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Michael Sedgwick | Michael C. Sedgwick (1926-1983) was a British motoring writer. | ||
Michael Sedgwick was educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi, Oxford. | |||
He started writing on motoring subjects in 1959 when he became an assistant editor of 'Veteran & Vintage' magazine. For much of that time he held the appointment of curator of the then Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu now the [[National Motor Museum]]. He also created the museum's library master index and began writing books in his own name. | |||
In addition, he did much of the extensive research for major works by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on the subject of 'Jaguar Cars', 'Rolls of Rolls-Royce', 'The Gordon Bennett Races' and the three- volume set, 'Lost Causes of Motoring'. | |||
Michael resigned his museum post in 1966 to give more time to writing, albeit he retained links with the Montagu Motor Museum as Director of Research and as a member of the Advisory Council of the museum at Beaulieu. | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_C._Sedgwick Wikipedia] | |||
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[[Category: Biography]] | [[Category: Biography]] | ||
[[Category: Biography - Automotive]] | [[Category: Biography - Automotive]] | ||
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Revision as of 13:32, 10 December 2019
Michael C. Sedgwick (1926-1983) was a British motoring writer.
Michael Sedgwick was educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi, Oxford.
He started writing on motoring subjects in 1959 when he became an assistant editor of 'Veteran & Vintage' magazine. For much of that time he held the appointment of curator of the then Montagu Motor Museum at Beaulieu now the National Motor Museum. He also created the museum's library master index and began writing books in his own name.
In addition, he did much of the extensive research for major works by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu on the subject of 'Jaguar Cars', 'Rolls of Rolls-Royce', 'The Gordon Bennett Races' and the three- volume set, 'Lost Causes of Motoring'.
Michael resigned his museum post in 1966 to give more time to writing, albeit he retained links with the Montagu Motor Museum as Director of Research and as a member of the Advisory Council of the museum at Beaulieu.