George Blakeb Greenock 28 October 1893; d Dollar 29 August 1961. |
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Blake studied law at Glasgow University, and was wounded at Gallipoli during World War I. He became a journalist with the Glasgow Evening
News, then moved to London as editor of the Strand Magazine. In 1930 he
became a director of
Faber and Faber publishing house, and when they took over the
Porpoise Press in Edinburgh in 1932 Blake went back to Scotland to run it. During World War II he worked
for the Ministry of Information in London, then lived in Helensburgh and Dollar until the end of his life. He is remembered for his novel "The Shipbuilders" (1935). "Down to the Sea" (1937) is his autobiography.
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The Mother (1921); Clyde Built (1922); Vatalond Papers (1922); Mince Collop Clase (1923); The Weather Vessel (1923); The Wild Men (1925); Young Malcolm (1926); Paper Money (1928); ed., Scottish Treasure Trove (1928); The Coasts of Normandy (1929); The Paths of Glory (1929); The Press and the Public (1930); The Seas Between (1930); Returned Empty (1931); Sea Tangle (1932); ed., Neil Munro (1933); The Heart of Scotland (1934); Rest and Be Thankfull (1934); The Shipbuilders (1935); David and Joanna (1936); R. M. S. Queen Mary (1936); Down to the Sea (1937); The Valliant Heart (1940); Big Ships, Little Ships (1944); The Constant Star (1945); British Ships and Shipbuilders (1946); The Westering Sun (1946); The Five Arches (1947); Scottish Affairs (1947); Scottish Enterptise and Shipbuilding (1947); The Paying Guest (1949); Mountain and Flood (1950); The Piper's Tune (1950); ed., The Trials of Patrick Carraher (1951); Barrie and the Kailyard School (1951); The Firth of Clyde (1952); The Voyage Home (1952); The Innocence Within (1955); The Ben Line (1956); Clyde Lighthouses (1956); The Last Fling (1957); The Peacock Palace (1958); Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1760-1960 (1960); The Loves of Mary Glen (1960); Gellatly's 1862-1962 (1962); The Gourock (1963) ©1988 |
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