David Watmough

David Arthur Watmough (August 17, 1926 – August 4, 2017) was a Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelist.

Watmough was born in London, England, and attended King's College London. He has worked as a reporter (the Cornish Guardian, a 'Talks Producer' (BBC Third Programme) and an editor (Ace Books). He immigrated to Canada in 1960, to Kitsilano in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lived for 40 years with his partner, ex-Californian Floyd St. Clair (1930–2009), an opera critic and, from 1963 till his retirement in 1996,[1] a University of British Columbia French professor.[2] He became a Canadian citizen in 1967.[3]

Watmough lived from 2004 to 2009 in Boundary Bay and before his death had been living at Crofton Manor, a Vancouver assisted-living facility.

In 2008 he published his autobiography, "Myself Through Others: Memoirs".[4]

  1. ^ In Memory, Floyd Bradley St. Clair - Class Of 1948, South Pasadena High School Alumni Association - Classes of 1907-2017. Accessed 3 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Watmough, David". B.C. BookWorld. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  3. ^ "The History of Metropolitan Vancouver". Archived from the original on 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2007-07-08.
  4. ^ Review in the Vancouver Sun, September 06, 2008 Archived November 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine