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Article: Jack Simmons.(historian of British railways)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
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- History Today
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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JACK SIMMONS, WHO DIED peacefully in September aged eighty-five, was a leading historian of British railways, for which he was belatedly honoured with the OBE in 1999. His railway publications capture the railways' historical importance, showing how their development reflected and affected Victorian Britain; and they are written with rare vitality. These qualities arose partly from a fascination which began in childhood and retained its hold throughout life.
Simmons published his first articles as a schoolboy in the early 1930s, and wrote numerous books in later life, including The Railways of Britain: An Historical Introduction (1961), St Pancras Station (1968), ...
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