Fay Weldon Fay Weldon Fay Weldon CBE FRSL (born 22 September 1931) is an English author, essayist, feminist and playwright. Weldon was born Franklin Birkinshaw in Birmingham, England, to a literary family, with both her maternal grandfather, Edgar Jepson (1863–1938), and her mother Margaret writing novels (the latter under the nom de plume Pearl Bellairs, from the name of a character in Aldous Huxley's short story "Farcical History of Richard Greenow"). Weldon spent her early years in Christchurch, New Zealand, where her father worked as a doctor. After her parents divorced, when she was six, she and her sister Jane spent the
William Birkinshaw Wilkinson Tobacco Auxiliary (South Australian division) of the Australian Comforts' Fund. He died at his home at 61 Molesworth Street, North Adelaide. Wilkinson Lane, Beulah Park was named for him (his company subdivided part of section 288 in 1914). On 4 August 1886 W. B. Wilkinson married Emily Jane Mathilde "Lily" Peterswald, a daughter of William John Peterswald (ca.1829 – 30 August 1896), ex-Commissioner of Police. Among their children were: William Birkinshaw Wilkinson William Birkinshaw Wilkinson (23 May 1854 – 11 January 1927) was a member of the Royal Geographical Society. Born and educated in England, W. B. Wilkinson emigrated from