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Eric Linklater

1899 - 1974

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Eric Robert Russell Linklater CBE (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish poet, fiction writer, military historian, and travel writer. For The Wind on the Moon, a children's fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year's best children's book by a British subject. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Linklater is the 6,539th most popular writer, the 5,826th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 669th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Eric Linklater ranks 6,539 out of 7,302. Before him are Dennis Prager, Anthony Boucher, Jeff Noon, Dorothy E. Smith, Sibylle Lewitscharoff, and Somaly Mam. After him are Didier Van Cauwelaert, Dimitris Lyacos, Katharine Gun, Alice Hoffman, Geetanjali Shree, and Bessie Head.

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Among people born in 1899, Eric Linklater ranks 320. Before him are Ezra Taft Benson, George K. Arthur, Jimmie Davis, Paul Kelly, Marie Mosquini, and Clarence Oldfield. After him are Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe, Allen Tate, Stanley Skewes, Genevieve Tobin, Gertrude Berg, and Randall Thompson. Among people deceased in 1974, Eric Linklater ranks 256. Before him are Patricia Collinge, Robert Ellis, Ken Myers, Tina Brooks, Wally Kinnear, and Ilona Massey. After him are Maureen Gardner, Jim Bausch, Ernest Gruening, Bill Aston, Dorothy Fields, and Norman Kirk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Linklater ranks 5,826 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Andros (1637), Jeff Noon (1957), Dorothy E. Smith (1926), Joe Cole (1988), Neil Young (1944), and Mike Coughlan (1959). After him are William Forsell Kirby (1844), Emma D'Arcy (1992), Gillian Gilbert (1961), David Herd (1934), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), and John Riseley-Prichard (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Eric Linklater ranks 669. Before him are Charles Stross (1964), John Gribbin (1946), Elizabeth Inchbald (1753), Richard Lovelace (1617), Jeff Noon (1957), and Dorothy E. Smith (1926). After him are Katharine Gun (1974), Dinah Craik (1826), Pippa Middleton (1983), William Wycherley (1640), Cressida Cowell (1966), and Irving Finkel (1951).

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