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] Spokes-Symonds chaired Age Concern England from 1983 to 1986.[6] She made a donation towards a statue of Alfred Russel Wallace which has been erected at the Natural History Museum.[7] She married the United Nations official and historian Richard Symonds (1918-2006) in 1980.[8][9]

Books

Spokes-Symonds' books include:[10]

  • 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

  1. ↑ This is Oxfordshire
  2. ↑ "symonds". symonds. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  3. 1 2 "Trustees - About Us - Oxford Preservation Trust". www.oxfordpreservation.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  4. ↑ Oxford Preservation Trust website
  5. ↑ "More about us". ocva. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  6. ↑ "Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action - about us". Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action. Archived from the original on 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. ↑ Wallace Fund website
  8. ↑ The Telegraph
  9. ↑ Obituary of Richard Symonds
  10. ↑ Amazon


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