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Colin Dexter

British author best known for the Inspector Morse mystery novels.

Colin Dexter (born September 29, 1930, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England—died March 21, 2017, Oxford) was a British author who wrote 13 acclaimed mystery novels featuring the erudite and curmudgeonly Chief Inspector Morse; the novels inspired the popular British television series Inspector Morse (1987–2000) and two spin-off series.

Dexter earned (1953) a bachelor’s degree and (1958) a master’s degree in classics from Christ’s College, Cambridge. He taught classics at secondary schools until his growing deafness made that impossible, and thereafter (1966–88) he worked at the University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations, which set examinations for local secondary schools. Dexter began writing his first mystery novel to alleviate boredom on a rainy family vacation in the early 1970s.

His novels feature Morse, who is given to theorizing complex solutions to the crimes he has set out to understand, and his more practical and long-suffering partner, Detective Sgt. Lewis. The characters make their first appearance in Last Bus to Woodstock (1975). The crimes in the Inspector Morse novels are convoluted and the plots replete with misdirection.1

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British writer (1930-2017)

Born 29 September 1930
Died 21 March 2017

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    First published in 1982 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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British writer (1930-2017)

Born 29 September 1930
Died 21 March 2017

Subjects

Fiction, Police, Inspector Morse (Fictitious character), England, fiction, Morse, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, Lewis, sergeant (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Investigation, Murder, English Detective and mystery stories, Large type books, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction in English, Police in fiction, Crossword puzzles, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, History, Detective and mystery stories, English, English fiction, English language, Missing persons, Morse, Inspector (Fictitious character), Morse, Inspector (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Mystery

Places

England, Oxford, Oxford (England), England Oxford

People

Morse Inspector (Fictitious character), Detective Chief Inspector Morse, Chief Inspector Morse, Inspector Morse, Sergeant Lewis, Sergeant Robbie Lewis

Time

Modern, mid-1990's., 1980s, murder

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  • COLIN DEXTER
  • C. Dexter
  • Colin DEXTER
  • Dexter Colin

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December 31, 2024 Edited by tannumishra2201 Edited without comment.
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
January 1, 2018 Edited by Brice Fuqua Edited without comment.
January 1, 2018 Edited by Brice Fuqua date of death and a short bio
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import