Thomas Armstrong (author)

Thomas Armstrong (3 September 1899 – 1978) was a Leeds-born novelist. He is best known for a series of popular novels set in Yorkshire, including the best-selling The Crowthers of Bankdam.[1]

Thomas Armstrong
Born3 September 1899
Leeds, United Kingdom
Died2 August 1978
OccupationNovelist
Spouse(s)Una Dulcie Bray
Parent(s)Charles Plaxton
Alice Lily Armstrong[1]

His parents were from mill-owning families. After attending Queen Elizabeth School, Wakefield, he studied at the Royal Naval College, Keyham, followed by service in the Royal Navy during the First World War.[1] He married in 1930 and then began writing novels. He achieved success with the immediately popular The Crowthers of Bankdam that was soon made into a film (Master of Bankdam).[2] The couple lived in Yorkshire, initially in the West Riding and then in Swaledale for 30 years. Throughout his life he avoided personal publicity.

Published works
  • The Crowthers of Bankdam (1940) (Crowther Chronicles)
  • Dover Harbour (1942)
  • King Cotton (1947) (original handwritten manuscript[3] held at Salford University)
  • Adam Brunskill (1952)
  • Pilling Always Pays (1954)(Crowther Chronicles)
  • A Ring Has No End (1958)
  • Sue Crowther's Marriage (1961) (Crowther Chronicles)
  • The Face of the Madonna (1964)
  • Our London Office (1966) (Crowther Chronicles).

References
  1. Who Was Who (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  2. "Thomas Armstrong (novelist)". Goodreads. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  3. Armstrong, Thomas. "King Cotton". Salford University Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 17 March 2016.


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