Vivien Noakes

Writer

Vivien Noakes was a British biographer, editor, critic and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Born Vivien Mary Langley, the daughter of noted aeronautical engineer, Marcus Langley, Vivien was educated at Dunottar School, leaving once she had completed her A-levels.

It was not until later in life that she completed her degree at Oxford, becoming an expert on Edward Lear and the literature of World War I, leading to her roles as a lecturer at Harvard and Yale.