Roger Pilkington (writer)

Dr.

Roger Windle Pilkington
Born(1915-01-17)17 January 1915
Lancashire, U.K.
Died5 May 2003(2003-05-05) (aged 88)
Montouliers, France
EducationMagdalene College, Cambridge
SpouseTheodora Miriam Hewat-Jaboor (1937-1974)
Ingrid Geijer (1975-2004)
ChildrenCynthia Miriam Rumboll MBE
Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington

Roger Windle Pilkington (7 January 1915 – 5 May 2003) was a British writer and biologist. He is best known for his 20-volume Small Boat series, recounting trips along Europe's inland waterways in an Admiral's Barge, which he had converted into a sea going cabin cruiser, named "Commodore".[1][2][3] In 1992 he wrote about his crossing the Atlantic in the airship Hindenburg.[4]

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