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James Hilton

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James Hilton

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British novelist and screenwriter (1900–1954)

OverviewAI-generated

James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was an author whose bibliography includes sixty works. Notable titles include *We are not alone*, *Was it murder?*, and *Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume Three - 1961 - Summer Selections*. The author also contributed to *Reader's digest best loved books for young readers--Volume Four* and the work *אין אנו בודדים*.

A separate musical artist named James Hilton is identified as a female person from the United States. This artist performed in the jazz, jazz band, piano, and solo piano genres. The artist has been referenced by 348 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
9 September 1900
Died
20 December 1954
Works
60

Top works

  • אין אנו בודדים
  • Was it murder?
  • We are not alone
  • Best-in-Books ,18. "The Treasure of Pleasant Valley", "The Best of H.T. Webster" (cartoon feature), "The Bridge of San Luis Rey", "Think Fast, Mr. Moto", "Hawaii" (photo feature), "H.R.H. The Story of Philip, Duke fo Edinburgh", "The Answer", "Sea Fights and Shipwrecks" (excerpt)
  • Reader's digest best loved books for young readers--Volume Four

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
jazzjazz bandpianosolo piano

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
158
Total plays
1,045

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/James+Hilton">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews

    · 2021 · cited 85,040x

  2. Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations

    · 1976 · cited 68,291x

  3. Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

    · 2012 · cited 66,856x

  4. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

    · 2020 · cited 36,510x

  5. Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.

    · 1988 · cited 31,716x

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Key facts

Born
( 1900-09-09 ) 9 September 1900, Leigh , Lancashire , England, U.K.
Died
20 December 1954 (1954-12-20) (aged 54), Long Beach, California , U.S.
Occupation
Novelist screenwriter
Citizenship
United Kingdom United States
Alma mater
Christ's College, Cambridge
Genre
Fantasy adventure novel mainstream fiction
Notable works
Goodbye, Mr. Chips Lost Horizon
Spouse
Alice Brown ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1935 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1937 ) ​ Galina Kopernak ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1937 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1945 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

James Hilton (9 September 1900 – 20 December 1954) was a British-American novelist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his novels Lost Horizon; Goodbye, Mr. Chips and Random Harvest; and co-writing screenplays for the films Camille (1936) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), the latter earning him an Academy Award.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “James Hilton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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