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On 3rd March 1912 Kathleen Woodward was born at Edgbaston, Warwickshire.
In October 1914 or on 5th December 1914 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 23) and Anaïs Melisande Folin were married in Chelsea. She became his model for most of his early etchings of young womanhood from 1920 till 1934.
In 1928 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 37) was appointed Visitor to the Royal Academy Schools. It was at this time that he met the sixteen-year-old artist's life model Kathleen Woodward (age 15) who he named Dorette.
1932. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 41). "Adolescence". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 19).
1934. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 43). "Jeunesse Dorée (Gilded Youth)". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 21). Painted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was bought for £1000 by William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme (age 45), for his Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] on the very first day of the show.
Around 1935. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 44). "Dorette". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 22).
In 1937 Kathleen Woodward (age 24) gave an interview to the Sunday Express in which she described her relationship with [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 46).
In August 1939 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 48) and Kathleen Woodward (age 27) moved to America. They lived at Franklin Lakes New Jersey.
On 12th April 1940 [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 49) and Anaïs Melisande Folin were divorced.
1942. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 51). "Ophelia". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 29).
1942. [her future husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 51). Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 29).
In 1947 Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 56) and Kathleen Woodward (age 34) were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.
Before 1978 [her husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 87). "Dorinda". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward (age 65).
On 4th May 1978 [her husband] Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (age 87) died at Franklin Lakes New Jersey.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 23rd April 1995 Kathleen Woodward (age 83) died at Ridgewood Village, Bergen, New Jersey, USA.