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John Richardson

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British Army officer and Canadian novelist (1796-1852)

Person · Open Library

Works
25

Top works

  • G. Braque
  • Edouard Manet Paintings and Drawings
  • Georges Braque
  • The Wanderer
  • Canadian Brothers; or, the Prophecy Fulfilled

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Type
Person
Active from
1947-06-09

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2,522
Total plays
19,196

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John Richardson aka Jayadev was born and raised in the county of Essex in the south east of England. He taught himself to play the drums at an early age and eventually became a session musician playing on many successful pop records in the UK. He found fame in the 1970’s as the drummer with glam rock band The Rubettes. Between 1974 and 1979 The Rubettes enjoyed chart success with a string of hit records in the UK and Europe including the number <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Richardson"

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Family name
Richardson
Gender
male
Place of birth
Queenston
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
novelist
Position held
military officer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
Canadian literature
Conflict
War of 1812
Military branch
British Army
Image
Major John Richardson by Frederick William Lock (artist).jpg
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date of death
1852-05-12
date of birth
1796-10-04
writing language
English language
Commons category
John Richardson (author)
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