Dick Chipperfield

Richard Chipperfield (21 September 1904 – 3 March 1988) was an English circus animal trainer and circus owner, of the Chipperfield's Circus dynasty. Chipperfield was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, the son of Richard Chipperfield (8 April 1875 – 8 May 1959) and Emily Maud Seaton (16 August 1883 — 9 October 1974).

Chipperfield appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 3 August 1964.[1]

He died in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England at the aged 83.

Bibliography

  • —— (1963). My Friends the Animals. Souvenir Press.

References

  1. ↑ "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Dick Chipperfield". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 27 July 2014.


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