Thomson, David, 1914-1988

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Name (Latin)
Thomson, David, 1914-1988
Other forms of name
Thomson, David, 1914-
Date of birth
1914-02-17
Date of death
1988
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 113536280
Wikidata: Q5240397
Library of congress: n 50012252
OCoLC: oca00047742
Sources of Information
  • Biography Resource Center WWW site, Aug. 23, 2008(David (Robert Alexander) Thomson, 1914-1988 ; b. Feb. 17, 1914, in Quetta, India (now Pakistan); d. Feb., 1988)
  • His The people of the sea, 2000:t.p. (David Thomson) p. 213 (b. in India of Scottish parents, 1914; lived in London and Nairn, a fishing village by the Moray Firth; grad., Lincoln College, Oxford; 10 yrs. a private tutor in Ireland before became writer/producer of radio documentaries for the BBC for 26 yrs., 2 in France, Liberia, Turkey; d. Feb. 1988, London)
  • His The people of the sea, 1954.
  • His The people of the sea, c2000:CIP t.p. (David Thomson) pub. blurb (David Thomson (1914-1988))
  • His The people of the sea, 2000:t.p. (David Thomson) p. 213 (b. in India of Scottish parents, 1914; lived in London and Nairn, a fishing village by the Moray Firth; grad., Lincoln College, Oxford; 10 yrs. a private tutor in Ireland before became writer/producer of radiodocumentaries for the BBC for 26 yrs., 2 in France, Liberia, Turkey; d. Feb. 1988, London)
  • BL auth. file, 17 Dec. 2002(David Robert Alexander Thomson)

Wikipedia description:

David Thomson (1914–1988) was a writer and BBC producer. He was known for radio documentaries as well as writing children's books, memoirs and novels.

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