Lawrence Earl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lawrence Earl

Canadian writer

Date of Birth: 29-Apr-1915

Place of Birth: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Date of Death: 05-Apr-2005

Profession: photographer, photojournalist, novelist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Lawrence Earl

  • Lawrence Earl (April 29, 1915 – April 5, 2005), born Lawrence Earl Weizel, was a Canadian photojournalist and author of several books.
  • He is best known for Yangtse Incident, which was adapted into the 1957 film Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S.
  • Amethyst, and The Battle of Baltinglass, which won the 1953 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.Born and raised in Saint John, New Brunswick, Earl worked as a journalist for the Montreal Standard, including a stint as a war correspondent and photojournalist in Europe during World War II.
  • While working for the Standard, he met and married Jane Armstrong, who was herself one of Canada's first female war correspondents.
  • In 1948, he published a photo essay, "Mending Dikes in the Netherlands", in National Geographic, and his photo of Queen Juliana was the model for a painting used on the cover of TIME.
  • He wrote many articles for the British magazine Illustrated; and was a writer and editor for "John Bull".
  • He and Jane resided in London, England for 50 years, but often returned to Grand Bay–Westfield near Saint John in the summers.While living in London, Earl published both novels and non-fiction books, including Yangtse Incident (1950), The Battle of Baltinglass (1952), Crocodile Fever (1954), The Frozen Jungle (1955), She Loved a Wicked City (1962), The Riddle of a Haunted River (1962) and Risk (1969). Following his wife Jane's death, Earl created the Jane Armstrong Earl Fund through the Greater Saint John Community Foundation.
  • He received an honorary doctorate from the University of New Brunswick in 2001.He died on April 5, 2005 in Saint John.

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