EntityQ2568461· pop 12· linked from 94 articlesQ2568461Sign in to saveBritish writer (1900–1980)PersonBorn1901-11-05Died1980-12-10via Open Library + WikidataKey datesBorn5 November 1901Died10 December 1980via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanGiven namePhilipGendermaleCitizenshipUnited KingdomPlace of birthLondonPlace of deathWoodland HillsOccupationscience fiction writerLanguages spokenEnglish languageAwardEdgar AwardsConflictWorld War IConnectionsdetective fictionEntityWoodland HillsEntityCategories1900 births1980 deaths20th-century English novelistsBritish Army personnel of World War IDetective fiction writersEdgar Award winnersEnglish crime fiction writersEnglish people of Scottish descentEnglish thriller writersWriters of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction