Biographer, editor and critic. Wife of the painter Michael Noakes. She wrote a notable biography of Edward Lear and was a leading scholar of the war poet Isaac Rosenberg.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Vivien Noakes
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