David Watmough, Date of Birth, Date of Death

David Watmough

Canadian writer

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1926

Date of Death: 04-Aug-2017

Profession: playwright, novelist, autobiographer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Leo

David Arthur Watmough (August 17, 1926 - August 4, 2017) was a Canadian playwright, short story writer and novelist. Watmough was born in London, England, and attended King's College London.
He has worked as a reporter (the Cornish Guardian, a 'Talks Producer' (BBC Third Programme) and an editor (Ace Books).
He immigrated to Canada in 1960, to Kitsilano in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he lived for 40 years with his partner, ex-Californian Floyd St.
Clair (1930–2009), an opera critic and, from 1963 till his retirement in 1996, a University of British Columbia French professor.
He became a Canadian citizen in 1967.Watmough lived from 2004 to 2009 in Boundary Bay and before his death had been living at Crofton Manor, a Vancouver assisted-living facility. In 2008 he published his autobiography, "Myself Through Others: Memoirs".