city)

Wikipedia description:

Robert Carrier McMahon, OBE (November 10, 1923 – June 27, 2006), usually known as Robert Carrier, was an American chef, restaurateur and cookery writer. His success came in England, where he was based from 1953 to 1984, and then from 1994 until his death.

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