Vivian De Gurr St George Explained

Vivian De Gurr St George
Birth Date:11 March 1895
Birth Place:British India
Death Date:June 1979 (aged 84)
Death Place:Camden, London, England

Vivian De Gurr St George (11 March 1895 – June 1979) was an English shoeblack who worked at Piccadilly Circus, London, England.[1] He became well-known though the publication of his autobiography, St. George of Piccadilly, in 1953, and his radio appearances.

Educated at a private school, he left home as a teenager, and travelled the world, returning with a wife, Consuelo (a nurse), and family, before setting up as a shoeblack.[2]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 24 September 1954.[3] He died in June 1979 at the age of 84 in Camden, London.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: You can't tip this boot black. Oct 13, 1957. Sydney Morning Herald. 25 July 2014.
  2. Book: St. George, Marie Elyse. Once in a Blue Moon: An Artist's Life. 28 May 2016. 2006. Coteau Books. 9781550503388. 159–.
  3. Web site: Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Vivian De Gurr St George . . BBC . 25 July 2014.
  4. https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7579&h=46062789&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OzZ3527&_phstart=successSource Vivian De Gurr St George in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007