Th White

Novelist

Birthday May 29, 1906

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace India

DEATH DATE Jan 17, 1964 (57)

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About

British writer remembered for The Once and Future King, a collection of Arthurian legend-themed novels. His other works include such science-fiction novels as Gone to Ground and Earth Stopped.

Before Fame

In 1928, he graduated from Queen's College, Cambridge with a degree in English.

Trivia

He published an acclaimed 1936 memoir entitled England Have My Bones.

Family Life

He grew up in Bombay, India (then British India) as the son of a police officer. He had a difficult childhood that damaged his ability to have romantic relationships.

Associated With

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was influenced by the work of T.H. White.