Cecil Langley Doughty (7 November 1913 – 26 October 1985) was a British comics artist and

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, best known for his work in the comic ''

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'' and the educational weekly '' Look and Learn''. His historical illustrations were used in a history book entitled 'Everyone's Story of Britain' (Sampson Low Publishers, 1966), where they pictured historical events in fascinating detail.

Life

Born in

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, East Riding of Yorkshire, Doughty trained at

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, his earliest work

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appearing in ''Knockout'' and ''

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'' in 1948. Doughty went on to draw ''Terry Brent'' for ''

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'' before finding his metier drawing historical strips for ''

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'', his first story adapting William Harrison Ainsworth's novel ''Windsor Castle'' followed by many stories featuring Robin Hood and

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. In the late 1950s he also drew for ''Express Weekly'' and the ''

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'', taking over the "Jack O'Lantern" strip in colour for eight months. In 1962, Doughty began producing illustrations in black & white and colour for ''Look and Learn''. He proved to be one of the paper's most successful historical illustrators, his work appearing over the full twenty-year history of the magazine. When ''Look and Learn'' closed in 1982, Doughty retired from commercial artwork to concentrate on landscapes. Already in his late sixties, Doughty held an exhibition of his paintings at Carmarthen, where he was then living. C. L. Doughty died at the age of 71.

External links

Look and Learn Magazine search for C. L. Doughty
1913 births 1985 deaths British comics artists English illustrators People from Withernsea Alumni of the University of Surrey {{UK-comics-creator-stub