Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971
Other forms of name
Heard, Henry Fitzgerald, 1889-1971
Heard, H. F. (Henry Fitzgerald), 1889-1971
Date of birth
1889-10-06
Date of death
1971-08-14
Field of activity
Mystery and detective stories
Detective and mystery stories
History
Philosophy
Religion
Occupation
Authors
Lecturers
Philosophers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 45031451
Wikidata: Q1606714
Library of congress: n 50025601
OCoLC: oca00060999
Sources of Information
  • includes biography, chronology, bibliography, audio clips, and other content ( (Gerald Heard web site, viewed January 26, 2015) )
  • OCLC, January 26, 2015(statement of responsibiliity: fiction initally published under H.F. Heard later republished under Gerald Heard)
  • Reply paid, 2014:title page (H.F. Heard) About the author (Henry FitzGerald "Gerald" Heard, born London, October 6, 1889; Bachelor of Arts from Cambridge University, 1911; writer on history, philosophy, religion; public speaker and lecturer; science commentator for the BBC, 1930-1934; moved to the United States in April 1937, settled in Southern California in early 1938; associated with Vedanta philosophy, director of Trabuco College 1941-1947; also wrote mysteries and supernatural fantasies under pen name H.F. Heard; died August 14, 1971, at home in Santa Monica, California)
  • His Narcissus ... 1924.
  • NUCMC data from Nebraska State Hist. Soc. for Plunkett, H.C. Papers, 1917-1953(Henry Fitzgerald Heard, the executor of Sir Horace Curzon Plunkett's estate [Plunkett d. 1932])
  • LC data base, 06-30-90(hdg.: Heard, Gerald, 1889-1971; usage: Gerald Heard, H.F. Heard)