Ann Spokes Symonds
Ann Spokes-Symonds is an author and former Lord Mayor of Oxford. Spokes, later Mrs Ann Spokes-Symonds, was born in 1925, the daughter of Peter Spokes and Lilla Clayton. Her father founded the Museum of Oxford in 1974.[1] She is a writer on the history of Oxford. She entered St Anne's College, Oxford in 1944, where she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics;[2] she now holds a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford.[3] She is a trustee of the Oxford Preservation Trust, having first become a trustee in 1959.[4] She served as Lord Mayor of Oxford in 1976/77 and also as the Chairman of Oxfordshire County Council 1981-1983.[3][5] She made a donation towards a statue of Alfred Russel Wallace which has been erected at the Natural History Museum.[6] She married the United Nations official and historian Richard Symonds (1918-2006) in 1980.[7][8]
Books
Spokes-Symonds' books include:[9]
- The Origins of Oxford Street Names (with Nigel Morgan)
- Changing Faces of Iffley
- The Changing Faces of Wolvercote with Wytham and Godstow
- Also-Rans: The Injustice of History
- The Changing Faces of North Oxford; Books I & II
- Storks, Black Bags & Gooseberry Bushes
- The Changing Faces of Rose Hill
- The Changing Faces of Summertown and Cutteslowe; Books I & II (with Christopher Nichols)
- Celebrating Age: An Anthology
- Follow Me: A Dog's View of the Gospel Story (with Richard Symonds)
References
- ↑ This is Oxfordshire
- ↑ "symonds". symonds. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- 1 2 "Trustees - About Us - Oxford Preservation Trust". www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ↑ Oxford Preservation Trust website
- ↑ "More about us". ocva. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ↑ Wallace Fund website
- ↑ The Telegraph
- ↑ Obituary of Richard Symonds
- ↑ Amazon