Ludovic Kennedy
Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley Kennedy (born November 3, 1919 in Edinburgh , † October 18, 2009 in Salisbury ) was a British journalist and writer .
Kennedy became known for his research into closed cases such as the Lindbergh kidnapping and the convictions of Timothy Evans and Derek Bentley for murder, as well as for his role in abolishing the death penalty in the UK.
Kennedy was the first of four children of Royal Navy Captain Edward Coverley Kennedy (1879-1939) and his wife Rosalind Margaret Innes Grant. His father was killed in 1939 when the British auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi , of which he was in command, was sunk . He had three younger sisters, Morar, Edna and Katherine. Morar married the playwright Royce Ryton in 1954 ; Katherine married Major Ion Calvocoressi in 1947 .
Sir Ludovic Kennedy advocated Scottish independence . From 1950 until her death in 2006 he was married to the ballet dancer and actress Moira Shearer .
Prizes and awards
In 1985 Kennedy received an honorary doctorate from the University of Strathclyde .
In 1994 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor on the recommendation of the government of John Major ; the previous government of Margaret Thatcher had this honor prevented even by their veto.
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludovic Kennedy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Details of the HMS Rawalpindi , of which Edward Coverley was the captain of Kennedy Ludovic's father
- Obituary in the Daily Telegraph
- Ludovic Kennedy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ BBC: Ludovic dies. Retrieved February 19, 2012 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kennedy, Ludovic |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kennedy, Sir Ludovic Henry Coverley (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 2009 |
| Place of death | Salisbury |