Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1912
- Died
- 1998
- Works
- 123
Top works
- Paul Temple und der Fall Valentine ( Originalskript Für ein Achtteiliges Hörspiel)
- Other Man (scripts of the Television Serial)
- Broken Horseshoe (Scripts of the TV Serial)
- Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair (Scripts of the Ten Part Radio Serial)
- Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery (Scripts of the Eight Part Radio Serial)
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1912-11-25
- Active to
- 1998-04-11
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,568
- Total plays
- 195,250
Tags
hörspielspoken wordspeechtalkdetective
Francis Henry Durbridge (25 November 1912 - 11 April 1998) was an English playwright and author born in Hull. Educated at Bradford Grammar School in Yorkshire, he was encouraged to write by his English teacher, and continued to do so whilst studying English at Birmingham University. After graduating in 1933, he worked for a short time as a stockbroker's clerk, before selling a radio play to the BBC at the age of 21. In 1938, he created the character Paul Temple, a crime novelist and detective.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,617x
- Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures
· 2000 · cited 10,937x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,203x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,264x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Hull
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- playwright
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- prose
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1912-11-25
- date of death
- 1998-04-11
- start of work period
- 1933-00-00
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