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Roger Windle Pilkington (7 January 1915 – 5 May 2003) was a British writer and biologist. He is best-known for his 20-volume Small Boat series, recounting trips along Europe's inland waterways in an Admiral's Barge, which he had converted into a sea going cabin cruiser, named "Commodore".[1][2][3] In 1992 he wrote about his crossing the Atlantic in the airship Hindenburg.[4]

Roger Windle Pilkington
Born(1915-01-17)17 January 1915
Lancashire, U.K.
Died5 May 2003(2003-05-05) (aged 88)
London, U.K.
EducationUniversity of Cambridge
SpouseIngrid Geijer

Bibliography



Small Boat series



Other works



References


  1. "Roger Pilkington, British Author, 88". The New York Times. 24 May 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. "Roger Pilkington, 88; Wrote Series of Books on Boating in Europe". The Los Angeles Times. 27 May 2003. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. "Pilkington, Roger". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. "Across the Atlantic on the Hindenburg". Air & Space Magazine. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.





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