Alan Paton
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1988
- Works
- 61
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- In Darkest Hollywood: Cinema and Apartheid — Self (archive footage)1994
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 43
- Total plays
- 604
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0
· 2013 · cited 34,660x
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,451x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- DeepLab: Semantic Image Segmentation with Deep Convolutional Nets, Atrous Convolution, and Fully Connected CRFs
· 2018 · cited 17,764x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Alan Stewart Paton , ( 1903-01-11 ) 11 January 1903 , Pietermaritzburg , Colony of Natal , (in modern KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa )
- Died
- 12 April 1988 (1988-04-12) (aged 85), Botha's Hill , South Africa
- Occupation
- Author anti-apartheid activist
- Language
- English
- Notable works
- Cry, the Beloved Country ;, Too Late the Phalarope , The Waste Land
- Spouse
- Dorrie Francis Lusted ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1928 – 1967 ) , Anne Hopkins ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1969 – 1988 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1903
- Died
- 1988
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Pietermaritzburg
- Place of death
- Durban
- Occupation
- teacher
- Educated at
- University of Natal
- Political party
- Liberal Party of South Africa
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Anglicanism
Article
Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels Cry, the Beloved Country (1948), Too Late the Phalarope (1953), and the short story The Waste Land.
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1903 births1988 deaths20th-century Anglicans20th-century South African historians20th-century South African male writers20th-century South African novelistsAlumni of Maritzburg CollegeAnglican anti-apartheid activistsAnglican writersLiberal Party of South Africa politiciansPeople from PietermaritzburgRecipients of the Order of Ikhamanga