Doreen Yarwood

Doreen Yarwood, née Cawthra (1919-1999) was an English historian of clothing, interiors and architecture.

Life

Doreen Cawthra was born in Yorkshire on 12 December 1919, the daughter of the sculptor Hermon Cawthra.^[1] Trained in art and design, she lectured at several institutions, including in the Women's Royal Air Force. In 1948 she became a full-time writer. She was an extramural lecturer at Sussex University, the University of Surrey, and London University.^[2]

She was married to the physicist John Yarwood (1913-1987).^[3] After his retirement they moved to East Grinstead, where she played an active role in the East Grinstead Society.^[1]

She died on 19 July 1999 at Crawley Hospital.^[3]

Works

• English Costume from the second century B.C. to 1950, with introductory chapters on the ancient civilisations. London: B.T. Batsford, 1952. 5th ed. 1979.
• The English Home: a thousand years of furnishing and decoration. London: Batsford, 1956.
• The Architecture of England: from prehistoric times to the present day. London: B. T. Batsford, 1963. 2nd ed., 1967.
• Outline of English Architecture. London: B.T. Batsford, 1965, 1977
• English Houses, 1966
• Outline of English Costume. London : B.T. Batsford, 1967.
• The Architecture of Italy. London: Chatto & Windus, 1969.
• Robert Adam. London: Dent, 1970
• The Architecture of Europe. 4 vols. New York: Hastings House, 1974. 3rd ed. 1987.
• European Costume: 4000 years of fashion. London: B. T. Batsford, 1975.
• The Architecture of Britain, B. T. Batsford: London, 1976. 3rd ed. 1980.
• The Encyclopedia of World Costume. New York: Scribner, 1978. 3rd ed. 1988.
• Costume of the Western World: pictorial guide and glossary. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
• The British Kitchen, 1981
• Five Hundred Years of Technology in the Home. London: B.T. Batsford, 1983.
• English Interiors: pictorial guide and glossary. Guildford, Surrey: Lutterworth Press, 1983.
• Encyclopaedia of Architecture. London: B.T. Batsford, 1985.
• A Chronology of Western Architecture. London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1987.
• Science and the Home, 1987
• The Architecture of Europe: 19th and 20th Centuries, 1991
• Fashion in the Western World, 1500-1990. London: B.T. Batsford, 1992.
• The Architecture of Europe, 3000 BC to 1992. 4 vols., 1992.

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