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Cornelius Ryan
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OverviewAI-generated
Cornelius Ryan was an Irish-born journalist, novelist, writer and screenwriter who held citizenship of both the Republic of Ireland and the United States. Born in Dublin on 5 June 1920, he participated in World War II and was employed by Ohio University. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Ryan's works include A Bridge Too Far, The Last Battle, A Private Battle and Great World War II Stories. He died in New York City on 23 November 1974, of prostate cancer, from natural causes.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 5 Jun 1920
- Died
- 23 Nov 1974
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Great World War II Stories
- The Last Battle
- A Bridge Too Far
- A private battle
- Star-Spangled Mikado
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1920
- Active to
- 1974
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 579
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cornelius+Ryan">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being.
· 2000 · cited 28,595x
- The "What" and "Why" of Goal Pursuits: Human Needs and the Self-Determination of Behavior
· 2000 · cited 24,818x
- Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities
· 2009 · cited 18,983x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,975x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “What I write about is not war but the courage of man.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- 5 June 1920, Dublin, Ireland
- Died
- 23 November 1974 (1974-11-23) (aged 54), Manhattan, New York, U.S.
- Genre
- Military history
- Notable works
- World War II histories
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cornelius
- Family name
- Ryan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dublin
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- historian
- Employer
- Ohio University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Cornelius Ryan and Godfried Bomans 1966.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1920-06-05
- date of death
- 1974-11-23
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- Commons category
- Cornelius Ryan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Cornelius Ryan
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish journalist and author known mainly for writing popular military history. He was especially known for his histories of World War II events: The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974).
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, he began working as a journalist in London in 1940. He became involved in covering World War II and travelled with troops in Europe. After the war, he covered the establishment of Israel. He immigrated to the United States in 1947 to work for Time. In 1951 Ryan became a naturalized US citizen and lived there for the remainder of his life.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cornelius Ryan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.