Vera Brittain AKA Vera Mary Brittain Born: 29-Dec-1893 Birthplace: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England Died: 29-Mar-1970 Location of death: Wimbledon, England Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, St. James the Great Churchyard, Old Milverton, Warwickshire, England
Gender: Female Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Author Nationality: England Executive summary: Testament of Youth Brother: Edward Brittain (killed in action) Boyfriend: Roland Leighton (her fiancée, d. 23-Dec-1915 killed in action) Husband: Sir George Catlin (m. 1925) Daughter: Shirley Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (politician)
University: Somerville College, Oxford University
Author of books:
The Dark Tide (1923, novel) Testament of Youth (1933, memoir) Testament of Friendship (1940, memoir) Account Rendered (1945, novel) Testament of Experience (1957, memoir) Lady into Woman: A History of Women from Victoria to Elizabeth II (1953) Letters From a Lost Generation (1998)
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