Person DS/UK/283 Duncan; Ronald Frederick Henry (1914-1982); author, poet and librettist Duncan Ronald Frederick Henry 1914-1982 author, poet and librettist Male DS/UK/289 Born Salisbury, Rhodesia 1914. Died Bideford, North Devon 1982

Lived in Salisbury, Rhodesia 1914. Moved to London in 1914 before attending Downing College, Cambridge 1933-1936. From 1937 West Mill, Welcombe, North Devon was his main residence.

author, poet and librettist Married to Rose Marie Duncan. Daughter Briony Lawson (nee Duncan) and Son Roger Duncan. Father Reginald Dunkelsbuhler and Mother Ethel Dunkelsbuhler (nee Cannon, later angliscised to Duncan). Sister Bianca Duncan. See http://specialcollectionsarchive.exeter.ac.uk/exhibits/show/ronaldduncan/family <accessed 30/10/2019> for full family Taken from Ronald Duncan's autobiographies and biography of Ronald Duncan compiled by Duncan family and the Ronald Duncan Literary Foundation International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Cw637 01/08/2017 Cw637 15/11/2019 64e46a51-bedb-4c99-a2a3-953dee6332e9