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) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to a ...

Life

Once the Librarian at

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, while Deputy Librarian at

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, in 1968 Angus edited, with Sonia Orwell, 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 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

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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 20th-century British librarians George Orwell People associated with King's College London