WRITER

John Christopher

1922 - 2012

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Sam Youd (16 April 1922 – 3 February 2012) was a British writer best known for science fiction written under the name of John Christopher, including the novels The Death of Grass, The Possessors, and the young-adult novel series The Tripods. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Christopher has received more than 271,763 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. John Christopher is the 4,130th most popular writer (down from 2,547th in 2019), the 2,961st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,943rd in 2019) and the 333rd most popular British Writer.

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  • 24

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  • 4.09

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  • 3.10

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Notable Works

The principles and practice of medicine
Internal medicine, Medicine, Principles and practice of medicine
1966
Ford cars
Taurus automobile, Maintenance and repair, Handbooks, manuals
Greatest
1992
Mistress to an Age
Biography, French Authors, Intellectual life
J. Christopher Herold vigorously tells the story of the fierce Madame de Stael, revealing her courageous opposition to Napoleon, her whirlwind affairs with the great intellectuals of her day, and her idealistic rebellion against all that was cynical, tyrannical, and passionless. Germaine de Stael's father was Jacques Necker, the finance minister to Louis XVI, and her mother ran an influential literary-political salon in Paris. Always precocious, at nineteen Germaine married the Swedish ambassador to France, Eric Magnus Baron de Stael-Holstein, and in 1785 took over her mother's salon with great success. Germaine and de Stael lived most of their married life apart. She had many brilliant lovers. Talleyrand was the first, Narbonne, the minister of war, another; Benjamin Constant was her most significant and long-lasting one. She published several political and literary essays, including "A Treatise on the Influence of the Passions upon the Happiness of Individuals and of Nations," which became one of the most important documents of European Romanticism. Her bold philosophical ideas, particularly those in "On Literature," caused feverish commotion in France and were quickly noticed by Napoleon, who saw her salon as a rallying point for the opposition. He eventually exiled her from France. This winner of the 1959 National Book Award is "excellent ... detailed, full of color, movement, great names, and lively incident" -- The New York Times "Mr. Herold's full-bodied biography is clear-eyed, intelligent, and written with abundant wit and zest."
1958
Total Car Care CD-ROM
2004
The Age of Napoleon
History, Consulate and Empire,, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
This third munificent Horizon book which represents a great deal of work by a great many people is, quite frankly, an idea-project-production job with a mass market gift book designation. There are 330 pictures, 117 in full color, some double spreads, and the color is not subtle. Throughout there are insets on special features of the period, its intellectual cadre, its fashions, arts, society, Napoleon's family, his loves, his son, and ultimately extending to vistas of other parts of the world -- England, America, Russia, etc. The main narrative, the parabola of the rise of Le Petit Caporal to Emperor, to his expensive defeat and downfall, has been written by that master of this age-J. Christopher Herold. One follows the little ""Corsican savage"" from his early years to the tyrant's progress on the road to ""la gloire"". And his legacy, spread eagled across the centuries, is evaluated in terms of real contributions (Code Napoleon, etc.) and apocryphal associations.
1963
Chilton's repair and tune-up guide
Nova automobile, Chevy II automobile
1970

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Christopher ranks 4,130 out of 7,302. Before him are Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Jackie Collins, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Lyuben Karavelov, Helen Fielding, and Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu. After him are Jurek Becker, Tommaso Landolfi, Brigitte Hamann, Andrée Chedid, Dominique Fernandez, and Kathy Acker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, John Christopher ranks 260. Before him are Xenia Stad-de Jong, Agustín Gaínza, Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Lyndon LaRouche, Chairil Anwar, and Karl Aage Præst. After him are José Luis López Vázquez, Juhan Smuul, Július Torma, Hal Moore, Agustina Bessa-Luís, and Gordon Tullock. Among people deceased in 2012, John Christopher ranks 235. Before him are Émile Allais, William Windom, R. G. Armstrong, Marie Colvin, André Simon, and Dara Singh. After him are Yash Chopra, Sergey Kapitsa, Hector Bianciotti, James Farentino, Moshe Sanbar, and Mike Wallace.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Christopher ranks 2,961 out of 8,785. Before him are John Phillips (1800), Jackie Collins (1937), Emma Bunton (1976), Helen Fielding (1958), Richard Burbage (1567), and Jimmy McGrory (1904). After him are Andy Cole (1971), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Nik Kershaw (1958), Charles Dawson (1864), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), and John Soane (1753).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, John Christopher ranks 333. Before him are Fay Weldon (1931), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Peter Cheyney (1896), Jackie Collins (1937), and Helen Fielding (1958). After him are Susanna Hall (1583), Sue Townsend (1946), William Langland (1332), John Winthrop (1588), Walter Map (1140), and David Almond (1951).

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