Auberon Waugh

Auberon Alexander Waugh (November 17, 1939–January 16, 2001) was a British author and journalist.

Life and career

Auberon Alexander Waugh, known as Bron by friends and family, was the second child and first son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh and his wife Laura. Born just as war broke out, he hardly saw his father until he was five. He was educated at Downside School in Somerset before beginning a degree at Christ Church, Oxford. However, he was rusticated (suspended for unsatisfactory performance) by the academic authorities, and chose not to return to the university, preferring to make an early start in journalism.

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Novelist - Evelyn Waugh - Downside School - Somerset - Christ Church - Oxford

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During his National Service he was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards and served in Cyprus, where he was almost killed in a machine gun accident. Annoyed by a fault in the machine gun on his armoured car, he seized the end of the barrel and shook it, acidentally triggering the mechanism so that the gun fired several bullets through his chest. As a result of his injuries, he lost his spleen, one lung, several ribs, and a finger, and suffered from pain and recurring infections for the rest of his life. While recuperating from the accident in Italy, he began his first novel, The Foxglove Saga.

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National Service - Cyprus - Machine gun - Bullet - Spleen - Lung - Pain - Italy

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