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1899 - Born on March 8th in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Scottish historical writer, and versatile novelist, who began his career as a poet.
1916 - He entered the Aberdeen University to read medicine. During World War I Linklater served as a private in the Black Watch Regiment on the Somme front.
1919 - Linklater returned to civil life and continued his studies of medicine and English at Aberdeen.
1925-1927 - Worked as an assistant editor of The Times of India in Bombay.
1929 - Linklater's early works is the novel White Maa's Saga, an autobiographical story about a young Orcadian who attends medical school in 'Inverdoon'.
- The play The Devil's in the News, concerns a séance whose participants are possessed by Cromwell, Napoleon, and characters from the cast of John Gay's The Beggar Opera.
1930 - Published Poet's Poem, the first in series of his popular satirical novels.
1937 - Linklater was not first thrilled, but later the "innocent" hero continued his adventures in Juan in China, which mocked the futility of Chinese leadership.
1949-1966 - The Pirates of the Deep Green Sea, written for children, is a fantasy, in which Davy Jones and all the drowned pirates under the sea are discovered guarding the great knots that tie latitudes and longitudes together to keep the world from splitting.A Spell for Old Bones, was a fantasy set in a mythical 1st-century Scotland. In A Terrible Freedom, a man finds the characters of his dream world taking over the real one.
1974 - Died on November 7th in Aberdeen.
1916 - He entered the Aberdeen University to read medicine. During World War I Linklater served as a private in the Black Watch Regiment on the Somme front.
1919 - Linklater returned to civil life and continued his studies of medicine and English at Aberdeen.
1925-1927 - Worked as an assistant editor of The Times of India in Bombay.
1929 - Linklater's early works is the novel White Maa's Saga, an autobiographical story about a young Orcadian who attends medical school in 'Inverdoon'.
- The play The Devil's in the News, concerns a séance whose participants are possessed by Cromwell, Napoleon, and characters from the cast of John Gay's The Beggar Opera.
1930 - Published Poet's Poem, the first in series of his popular satirical novels.
1937 - Linklater was not first thrilled, but later the "innocent" hero continued his adventures in Juan in China, which mocked the futility of Chinese leadership.
1949-1966 - The Pirates of the Deep Green Sea, written for children, is a fantasy, in which Davy Jones and all the drowned pirates under the sea are discovered guarding the great knots that tie latitudes and longitudes together to keep the world from splitting.A Spell for Old Bones, was a fantasy set in a mythical 1st-century Scotland. In A Terrible Freedom, a man finds the characters of his dream world taking over the real one.
1974 - Died on November 7th in Aberdeen.
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