Biggles (Fictitious character)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Biggles (Fictitious character)
Other forms of name
James Bigglesworth (Fictitious character)
Bigglesworth, James (Fictitious character)
Biggles (Fictitious character)
Major James Bigglesworth (Fictitious character)
Date of birth
1899-05
Field of activity
Airplanes--Piloting
Occupation
Air pilots
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 315991288
Wikidata: Q2412890
Library of congress: nb2015008872
Sources of Information
  • Biggles' secret assignments, 2014:title page (Biggles) page 7 (Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth)
  • Johns, W.E. Biggles, flying detective, 1996.
  • Carpenter, H. The oxford companion to children's literature, 1984(Biggles; heroic British airman, detective and adventurer created by Captain W.E. Johns; full name, Major James Bigglesworth, DSO, MC; 102 Biggles books were written)
  • Pringle, D. Imaginary people, 1987(Biggles; full name James Bigglesworth, DSO, DFC, MC, the most famous aviator in boys' fiction)
  • Twentieth-century children's writers, 3rd ed.:p. 497 (Biggles, W.E. Johns' most enduring creation; Biggles is the nickname of James Bigglesworth)