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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Wambaugh, Joseph
1937 -
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. is an American author and former detective sergeant. He is best known for his police...
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Arjouni, Jakob
1964 - 2013
Pseudonym for the German author and dramatist Jakob Bothe. He was born as Jakob Michelsen in Frankfurt am Main as the son...
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Bailey, H.C.
1878 - 1961
The British journalist and critic Henry Christopher Bailey is one of the five greatest crime novelists associated with the...
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Lönnaeus, Olle
1957 -
The journalist and author Olof "Olle" Lönnaeus was born in Tomelilla, Southeast Scania. After completing upper-secondary ...
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