Early Life and Education: 1916: Gabriel Fielding born Alan Gabriel Barnsley in Hexham, Northumberland, England. His father George was an Anglican vicar and his mother, Katherine Fielding Barnsley, was a descendant of the novelist Henry Fielding. 1925-1929: Secondary education started at the now defunct Grange School in Eastborne. 1929-1932: Attended St. Edward's School, Oxford. 1933: Attended Faircourt Academy, Eastborne. 1934: Attended Llangefni County School, Anglesey, Wales. 1935-1940: Received Bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College, Dublin, with prizes in Anatomy and Biology. 1938/39: Won Silver Medal for Oratory, University of Dublin Philosophical Society 1941-1942: Completed Medical Studies at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London; earned membership (1942) in the Royal College of Surgeons (England) and Licentiate in the Royal College of Physicans (London). WW2 and Medical Practice: 1943: Joined RAMC May 1943 as Lieutenant. Married Edwina Eleanor Cook, October 30; 1944: Commissioned as 'Captain' in RAMC. 1946: Left the Royal Army Medical Corps. b. son Michael Fielding Barnsley- Folkestone, Kent 1948: Began private practice in Maidstone, Kent, with two junior partners. Began his duties as a part-time medical officer in Her Majesty's Training Establishment (a prison) in Maidstone. b. son Jonathan Milne Barnsley- Maidstone, Kent The Writer Emerges: 1952: First book published in England: The Frog Prince and Other Poems. 1954: Brotherly Love (published in America in 1961). 1955: Twenty-Eight Poems (published in England only). 1956: In the Time of Greenbloom (published in America in 1957). b. son Mario Simon George Gabriel Barnsley-Maidstone, Kent 1957: b. daughter Felicity Anne Barnsley (Morris)- Maidstone, Kent 1958: Eight Days (published in America in 1959). 1960: Through Streets Broad and Narrow (published in America in 1960) b. daughter Mary Gabriel Elizabeth Barnsley (Vorenkamp)- Maidstone, Kent 1962: The Birthday King (published in America in 1963) 1962-1964: BBC radio contributor. 1963: Received the W.H. Smith Annual Award for The Birthday King for the 'most outstanding contribution to English Literature for 1963'. March 25, 1963: Guest appearance on 'The Merv Griffin Show' 1964: Awarded the Thomas More Gold Medal for The Birthday King, cited as 'the most distinguished contribution to Catholic literature in 1963'. Travelled to Egypt with Edwina. Dec 10th, 1964: Completed screenplay for 'Queen Nefertiti- A Treatment' Washington State: 1966: Came to W.S.U. (Washington State University) in Pullman, Washington as 'Author in Residence" for 1 year, leaving busy medical practice in Maidstone, Kent, England. Gentlemen in Their Season (published in America and England the same year) Appeared on 'The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson' May 12. 1967: Honorary Doctorate of Literature (Litt.D.), Gonzaga University, May 28. Accepted tenure at W.S.U. and became full time Professor of English. Left his Medical practice for good. 1972: New Queens for Old: A Novella and Nine Stories (Published in America the same year).Received the Washington State Governor's Writers Award for this book. 1979: Pretty Doll Houses (Hutchinson, London) 1981: Retired from W.S.U. Honored as 'Outstanding Professor WSU 1981'. 1983: In the Time of Greenbloom (reprinted by University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Fiction) 1985: The Birthday King (reprinted by University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Fiction) 1986: Through Streets Broad and Narrow ( reprinted by University of Chicago Press, Phoenix Fiction) The Women of Guinea Lane (published by Hutchinson, London). Alan Gabriel Barnsley dies at age 70 on November 27, in Bellevue Washington. Afterwards: 2013: Pretty Doll Houses, The Birthday King and In the Time of Greenbloom become available worldwide, as digital books through Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2014: Through Street Broad and Narrow becomes available worldwide, in digital format, through Bloomsbury Publishing, London 2016: Brotherly Love, Eight Days, and Gentlemen In Their Season become available worldwide, in digital format, through PFD Publishers in the Amazon Kindle shop. 2016: "Brothers at War" centeneray celebration article by Paul Binding, on the works of Gabriel Fielding, appears in Time Literary Supplement. 2023: Searching Brightness, The achievement of Gabriel Fielding by Paul Binding is published in UK.