P.C.B. Newington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1888
Place of Birth: Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 15-May-1964
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About P.C.B. Newington
- Philip Campbell Beatson Newington (1888 – 1964) was the author of a cookery book celebrating Malaysian food, something he conceived while starving as a prisoner of war at the Sime Road Camp in Singapore between 1942 and 1945.
- During his incarceration, Newington founded a Gourmet Club, Good Food, for him and his fellow prisoners; the Club celebrated, in precise detail, cooking and eating imaginary meals.
- A book of his experience and the recipes remembered and created, Good Food, was published in 1947.
- Always curious of the culture of his adopted home he was, before and after World War II, a contributor to journals on his experiences of local customs.
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