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Bryson, William(Bill)
1951 - Born in Des Moines, Iowa on the 8th of December.
1972 - Bryson was educated at Drake University but dropped out after deciding to backpack around Europe for four months.
1973 - Bryson first visited England during a tour of Europe, and decided to stay after landing a job working in a psychiatric hospital in Virginia Water, Surrey.
1977 - The couple returned to the USA so Bryson could complete his college degree.
1987 - He left journalism, three years after the birth of his third child.
1995 - Bryson returned to the United States to live in Hanover, New Hampshire for some years, the stories of which feature in his book I'm A Stranger Here Myself, alternatively titled Notes from a Big Country in the United Kingdom and Canada.
2003 - The Brysons and their four children returned to England, and now live near Wymondham, Norfolk.
2003 - In conjunction with World Book Day, voters in England chose Bryson's book Notes from a Small Island as that which best sums up English identity and the state of the nation.
2004 - Bryson won the prestigious Aventis Prize for best general-science book with A Short History of Nearly Everything.
2005 - Bryson was appointed Chancellor of Durham University, succeeding the late Sir Peter Ustinov, and has even appeared in a Durham student film: the sequel to The Assassinator.
2006 - Bryson ran in the Tresco marathon, the Scillian equivalent of the London marathon.
- In November, Bryson interviewed Prime Minister Tony Blair on the state of science and education.
- On the 13th of December, Bryson was awarded an honorary OBE for his contribution to literature.
2007 - In January, Bryson was the Schwartz Visiting Fellow of the Pomfret School in Connecticut.
- In May, he became the President-Designate of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
1972 - Bryson was educated at Drake University but dropped out after deciding to backpack around Europe for four months.
1973 - Bryson first visited England during a tour of Europe, and decided to stay after landing a job working in a psychiatric hospital in Virginia Water, Surrey.
1977 - The couple returned to the USA so Bryson could complete his college degree.
1987 - He left journalism, three years after the birth of his third child.
1995 - Bryson returned to the United States to live in Hanover, New Hampshire for some years, the stories of which feature in his book I'm A Stranger Here Myself, alternatively titled Notes from a Big Country in the United Kingdom and Canada.
2003 - The Brysons and their four children returned to England, and now live near Wymondham, Norfolk.
2003 - In conjunction with World Book Day, voters in England chose Bryson's book Notes from a Small Island as that which best sums up English identity and the state of the nation.
2004 - Bryson won the prestigious Aventis Prize for best general-science book with A Short History of Nearly Everything.
2005 - Bryson was appointed Chancellor of Durham University, succeeding the late Sir Peter Ustinov, and has even appeared in a Durham student film: the sequel to The Assassinator.
2006 - Bryson ran in the Tresco marathon, the Scillian equivalent of the London marathon.
- In November, Bryson interviewed Prime Minister Tony Blair on the state of science and education.
- On the 13th of December, Bryson was awarded an honorary OBE for his contribution to literature.
2007 - In January, Bryson was the Schwartz Visiting Fellow of the Pomfret School in Connecticut.
- In May, he became the President-Designate of the Campaign to Protect Rural England.
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- "He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor."
- "He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor."
