J. B. Priestley

English writer (1894–1984)

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Born: ( 1894-09-13 ) 13 September 1894, Manningham , West Riding of Yorkshire , England
Died: 14 August 1984 (1984-08-14) (aged 89), Alveston, Warwickshire , England
Occupation: Novelist playwright screenwriter broadcaster commentator
Alma mater: Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Period: 20th century
Spouse: Pat Tempest ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1921 ; died 1925 ) Jane Wyndham-Lewis ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1925 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1953 ) Jacquetta Hawkes ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 )
Children: 5, including Sylvia , Mary and Tom

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John Boynton Priestley (/ˈpriːstli/; 13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.

His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction, notably in The Good Companions (1929), which first brought him to wide public notice. Many of his plays are structured around a time slip, and he went on to develop a new theory of time, with different dimensions that link past, present and future.