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John Gardner

1926 - 2007

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John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English writer of spy and thriller novels. He is best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also wrote a series of Boysie Oakes books and three novels containing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional villain, Professor Moriarty. During the Second World War, Gardner joined the Home Guard at the age of 13, served in the Fleet Air Arm and subsequently joined the Royal Marines: he later described himself as "the worst commando in the world". After demobilisation, he followed his father into the Church of England, studying theology at St John's College, Cambridge, and being ordained as a priest in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). John Gardner is the 5,961st most popular writer (down from 5,623rd in 2024), the 4,974th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,340th in 2019) and the 541st most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, John Gardner ranks 5,961 out of 7,302. Before her are Maria Janion, Parveen Shakir, Albert Sánchez Piñol, Kåre Holt, Roger Foulon, and Florian Zeller. After her are W. S. Merwin, Árpád Tóth, Kevin J. Anderson, Anthony Shaffer, Mehmed Uzun, and Bessie Head.

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Among people born in 1926, John Gardner ranks 458. Before her are Manorama, Katie Boyle, Zena Marshall, Ralph Abernathy, Shohachi Ishii, and Maria Janion. After her are Anthony Shaffer, Jimmy Heath, Rashidi Kawawa, Elemér Szathmáry, Tom Tryon, and Ernst Larsen. Among people deceased in 2007, John Gardner ranks 361. Before her are Aleksandr Dedyushko, Dragutin Tadijanović, The Fabulous Moolah, Tamara Nosova, Leslie Orgel, and Calvin Lockhart. After her are Mehmed Uzun, F. Albert Cotton, Dmitri Prigov, Jean-François Deniau, Yelena Petushkova, and Dennis Johnson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gardner ranks 4,975 out of 8,785. Before her are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), Augustus John (1878), Chris Menges (1940), Chris Bonington (1934), Calum Scott (1988), and Mark Ronson (1975). After her are Meave Leakey (1942), Darren Shahlavi (1972), Benjamin Wilson (1721), Michael Winterbottom (1961), Anthony Shaffer (1926), and Joe Hart (1987).

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Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Gardner ranks 541. Before her are Olivia Manning (1908), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), David Storey (1933), Sarah Waters (1966), Michael Drayton (1563), and Tanith Lee (1947). After her are Anthony Shaffer (1926), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Dan Houser (1974), Antonia Fraser (1932), Thomas Campbell (1777), and Thomas Heywood (1574).

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