Trekkie Ritchie Parsons was an English artist and lithographer, perhaps best known as the lover of Leonard Woolf after his wife Virginia's death.
11 Facts About Trekkie Parsons
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Trekkie Ritchie Parsons was born Marjorie Tulip Ritchie, in 1902 in Durban, Colony of Natal.
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Trekkie Parsons studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London.
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In 1917, the family came to England, and Trekkie Parsons attended school at Tunbridge Wells before entering, in 1920, the Slade School of Fine Art, to study with Philip Steer and Henry Tonks.
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Trekkie Parsons illustrated, and designed the cover for, The Three Rings by Barbara Baker, and designed the cover for the British edition of Newbery Medal winner Johnny Tremain.
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Trekkie Parsons fell in love with Trekkie, and they began an unconventional relationship that lasted until his death in 1969.
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Trekkie Parsons often spent the week with Leonard and the weekend with her husband.
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Trekkie Parsons had holidays and acted as hostess for them both separately.
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Trekkie Parsons was Leonard's companion on trips to France, Greece, Israel, and Ceylon.
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Trekkie Parsons wrote many letters to Leonard when they were apart, published in 1974 as Love Letters: Leonard Woolf and Trekkie Ritchie Parsons.
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Trekkie Parsons died in 1995, at age 93, in Lewes, England.