Norman F. Ellison | |
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Born | 1893 |
Died | 1976 (aged 82–83) |
Career | |
Show | Children's Hour |
Station | Home Service |
Network | BBC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Norman F. Ellison (1893–1976) was an English radio presenter and author who made radio programmes about nature and the countryside for the BBC's Children's Hour, [1] under the pseudonym Nomad the Naturalist, and wrote on the same subjects both as Nomad and in his own name.
Born in Liverpool in 1893, [2] he signed up as a private in the 1/6thn ( Liverpool Rifles) Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, [3] at the outbreak of World War I, [2] and served in the trenches in Belgium. [2] He saw action on The Somme [3] and at Flanders [3] but was discharged in 1917 [3] suffering from trench foot. [3] His war diaries were published in 1997.
In later life, he lived at West Kirby, [4] on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. [1] He and Eric Hosking would watch birds together at Hilbre Island. [4] Six of his books were illustrated by his friend Charles Tunnicliffe. [1]
(Both include photographs of Ellison)
Norman F. Ellison | |
---|---|
Born | 1893 |
Died | 1976 (aged 82–83) |
Career | |
Show | Children's Hour |
Station | Home Service |
Network | BBC |
Country | United Kingdom |
Norman F. Ellison (1893–1976) was an English radio presenter and author who made radio programmes about nature and the countryside for the BBC's Children's Hour, [1] under the pseudonym Nomad the Naturalist, and wrote on the same subjects both as Nomad and in his own name.
Born in Liverpool in 1893, [2] he signed up as a private in the 1/6thn ( Liverpool Rifles) Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment, [3] at the outbreak of World War I, [2] and served in the trenches in Belgium. [2] He saw action on The Somme [3] and at Flanders [3] but was discharged in 1917 [3] suffering from trench foot. [3] His war diaries were published in 1997.
In later life, he lived at West Kirby, [4] on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire. [1] He and Eric Hosking would watch birds together at Hilbre Island. [4] Six of his books were illustrated by his friend Charles Tunnicliffe. [1]
(Both include photographs of Ellison)