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Colin Dexter

1930 - 2017

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Norman Colin Dexter (29 September 1930 – 21 March 2017) was an English crime writer known for his Inspector Morse series of novels, which were written between 1975 and 1999 and adapted as an ITV television series, Inspector Morse, from 1987 to 2000. His characters have spawned a sequel series, Lewis, from 2006 to 2015, and a prequel series, Endeavour, from 2012 to 2023. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colin Dexter is the 1,794th most popular writer (down from 1,467th in 2019), the 1,608th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,113th in 2019) and the 170th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Colin Dexter ranks 1,794 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas of Celano, Julien Gracq, Adam Zagajewski, Gabriel Naudé, Ibn Kemal, and Lilya Brik. After him are Juan Carlos Onetti, Gaius Julius Solinus, Yaşar Kemal, Slavenka Drakulić, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, and Li He.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Colin Dexter ranks 139. Before him are John Romita Sr., Eugenio Castellotti, Igor Netto, Ornette Coleman, Michel Rocard, and Irinej, Serbian Patriarch. After him are Jasper Johns, Ted Hughes, Miljan Miljanić, Dave Sexton, Son Sen, and Ken Naganuma. Among people deceased in 2017, Colin Dexter ranks 116. Before him are Mustafa Tlass, Manuel Marín, Christine Kaufmann, Jannis Kounellis, Charles Bachman, and Tsutomu Hata. After him are Joachim Meisner, Karin Dor, Don Rickles, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Luis Bacalov, and George Young.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 1,608 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Addison (1793), John Powell (1963), Gerry Byrne (1938), Ricky Gervais (1961), Thomas Arne (1710), and Frank Lampard (1978). After him are Michael Redgrave (1908), Chris Patten (1944), Olaf Stapledon (1886), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Alan Shearer (1970), and James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Colin Dexter ranks 170. Before him are Robert Harris (1957), Eleanor Hibbert (1906), Frederic W. H. Myers (1843), Edward Lear (1812), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Aphra Behn (1640). After him are Ted Hughes (1930), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Peter Shaffer (1926), Anthony Trollope (1815), Lucinda Riley (1965), and Walafrid Strabo (808).

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