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Josephine Tey

1896 - 1952

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Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), known by the pen name Josephine Tey, was a Scottish author. Her 1951 novel The Daughter of Time, a detective work investigating the death of the Princes in the Tower, was chosen by the Crime Writers' Association in 1990 as the greatest crime novel of all time. Her first play Richard of Bordeaux, written under another pseudonym, Gordon Daviot, starred John Gielgud in its successful West End run. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josephine Tey is the 3,077th most popular writer (down from 2,779th in 2019), the 2,514th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,074th in 2019) and the 277th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Josephine Tey ranks 3,077 out of 7,302. Before her are Stephenie Meyer, Edgar Hilsenrath, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Claribel Alegría, Consort Ban, and Jim Carroll. After her are Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Al-A'sha, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, Igor Gouzenko, and Philotheus of Pskov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Josephine Tey ranks 136. Before her are Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Ira Gershwin, Nobuko Yoshiya, Robert Gerhard, and Ramón Franco. After her are Aimo Lahti, Dodie Smith, Alberto Demicheli, Maurice De Waele, Árpád Weisz, and D. R. Bendre. Among people deceased in 1952, Josephine Tey ranks 86. Before her are Sameera Moussa, Antonia Maury, Juan Yagüe, Rued Langgaard, Richard Hildebrandt, and Silvio Cator. After her are Maurice De Waele, Max Dehn, Constant Permeke, Ludwig Kaas, Matrona Nikonova, and Petros Persakis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Josephine Tey ranks 2,515 out of 8,785. Before her are Luke Howard (1772), York Bowen (1884), Harold Abrahams (1899), Paul Robinson (1979), John Fastolf (1380), and Madge Syers (1881). After her are Robert Whitehead (1823), Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), Roger Deakins (1949), Tom Felton (1987), Henry Roscoe (1833), and Bill Roberts (1912).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Josephine Tey ranks 277. Before her are John Cleland (1709), Francis Beaumont (1584), John Aubrey (1626), Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Charlotte Smith (1749), and Walter Pater (1839). After her are Samuel Smiles (1812), Dodie Smith (1896), Jack Higgins (1929), Herbert Read (1893), Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), and Joseph Delaney (1945).

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