Hunter Davies

Background

Davies, Hunter was born on January 7, 1936 in Renfrew, Scotland. Son of John Hunter and Marion (Brechin) Davies.

Education

Bachelor, University Durham, England, 1957.

Career

Reporter, Evening Chronicle, Manchester, England, 1958-1960; reporter, Sunday Times, London, 1960; columnist under pseudonym Atticus, Sunday Times, London, 1961-1967; editor, Colour magazine, 1975-1977; columnist, Punch magazine, London, since 1979.

Achievements

• Hunter Davies has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • William Wordsworth: A Biography

    (Drawing on the published letters and diaries of Wordswort...)

  • William Wordsworth, rev

    (Drawing on the published letters and diaries of Wordswort...)

  • Flossie Teacake Strikes Back!

    ( Flossie Teacake, the youngest member of the family, is ...)

  • Flossie Teacake Strikes Back! (Red Fox Younger Fiction)

    ( Flossie Teacake, the youngest member of the family, is ...)

  • A Walk Around the Lakes

    (Based on Davies' experiences in the Lake District over on...)

  • A Walk Around the Lakes: A Visit to Britain's Lake District

    (Special as much for its scenic beauty as for the literary...)

  • The Glory Game

    (The classic inside view of soccer Hailed as probably th...)

  • The Good Guide to the Lakes: The Best Selling Guide to the English Lakeland, with Real Opinions

    ( Hunter Davies’ The Good Guide to the Lakes, now complet...)

  • Here We Go, Round the Mulberry Bush

    (Jamie McGregor is a virginal sixth-former in suburbia del...)

  • Walk Around the Lakes

    (Third revised edition of an illustrated travelogue and li...)

  • The Glory Game: The New Edition of the British Football Classic (Mainstream Sport)

    ( Hailed as probably the best book about soccer ever writ...)

  • George Stephenson: Biographical Study of the Father of the Railways

    (Much is known about the achievements of George Stephenson...)

  • A Walk Along the Wall: A Journey Along Hadrian's Wall

    (Originally stetching across the neck of England for over ...)

  • A Walk Along the Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines

    (In 1942, at the height of the railway age, there were 19,...)

  • William Wordsworth

    ( More than any other poet, Wordsworth was his own biogra...)

  • Walk Along the Wall

    (Hadrian's Wall stretches 73 miles along the neck of Engla...)

  • Hunting People: Thirty Years of Interviews With the Famous

    (Hunter Davies's first major interview was with John Masef...)

  • A Walk Around the Lakes

    (A Walk Around the Lakes: A Visit To Britain's Lake Distri...)

  • The Good Guide to the Lakes

    (Revised and expanded edition of the bestselling guide to ...)

  • Body Charge (20th Century)

    ('Sharpish in dialogue, slick in characterization . . . ma...)

  • Wainwright: The Biography

    (The classic biography of Alfred Wainwright. Alfred Wainwr...)

  • Creighton Report: Year in the Life of a Comprehensive
  • Walk Along the Wall
  • A Walk around the Lakes: Observations Relative Chiefly to the Picturesque Beauty, for Those Desirous of Being Guided to the Lake District in the North-West of England, Particularly the Lakes, Mountains, and Valleys, Made on a Pedestrian Tour in the Year 1
  • Ossie Goes Supersonic
  • { BODY CHARGE (20TH CENTURY) } Davies, Hunter ( AUTHOR ) Jun-04-2013 Paperback
  • A Walk Along the Tracks by Hunter Davies (1982-03-25)
  • Walk Around the Lakes by Hunter Davies (1979-05-10)
  • A WALK AROUND THE LAKES: Observations Relative Chiefly to the Picturesque Beauty, for Those Desirous of Being Guided...
  • A Walk Around the Lakes: A Visit to Britain's Lake District by Hunter Davies (1-Jul-2009) Paperback
  • Bigger Book of British Lists
  • A Walk Along the Wall
  • William Wordsworth: A Biography 1st American edition by Davies, Hunter (1980) Hardcover
  • Body Charge (20th Century) by Davies, Hunter (2013) Paperback
  • William Wordsworth: A Biography by Hunter Davies (1980-10-01)
  • The Good Guide to the Lakes
  • The other halves
  • The Joy of Stamps
  • Walk Around the Lakes by Davies, Hunter (1979) Hardcover
  • In Search of Columbus
  • Come on, Ossie!
  • Hunter Davies's Bigger Book of British Lists
  • The Good Guide to the Lakes
  • Good Guide to the Lakes
  • The Good Guide to the Lakes
  • The Grades: First Family of British Entertainment
  • The Joy of Stamps by Hunter Davies (1984-10-15)
  • The Glory Game
  • Walk Along the Wall by Hunter Davies (1974-12-01)
  • The Creighton Report : a year in the Life of a comprehensive School
  • Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush Again
  • Very Loving Couple
  • The Rise and Fall of Jake Sullivan by Hunter Davies
  • A Walk Along the Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines by Hunter Davies (2003-01-02)

Connections

Married Margaret Forster, June 11, 1960. Children: Caitlin, Jake, Flora.

Father:

John Hunter Davies

Mother:

Marion (Brechin) Davies

Spouse:

Margaret Forster

child:

Flora Davies

child:

Jake Davies

child:

Caitlin Davies