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Also known as John Ray, King of the Baize, The King of the Baize

Scottish snooker player

Person · Open Library

Works
16

Top works

  • A sermon relative to Antichrist and the times
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  • Power for God
  • Sword of Gilead and the Book of Angels
  • Comentario biblico y exegetico sobre el Espiritu Santo

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Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1951-03-04
Active to
2025-12-22

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Listeners
1,034
Total plays
4,311

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Born in 1915 (some sources say 1922), John was the youngest of ten children. His six older brothers were all taught to play the fiddle by his father. However, as he was too small, his father had a dulcimer made by John's brother Alexander (a carpenter), using a borrowed dulcimer as a pattern, and that became John's instrument. This instrument was in turn used as the pattern for many other instruments made for other local people. In contrast to the wooden hammers generally employed by today's pla

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Scotland
Languages spoken
English language
Sport
snooker
Country for sport
Scotland
Image
John Rea Snooker Player.jpg
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date of birth
1951-12-05
century breaks
4
highest break
147

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