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Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville, (1881-1975), Knight, author

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Surname: Wodehouse
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Pelham Grenville
Gender: Male
Date: 1881-1975
History: Writer. Author of comic tales, his well known characters including Jeeves & Bertie Wooster. Interned by the Germans in 1940. Made a radio broadcast from Berlin. Under threat of arrest in Britain for some time thereafter.
Biography: ODNB link for Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (1881-1975) Knight Author
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P275602 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P144480 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1913-1983: The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
The National Archives, Kew
KV 2
2
corresp and literary papers
Dulwich College Archive
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
3
1953-1974: correspondence with Peter Schwed (1911-2003), American editor, editorial chairman and a trade book publisher for publishing company Simon & Schuster
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 89426
See Annual Return 2020