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Samuel Youd
Sign in to saveAlso known as Christopher Samuel Youd, Christopher Youd, Sam Youd, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, Anthony Rye
English writer (1922–2012)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
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Film & TV
Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK
Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012), known professionally as Christopher Samuel Youd, was a British writer, best known for science fiction under the pseudonym John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. He won the Guardian Prize in 1971 and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1976. Youd also wrote under…
Known for
- The Cult of The Tripods2006
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1922-04-16
- Active to
- 2012-02-03
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Huyton
- Place of death
- Bath
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- science fiction
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
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- date of birth
- 1922-04-16
- date of death
- 2012-02-03
- cause of death
- bladder cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- influenced by
- H. G. Wells
- writing language
- English language
- pseudonym
- Hilary Ford
- nominated for
- Nebula Award for Best Short Story
Sources (7)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Samuel Youd, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
