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Sylvia Thompson | |
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| Born | (1902-09-04)4 September 1902 Scotland |
| Died | 27 April 1968(1968-04-27) (aged 65) Reigate Heath,Surrey,England |
| Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Fiction |
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| Children | Rosemary Haughton, Virginia Lulin, Elizabeth Dooley |
Sylvia Thompson, Mrs Luling (4 September 1902 – 27 April 1968) was an English novelist, writer and public speaker born in 1902,Scotland.
Sylvia Thompson was born in Scotland, the daughter of Norman Arthur Thompson (founder of theNorman Thompson Flight Company) and Ethel Hannah Levis.
She attendedSomerville College, Oxford like her mother. Other literary contemporaries at Somerville College includedVera Brittain,Winifred Holtby,Hilda Reid andMargaret Kennedy. She established her reputation as a public orator, and in 1932, she joined the lecture circuit in the United States.
In 1926, she married Theodore Peter Dunham Luling (an artist known as "Peter Luling"), with whom she had three daughters:Rosemary Haughton (theologian and writer),Virginia Luling (anthropologist) and Elizabeth Dooley (actress).[1][2]
Sylvia Thompson Luling died on 27 April 1968, aged 65, atReigate Heath,Surrey,England.
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