Charles Percy Snow was born in Leicester and educated at the Leicestershire and Rutland College (now the University of Leicester) and the University of Cambridge, where he became a Fellow of Christ's College in 1930. His first novel, Death Under Sail, was published in 1932. He was technical director of the Ministry of Labour from 1940-1944; he was civil service commissioner from 1945-1960; he was Rector of the University of St. Andrews from 1961-1964; and he was parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Technology from 1964-1966. In 1950 he married novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson. He was knighted in 1957 and made Baron Snow of the City of Leicester in 1964. He wrote over 25 books.
C. P. Snow
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English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)
Born | 15 October 1905 |
Died | 1 July 1980 |
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C. P. Snow
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English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)
Born | 15 October 1905 |
Died | 1 July 1980 |
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Fiction, Fiction, general, Science and the humanities, Fiction in English, Fiction, political, Biography, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), English fiction, Social conditions, Social life and customs, English Novelists, Great britain, fiction, Trollope, anthony, 1815-1882, Authors, biography, Authors, english, Cherwell, frederick alexander lindemann, viscount, 1886-1957, England, fiction, Fathers and sons, Fiction, romance, general, Science, Science and state, Science and state, great britain, Tizard, henry thomas, sir, 1885-1959, Children's fiction, Detective and mystery storiesPeople
Frederick Alexander Lindemann Cherwell Viscount (1886-1957), Henry Thomas Tizard Sir (1885-1959), Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), Richard Aldington (1892-1962), C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 Snow, C. P. Snow (1905-), Frederick Alexander Lindemann Viscount Cherwell (1886-1957), Frederick Alexander Lindemann, viscount Cherwell (1886-1957), Henry Thomas Tizard Sir (1885-), Tizard Sir Henry Thomas (1885-1959)ID Numbers
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