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Roald Dahl

Male 1916 - 1990  (74 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Roald Dahl 
    Birth 13 Sep 1916  Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Prominent People Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 Nov 1990  Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I373137  Geneagraphie
    Links To This person is also Roald Dahl at Wikipedia 
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2002 

    Father Harald Dahl   d. Mar 1920 
    Mother Sophia   d. 17 Nov 1967 
    Family ID F148167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Living 
    Children 
     1. Olivia Dahl,   b. 20 Apr 1955   d. 17 Nov 1962 (Age 7 years)
    +2. Living
     3. Theo Dahl,   b. Aug 1960   d. Dec 1960 (Age 0 years)
     4. Living
     5. Living
    Family ID F147958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2002 

    Family 2 Felicity Crosland 
    Marriage 1983 
    Family ID F147957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Apr 2002 

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  • Notes 
    • Parents were Norwegian
      famous children's, short story, and screen writer. Born to parents from Norway in Wales, he attended English schools, but never went to college, opting to go work for the Shell Oil Company. He worked there for a few years, but when WWII started, he joined the RAF. As Assitant Air Attache in Washington D.C., he became a writer, and that was his job for the rest of his life. He wrote 2 novels, 2 autobiogrophies, 19 children's books, and wrote many short story collections, the most notable being Kiss Kiss(1959) and Switch Bitch(1974).



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