L. T. C. Rolt
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"Tom Rolt" redirects here. For the locomotive of the same name, see Tom Rolt (locomotive). For the British official of the East India Company, President of Surat and Governor of Bombay from 1677 to 1681, see Thomas Rolt.
Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L. T. C. Rolt) (11 February 1910 – 9 May 1974[1][2]) was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering figures, including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. He is also regarded as one of the pioneers of the leisure cruising industry on Britain's inland waterways, and was an enthusiast for vintage cars and heritage railways. He played a pioneering role in both the canal and railway preservation movements.
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Born | Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt (1910-02-11)11 February 1910 Chester, England |
Died | 9 May 1974(1974-05-09) (aged 64) |
Resting place | Stanley Pontlarge |
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Nationality | British |
Education | Cheltenham College |
Period | 1944–1974 |
Genre | Industrial history, Biography, Ghost stories |
Subject | Railways, waterways, industrial history |
Notable works | Narrow Boat, Winterstoke (1954), Railway Adventure, Red for Danger, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Thomas Telford, George and Robert Stephenson, The Landscape Trilogy (autobiography) |
Notable awards | Hon MA Newcastle University, Hon MSc University of Bath |
Spouse | Angela Orred (1939–1951) Sonia Smith (1952–1974) |
Children | Richard (1953), Timothy (1955) |
Relatives | Lionel Rolt (father) |
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