Roger Pilkington (writer)

Roger Windle Pilkington was a British author and biologist. He is best-known for his 20-volume Small Boat series, recounting trips along Europe's inland waterways in an Admiral's Barge, which he had converted into a sea going cabin cruiser, named "Commodore". [1][2][3]

Roger Windle Pilkington
Born(1915-01-17)17 January 1915
Lancashire, U.K.
Died5 May 2003(2003-05-05) (aged 88)
London, U.K.
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
SpouseIngrid Geijer

Bibliography

Small Boat series
  • Thames Waters (1956)
  • Small Boat through Belgium (1957)
  • Small Boat through Holland (1958)
  • Small Boat to the Skagerrak (1960)
  • Small Boat through Sweden (1961)
  • Small Boat to Alsace (1961)
  • Small Boat to Bavaria (1962)
  • Small Boat to through Germany (1963)
  • Small Boat through France (1964)
  • Small Boat in Southern France (1965)
  • Small Boat on the Thames (1966)
  • Small Boat on the Meuse (1967)
  • Small Boat to Luxembourg (1967)
  • Small Boat on the Moselle (1968)
  • Small Boat to Elsinore (1969)
  • Small Boat to Northern Germany (1969)
  • Small Boat on the Lower Rhine (1970)
  • Small Boat on the Upper Rhine (1971)
  • Small Boat down the Years (1987)
  • Small Boat in the Midi (1989)

Other works
  • Males and Females (1948)
  • Stringer's Folly (1951)
  • Biology, Man and God (1951)
  • How Your Life Began (1953)
  • Revelation Through Science (1956)
  • World Without End (1960)
  • How Boats Are Navigated (1962)
  • Sex and Morality (1966)
  • The Ormering Tide (1974)
  • One Foot in France (1992)
  • View From the Shore (1995)
  • History and Legends of the European Waterways (1998)
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References
  1. "Roger Pilkington, British Author, 88". The New York Times. 24 May 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. "Roger Pilkington, 88; Wrote Series of Books on Boating in Europe". The Los Angeles Times. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. "Pilkington, Roger". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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