About J. B. Emtage
Lived 1902 – 1995 (aged 93). J. B. Emtage was a cricketer and writer.
James Bernard De Courcey Emtage (14 February 1902 – 12 August 1995) was a Barbadian writer, who published as J. B. Emtage. He was also a cricketer, who played in one first-class match for the Barbados cricket team in 1921/22.
Life Emtage was educated at The Lodge School in Barbados, and Magdalen College, Oxford. He married Laurence May Briggs Clarke.
Works Ski Fever. London: Methuen & Co, 1936. With pictures by Lewis Baumer. Brown Sugar: a vestigial tale. London: Collins, 1966. Foolscap and Bells. Bognor Regis: New Horizon, 1982. Miss Cheevus: Polemical Novel. Moving Finger Books, 1993.
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Who was J. B. Emtage?
Barbadian writer and cricketer
When was J. B. Emtage born?
J. B. Emtage was born on 14 February 1902 in Saint John.
When did J. B. Emtage die?
J. B. Emtage died on 12 August 1995 in Essex.
What was J. B. Emtage's occupation?
J. B. Emtage was a cricketer and writer.
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