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Gabriel Fielding (Alan Barnsley) circa 1967
1916: Gabriel
Fielding born Gabriel Barnsley in Hexham, Northumberland, England. His father George was an Anglican vicar and his mother,
Katherine Fielding Barnsley, was a descendant of the novelist Henry Fielding.
1925-1929: Secondary education started
at the now defunct Grange School in Eastborne.
1929-1931: Attended St. Edward's School, Oxford.
1933:
Attended Faircourt Academy, Eastborne.
1934: Attended Llangefni County School, Anglesey, Wales.
1935-1939:
Received Bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College, Dublin, with prizes in Anatomy and Biology.
1939-1942: Completed
Medical Studies at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London; earned membership(1942) in the Royal College of Surgeons(England)
and licentiate in the Royal College of Physicans(London).
1943: Married Edwina Eleanor Cook, October 30; began
medical career as 'Lieutenant' in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
1944: Commissioned as 'Captain' in RAMC.
1946: Left the Royal Army Medical Corps.
b. son Michael Fielding Barnsley.
1948: Began private practice
in Maidstone, Kent, with two junior partners. Began his duties as a part-time medical officer in Her Majesty's Training Establishment
(a prison) in Maidstone.
b. son Jonathan Milne Barnsley
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1952: First
book published in England: The Frog Prince and Other Poems.
1954: Brotherly Love (published in
America in 1961).
1955: Twenty-Eight Poems (published in England only).
1956: In the Time
of Greenbloom (published in America in 1957).
b. son Mario Simon Barnsley
1957: b. daughter Felicity
Anne Barnsley (Morris)
1958: Eight Days (published in America in 1959).
1960:Through Streets
Broad and Narrow(published in America in 1960)
b. daughter Mary Gabriel Barnsley (Vorenkamp)
1962: The
Birthday King (published in America in 1963)
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Edwina and Alan Upper Bavaria,
en route to Rome 1958
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1963:
Recieved the W.H. Smith Annual Award for The Birthday King as well 'as the most outstanding contribution to English
Literature over a two-year period'(1962-1963).
1964:Awarded the Thomas More Gold Medal for The Birthday King,
cited as 'the most distinguished contribution to Catholic literature' in 1963.
1966:Came to W.S.U. (Washington
State University) in Pullman, Washington as 'Author in Residence" for 1 year, leaving busy medical practice in Maidstone,
Kent, England.
Gentlemen in Their Season (published in America and England the same year)
1967:
Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Litt.D.), Gonzaga University, May 28.
Accepted tenure at W.S.U. and became full time
Professor of English. Left his Medical practice for good.
1972: New Queens for Old: A Novella and Nine
Stories (Published in America the same year).Received the Washington State Governor's Writers Award for this book.
1979: Pretty Doll Houses (Hutchinson, London)
1981: Retired from W.S.U. Honored as Professor of
the Year.
1983: In the Time of Greenbloom (reprinted by University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Fiction)
1985: The Birthday King (reprinted by University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Fiction)
1986: Through
Streets Broad and Narrow ( reprinted by University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Fiction)
The Women of Guinea Lane
(published by Hutchinson, London).
Alan Gabriel Barnsley died on November 27, 1986 in Bellevue Washington.
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The
Official Website of Gabriel Fielding
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