Robert Frank Currie (26 April 1918 – 25 July 1988)[1][2] was an English motorcycling writer and road tester, who later became a magazine editor and book author. Mainly known for his UK journalism work with Motor Cycle, a UK weekly motorcycle magazine-turned-newspaper, then from 1981 as Editor of a new monthly magazine The Classic Motor Cycle, he retired in early 1988 suffering from an ongoing illness, after a full-time writing career starting in 1955, and later died of heart failure.[3] He was born in Woolwich and died in Birmingham.
Currie was described in 1967 by his editor as "A prolific writer on all subjects".[4] Writing in Currie's obituary, one former-collaborator remembered that many described him as "The Walking Encyclopaedia of Motor Cycling History", whilst his former understudy and editor-designate John Pearson described his death as "this country has lost its leading writer, historian and authority on veteran, vintage and classic British motorcycles".[3]
- ^ England and Wales births Retrieved 30 March 2016
- ^ England and Wales records Retrieved 30 March 2016
- ^ a b Bob Currie Tribute by John Pearson, Editor, The Classic Motor Cycle, September 1988, pp.8, 10-13. Accessed 30 March 2016
- ^ Motor Cycle 3 August 1967, p.1050. Meet our team. "A prolific writer on all subjects". Accessed 30 March 2016