Christopher Prout Driver

Background

Christopher Driver was born on December 1, 1932 in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India. His father was a medical missionary there.

Education

Driver graduated from Oxford University in 1955.

Career

From 1955 to 1958, Driver was a conscientious objector who chose to serve his country in the Friends Ambulance Unit International Service. After leaving the service, he worked as a reporter for the Liverpool Daily Post in England. In 1960 Driver joined the staff of London’s Guardian until 1968. At that time he took over his father’s book shop, and became the editor of The Good Food Guide in 1970.

Driver also contributed articles to newspapers and journals, including the London Times, Frontier, and New Statesman.

Achievements

• Driver gained prominence as the editor of Britain’s The Good Food Guide in the 1970s and 1980s. Among his works are The Exploding Universe, A Future for the Tree Churches, The Disarmers: A Study in Protest, Strokes, Music for Love, and The British at Table.

Works

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  • Pepys at table: Seventeenth century recipes for the modern cook

    (Recipes that pair a modern food menu with the consciousne...)

    1984
  • The British at Table, 1940-80 1983

Interests

• Violin and viola, chamber music, cooking, reading

Connections

Driver married Margaret Perfect Driver on June 5, 1958. They had 3 children: Catharine, Penny and Beatrice.

Father:

Arthur H. Driver

Mother:

Kathleen E. (Shepherd) Driver

child:

Catharine Driver

child:

Penny Driver

child:

Beatrice Driver

Wife:

Margaret Perfect Driver