Nigel Balchin
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English novelist and screenwriter (1908–1970)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 3 December 1908
- Died
- 17 May 1970
- Works
- 67
Top works
- How to run a Bassoon factory, or, business explained , & Business for pleasure
- Comme un oiseau ...
- Great Short Stories of the World
- SUNDAY CREDITORS
- In the Absence of Mrs Peterson
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Film & TV
Nigel Balchin was an eminent 20th-century novelist and screenwriter. Born in Wiltshire in 1908, he had a successful early career as an industrial psychologist. Whilst seconded to Rowntree’s, he was intimately involved in the launch of Black Magic chocolates. During World War Two, Balchin worked first for the Ministry of Food and later for the Army, ending the War as Deputy Scientific Adviser to…
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nigel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Potterne
- Place of death
- Regent's Park
- Occupation
- psychologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military rank
- brigadier
- Number of children
- 5
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- date of birth
- 1908-12-03
- date of death
- 1970-05-17
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