Vivian De Gurr St George
Shoeblack; author; personality
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| Intro | Shoeblack; author; personality | |
| Places | India | |
| was | Author | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1893, Provinces of India, British Empire | |
| Death | June 1979London Borough of Camden, Greater London, London, United Kingdom (aged 86 years) |
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Vivian De Gurr St George (11 March 1895 – June 1979) was an English shoeblack who worked at Piccadilly Circus, London, England. 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.
He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 24 September 1954. He died in June 1979 at the age of 84 in Camden, London.