Atkins, Evelyn (c. 1910–1997)
Atkins, Evelyn (c. 1910–1997)
English writer. Born c. 1910; died 1997 in Cornwall, England; dau. of a merchant seaman; sister of Babs Atkins.
Was head of personnel at ICI, then took up pottery; with sister, lived and owned St. George's Island (also known as Looe Island) off the coast at West Looe in southeast Cornwall for 35 years; wrote We Bought an Island (1976) and Tales from our Cornish Island (1986).
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