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Peter Ackroyd

Peter Ackroyd is an English biographer, novelist and critic with a particular interest in the history and culture of London. For his novels about English history and culture and his biographies of, among others, William Blake, Charles Dickens, T. S. Eliot and Sir Thomas More, he won the Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards. He is noted for the volume of work he has produced, the range of styles therein, his skill at assuming different voices and the depth of his research. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2003. - Wikipedia

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Born 5 October 1949

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English author

Born 5 October 1949
Subjects
Fiction, History, Juvenile literature, Biography, London (england), fiction, Astronautics, England, fiction, Exploration, Exploration of outer space, American Poets, Civilization, English Novelists, English Poets, English fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Homes and haunts, Social life and customs, Archaeologists, Astronautics, juvenile literature, Blake, william, 1757-1827, Critics, Dickens, charles, 1812-1870, Excavations (Archaeology), Fathers and sons, Fiction, fantasy, general
Places
England, London (England), London, Great Britain, Outer space, United States, Central America, Clerkenwell (London, England), Earth, Egypt, Londres (Angleterre), Londres (GB), Londres (Grande-Bretagne), Londyn, Londyn (Wielka Brytania), Paris, Rome, South America, Wielka Brytania
People
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), Ezra Pound (1885-1972), Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), William Blake (1757-1827), John Dee (1527-1608), T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), Thomas Chatterton
Time
19th century, 20th century, 18th century, To 1806, To 1821, To 332 B.C., origines

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
July 25, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar Author Bio
October 9, 2014 Edited by KirstinM added Wikipedia link
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import