W. E. Johns
Sign in to saveAlso known as William Earl Johns, Captain W. E. Johns
English pilot and writer of adventure stories (1893–1968)
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Vinony's link graph records 120 inbound references to W. E. Johns, and connects out to Egypt, World War I and malaria.
It sits within the topics 1893 births, 1968 deaths and British Army personnel of World War I.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1968.
- Works
- 280
Top works
- Biggles Etelämerellä
- Biggles Afrikassa
- The camels are coming
- Biggles Tiihetissä
- Biggles and the Little Green God
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 225
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Bengeo
- Place of death
- London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- young adult literature
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
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- date of birth
- 1893-02-05
- date of death
- 1968-06-21
- pseudonym
- Captain W. E. Johns
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Categories
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