Webb, G(odfrey) E(dward) C(harles)
WEBB, G(odfrey) E(dward) C(harles)
WEBB, G(odfrey) E(dward) C(harles). Also writes as Norman England, Charles Godfrey. British, b. 1914. Genres: Novels, Anthropology/Ethnology. Career: Civil Servant, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, 1936-75, now retired. Publications: Gypsies: The Secret People, 1960; Tom Hathaway, 1963; The Last Romani and the Permus Birdie, 1990. TALKING BOOK: Romani Ways, 1996. Died 2003.
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