British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)
Beryl Markham
Markham in 1936
Born
Beryl Clutterbuck 26 October 1902 Ashwell, Rutland, England
Died
3 August 1986(1986-08-03) (aged 83) Nairobi, Kenya
Occupation
Writer, pilot, horse trainer
Notable works
West with the Night
Spouse
Jock Purves
(m. 1919, unknown)
Mansfield Markham
(m. 1927; div. 1942)
Raoul Schumacher
(m. 1942; div. 1960)
Children
Gervase Markham
Beryl Markham (born Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic from Britain to North America. She wrote about her adventures in her memoir, West with the Night.
BerylMarkham (born Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse...
the time: BerylMarkham. The couple had a son, Gervase Markham. However, in 1928 and after the birth of the child Gervase in 1929, Mrs. Markham shocked...
became her flight instructor, which Markham describes in her memoir West with the Night. In September 1936, BerylMarkham achieved fame by being the first...
West with the Night is a 1942 memoir by BerylMarkham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya (then British East Africa) in the early 1900s,...
sympathetic biography of BerylMarkham by author Mary S. Lovell, in 1930 Finch Hatton succumbed to a love affair with Markham, who was working as a race-horse...
also written and produced PBS biographies of writers Dashiell Hammett, BerylMarkham, Ken Kesey, Carlos Fuentes, Maxine Hong Kingston and John Dos Passos...
1937) Out of Africa (1985 film) Happy Valley set Denys Finch Hatton BerylMarkham Bror von Blixen-Finecke Elkins, Caroline (2005). Imperial Reckoning:...
Gray 1987 At Mother's Request Frances Schreuder 1988 BerylMarkham: A Shadow on the Sun BerylMarkham 1993 Hart to Hart Returns Jennifer Hart TV movie 1994...
often entertained in their mansion), writer Evelyn Waugh and aviator BerylMarkham. Preston was a scandalous presence among the Happy Valley set, noted...
Bird, Emma Rowena Gatewood, Claire Marie Hodges, Mina Benson Hubbard, BerylMarkham, Freya Stark, Margaret Murie, Celia Hunter, Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest...
Death in Canaan Yes No TV Movie 1986 Penalty Phase Yes No TV Movie 1988 BerylMarkham: A Shadow on the Sun Yes No TV Movie 1990 The Phantom of the Opera Yes...
The Story of the Winged-S 1939 Richard Hillary The Last Enemy 1940 BerylMarkham West with the Night 1942 Ted W. Lawson Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1943...
Richard Jenko 6 episodes 1988 Little Girl Lost Tim Brady TV movie 1988 BerylMarkham: A Shadow on the Sun Raoul Schumacher TV movie 1988 Tucker: The Man...
his romantic interest, Emma Fitzgerald, an aviator who is modelled on BerylMarkham. The series was a joint production between Carlton Productions and WGBH...
Peter Matthiessen West with the Night (1942), African memoir by aviator BerylMarkham Burmese Days, a 1934 novel by George Orwell; several associates of Flory...
Benji Ronald The Disappearance Jefferies Stigma Peter TV film 1988 BerylMarkham: A Shadow on the Sun Lord Jack Carberry TV film 1989 Try This One for...
but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die. — West with the Night, BerylMarkham Philosophy portal Psychology portal List of fallacies – List of faulty...
and the first person to fly solo from England to North America, was BerylMarkham. She wrote about her adventures in her memoir, West with the Night....
Whipping" 1988 The Woman He Loved Betty Lawson-Johnson TV film 1988 BerylMarkham: A Shadow on the Sun Nurse Graham TV film 1989 Shadow of the Noose Mrs...
Dinesen) was a friend of members of the group, and writer and pilot BerylMarkham associated frequently with the Happy Valley set.[citation needed] Oserian...
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