Background
Dickinson, Patric Thomas was born on December 26, 1914 in Nasirabad, India. Son of Arthur Thomas and Eileen (Kirwan) Dickinson.
Dickinson, Patric Thomas was born on December 26, 1914 in Nasirabad, India. Son of Arthur Thomas and Eileen (Kirwan) Dickinson.
Bachelor (with honours), St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, 1936.
Schoolmaster, 1936-1939; producer transcription service, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1942-1945; poetry editor Home Svc. and Third Programme, British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1945-1948; freelance writer, broadcaster and critic, 1948-1994; Gresham professor rhetoric, City U., London, 1964-1967; lecturer and reader. Director Poetry Festival Royal Court Theater, 1963.
Member Savile Club.
Son of Arthur Thomas and Eileen (Kirwan) D. M. Shila Dunbar Shannon, December 19, 1945. Children: David Dunbar, Virginia Kirwan.