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Dick Francis was born on 31 October 1920 in Pembrokeshire and held citizenship of the United Kingdom. He worked as a writer, novelist, jockey and crime fiction writer, competing in equestrian sport for Wales, and served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. His career began in 1957, and his novels include Even Money and 10 LB Penalty. He was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, the Cartier Diamond Dagger and a Gumshoe Award. He died of natural causes on 14 February 2010 in Grand Cayman and was buried at West Bay.
Synthesized by Vinony from 38 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, TMDb, Firecrawl, Wikiquote. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1920
- Died
- 2010
- Works
- 293
Top works
- Even Money
- 10 LB Penalty
- Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Volume 3 1987
- Reader's digest condensed books
- High stakes
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- England
- Active from
- 1920
- Active to
- 2010
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 265
- Total plays
- 10,456
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Dick+Francis">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 24,148x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Guidelines for the Process of Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Self-Report Measures
· 2000 · cited 10,920x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,800x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window.”
- “Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't.”
- “Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them.”
- “I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-10-31 ) 31 October 1920, Lawrenny , Pembrokeshire , Wales
- Died
- 14 February 2010 (2010-02-14) (aged 89), Grand Cayman , Cayman Islands
- Occupation
- Jockey, Novelist
- Language
- English
- Nationality
- British
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Period
- 1957–2010
- Genre
- Crime fiction
- Notable awards
- Edgar Award , Gold Dagger
- Spouse
- Mary Margaret ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 ; died 2000 )
- Children
- 2, including Felix
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - Felix Francis
Dick Francis and Felix Francis - The champion storytellers and masters of suspense and intrigue
dickfrancis.com →Link to the official site · 1,312 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dick
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pembrokeshire
- Place of death
- Grand Cayman
- Occupation
- jockey
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- equestrian sport
- Country for sport
- Wales
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
- Official website
- www.dickfrancis.com
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1920-10-31
- date of death
- 2010-02-14
- member of
- Royal Society of Literature
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Dick Francis
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- West Bay
Sources (14)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Stanley Francis (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British steeplechase jockey and crime writer whose novels centre on horse racing in England.
After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and becoming champion jockey of the British National Hunt. He came to further prominence in 1956 as jockey to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, riding her horse Devon Loch which fell when close to winning the Grand National. Francis retired from horseracing and became a journalist and novelist.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dick Francis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.