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J. B. Priestley
John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
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culture · English writer (1894–1984) · novelist · playwright · librettist · writer · journalist · literary critic · science fiction writer · children's writer · poet · also J. B. Priestley, John Boynton Priestley, J Priestley, Priestley
Born 13 September 1894 · Died 14 August 1984 · Q443528
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Published “Pan-cancer whole-genome analyses of metastatic solid tumours” in Nature — cited 1,037 times.
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2015· 4 entries
Published “Teacher Agency” in Flip the System — cited 807 times.
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“s life that it was in fact Churchill”
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Priestley's son said in a talk on the latest book being published about his father's life that it was in fact Churchill's Cabinet that brought about the cancellation by supplying negative reports on the broadcasts to Chu
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Published “The role of beliefs in teacher agency” in Teachers and Teaching — cited 974 times.
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2011· 1 entry
Published “Rotenone, Paraquat, and Parkinson’s Disease” in Environmental Health Perspectives — cited 1,276 times.
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2002· 1 entry
Published “Introduction to Lattices and Order” — cited 1,639 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “Indian Ocean Experiment: An integrated analysis of the climate forcing and effects of the great Indo‐Asian haze” in Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres — cited 1,157 times.
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1996· 1 entry
Published “Seismic Design and Retrofit of Bridges” — cited 1,356 times.
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1988· 1 entry
Published “Theoretical Stress‐Strain Model for Confined Concrete” in Journal of Structural Engineering — cited 7,025 times.
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1986· 1 entry
Published “The anticonvulsant MK-801 is a potent N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist.” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences — cited 1,040 times.
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1984· 1 entry
Died 1984-08-14.
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1975· 1 entry
And by the larger-than-life statue of him, commissioned by the Bradford City Council after his death and which stands in front of the National Science and Media Museum
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1972· 2 entries
Priestley described himself as "lusty" and as one who has "enjoyed the physical relations with the sexes [
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Published “On the Assessment of Surface Heat Flux and Evaporation Using Large-Scale Parameters” in Monthly Weather Review — cited 4,848 times.
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1970· 1 entry
And he was awarded the Freedom of the City of Bradford in 1973
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1965· 3 entries
Priestley declined an offer to become a life peer in 1965 and declined appointment as a Companion of Honour in 1969.
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Published “Evolutionary Spectra and Non-Stationary Processes” in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology — cited 984 times.
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And declined appointment as a Companion of Honour in 1969
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1960· 2 entries
With additions being made throughout his lifetime
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Priestley published Literature and Western Man, a 500-page survey of Western literature in all its genres from the second half of the 15th century to the middle of the 20th century
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1953· 1 entry
Priestley was divorced by his second wife and then married the archaeologist and writer Jacquetta Hawkes, with whom he collaborated on the play Dragon's Mouth
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1949· 1 entry
The opera The Olympians by Arthur Bliss, to a libretto by Priestley, was premiered
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1942· 1 entry
Was a cofounder of the socialist Common Wealth Party
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1941· 1 entry
Played an important part in organising and supporting a fund-raising campaign on behalf of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, which was struggling to establish itself as a self-governing body after the withdrawal of S
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1940· 3 entries
Priestley wrote an essay for Horizon magazine in which he criticised George Bernard Shaw for his support of Stalin: "Shaw presumes that his friend Stalin has everything under control
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And again in 1941, drew peak audiences of 16 million; only Churchill was more popular with listeners
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Broadcast a series of short propaganda radio talks, which were credited with strengthening civilian morale during the Battle of Britain
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1934· 1 entry
Published the travelogue English Journey, an account of what he saw and heard while travelling through the country in the depths of the Great Depression
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1929· 1 entry
Awarded James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1929).
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1923· 1 entry
And Sylvia (a designer known as Sylvia Goaman following her marriage to Michael Goaman) in 1924
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1921· 1 entry
Priestley married Emily "Pat" Tempest, a music-loving Bradford librarian
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1894· 1 entry
Born 1894-09-13.
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