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C. P. Snow

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.

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English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)

Born 15 October 1905
Died 1 July 1980

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    First published in 1971 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1969 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition stateofsiege00snow
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    First published in 1960 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1951 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition masters0000unse
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  • Cover of: C.P. Snow: An Oral Biography

    First published in 1963 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: C. P. Snow, a spectrum: science, criticism, fiction.

    First published in 1963 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1948 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1961 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1961 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1979 1 edition — 1 previewable
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English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)

Born 15 October 1905
Died 1 July 1980
Subjects
Fiction, Fiction, general, English fiction, Fiction in English, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Science and the humanities, Biography, Fathers and sons, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Children's fiction, Detective and mystery stories, England, fiction, English Novelists, Fiction, political, Fiction, romance, general, Intellectuelen, Philosophy, Physicists, Politics and government, Science, Scientists, Wetenschapsdynamica, 10, 9.
Places
Great Britain, England, Norfolk Broads
People
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), C. P. (Charles Percy), 1905-1980 Snow, C. P. Snow (1905-), Frederick Alexander Lindemann Cherwell Viscount (1886-1957), Henry Thomas Tizard Sir (1885-1959)
Time
20th century, 19th century, 1930s, 1945-, 1950-

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