Ian Angus (1926 – 30 October 2022) was a British librarian and a scholar on

George Orwell Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitar ...

Life

Once the Librarian at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

, while Deputy Librarian at

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, in 1968 Angus edited, with

Sonia Orwell Sonia Mary Brownell (25 August 1918 – 11 December 1980), better known as Sonia Orwell, was the second wife of writer George Orwell. Sonia is believed to be the model for Julia, the heroine of ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''. Sonia collaborated with ...

, Orwell's ''Collected Journalism, Essays and Letters'', published by

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. While at University College, he helped set up the Orwell Archive. In 1976 he became the second husband of the ceramics artist

Ann Stokes Ann Stokes or Ann Mellis (21 September 1922 – 21 April 2014) was a British and Scottish-born ceramic artist. Life Stokes was born on the east coast of Scotland at Gullane in 1922. She was born at the manse as her father was a Reverend. In 1 ...

. Ann had a second studio in Italy where they spent time with Ian tending to their olive trees. The marriage was said to be happy. Angus later assisted

Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan ...

and Sheila Davison in editing the 20-volume work, ''The Complete Works of George Orwell'' (Secker and Warburg). Angus died on 30 October 2022, at the age of 96.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Angus, Ian 1926 births 2022 deaths British librarians George Orwell People associated with King's College London