Data compiled primarily from Douglas Patey’s The Life of Evelyn Waugh: A Critical Biography. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 1998.
| 1910 | Waugh begins studying at Heath Mount prep school 1910 |
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| 1917 | Waugh, “In Defense of Cubism” 1917 |
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| 1921 | Waugh, “The Youngest Generation” 1921 |
| 1922 | Waugh begins studying at Hertford College, Oxford January 1922 |
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| 1924 | After achieving a third-class degree from Oxford, Waugh leaves without taking his degree 1924 |
| 1925 | Waugh begins teaching at Arnold House School in Wales 1925 Waugh attempts to drown himself, but fails when he is stung by a jellyfish and retreats to the shore 1925 |
| 1926 | Waugh, “The Balance” 1926 Waugh, P.R.B. 1926 |
| 1927 | Waugh meets Evelyn Gardner 1927 |
| 1928 | Waugh marries Evelyn Gardner 1928 Waugh, Rossetti 1928 Waugh, Decline and Fall 1928 |
| 1929 | Waugh, “The War and the Younger Generation” 1929 |
| 1930 | Waugh divorces his wife, travels to Africa, and converts to Roman Catholicism 1930 Waugh, Vile Bodies 1930 Waugh, “Converted to Rome” 1930 Waugh, Labels 1930 Waugh, “Ethiopia Today” 1930 |
| 1931 | Waugh, Remote People 1931 |
| 1932 | Waugh, “Why Glorify Youth?” 1932 Waugh, Black Mischief 1932 |
| 1933 | Waugh, “An Open Letter to the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster” 1933 Waugh, “Out of Depth” 1933 |
| 1934 | Waugh, Ninety-Two Days 1934 Waugh, A Handful of Dust 1934 |
| 1935 | Waugh, Edmund Campion 1935 |
| 1936 | Waugh, Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing 1936 Waugh, Waugh in Abyssinia 1936 |
| 1937 | Waugh marries Laura Herbert and moves to Gloucestershire 1937 |
| 1938 | Daughter, Teresa, is born 1938 Waugh, Scoop 1938 |
| 1939 | Son, Auberon, is born 1939 Waugh is accepted into the armed forces 1939 Waugh, Robbery Under Law 1939 |
| 1940 | Daughter, Mary, is born and dies 1940 |
| 1941 | Waugh, “Commando Raid on Bardia” 1941 |
| 1942 | Waugh, Put Out More Flags 1942 Waugh, Work Suspended 1942 |
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| 1945 | Waugh returns to London after leaving the army 1945 Waugh, Brideshead Revisited 1945 |
| 1946 | Waugh, When the Going Was Good 1946 |
| 1947 | Waugh visits the United States 1947 Waugh, Scott-King’s Modern Europe 1947 |
| 1948 | Waugh, The Loved One 1948 |
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| 1950 | Son, Septimus, is born 1950 Waugh, Helena 1950 |
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| 1952 | Waugh, Men at Arms 1952 |
| 1953 | Waugh, Love Among the Ruins 1953 |
| 1954 | Waugh suffers a mental breakdown while traveling to Ceylon 1954 |
| 1955 | Waugh, Officers and Gentlemen 1955 |
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| 1957 | Waugh, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold 1957 |
| 1958 | Waugh travels in Africa again 1958 |
| 1959 | Waugh, Life of Ronald Knox 1959 |
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| 1961 | Waugh, Unconditional Surrender 1961 |
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| 1963 | Waugh, Basil Seal Rides Again 1963 |
| 1964 | Waugh, A Little Learning 1964 |
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| 1966 | Waugh dies April 10, 1966 |