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Simon Winchester

Author and journalist Simon Winchester was born in England but favours the United States.

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Born 28 September 1944

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  • Cover of: The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

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    First published in 1988 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

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  • Cover of: Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

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  • Cover of: Outposts

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  • Cover of: Land: The Ownership of Everywhere

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  • Cover of: Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

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    First published in 1978 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1992 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: A crack in the edge of the world: America and the great California earthquake of 1906

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  • Cover of: Cascadia's Fault: The Deadly Earthquake That Will Devastate North America

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    First published in 1996 — 3 editions
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    First published in 2008 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Worlds to Explore: Classic Tales of Travel and Adventure from National Geographic

    First published in 2006 — 2 editions
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Born 28 September 1944

Subjects

History, Description and travel, Travel, Biography, Geography, Nonfiction, Ocean and civilization, Earthquakes, Folklore, New York Times reviewed, Oxford English dictionary, English language, Great britain, biography, Large type books, Lexicographers, Lexicography, Pictorial works, Biography & Autobiography, Geologists, Pacific ocean, description and travel, San francisco earthquake and fire, calif., 1906, Scientists, biography, Stratigraphic Geology, Voyages and travels, Atlantic ocean

Places

Great Britain, United States, Atlantic Ocean, Indonesia, Krakatoa (Indonesia), Northern Ireland, Japan, Korea (South), Pacific Ocean, Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland), Angleterre, Argentina, Balkan Peninsula, Calcutta (India), California, China, Colonies, Coventry, East Asia, Grande-Bretagne, Great Briatin, Great Plains, Hong Kong (China), Indian Ocean, Kosovo (Serbia)

People

Simon Winchester, William Smith (1769-1839), James Augustus Henry Murray Sir (1837-1915), William Chester Minor, Frederick James Furnivall (1825-1910), Herbert Coleridge (1830-1861), James A. H. Murray (1837-1915), Alan Dudley (1957-), Carol J. Blinn, James Augustus Henry Murray Sir, 1837-1915, Joseph Needham (1900-1995), William Chester Minor (1834-1920)

Time

19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1969-1994, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession), 1969-, 20th century, Civil War, 1998-1999

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Alternative names

  • Simon. Winchester
  • SIMON WINCHESTER
  • Simon Winchester (author)
  • Simon Winchester OBE
  • Simon Winchester (Narrator) Simon Winchester (Author)

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
November 28, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
August 7, 2012 Edited by Neville Holmes merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import