White, Jon Manchip, 1924-2013

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Jon Manchip White is a distinguished Welsh-American writer who has published over 30 books of fiction and non-fiction. White was born in 1924. He matriculated at Cambridge; after military service, he returned and completed a degree in prehistoric archaeology and anthropology in 1950. White worked for the BBC Television Service, the British Foreign Service, turning to full-time writing in 1956. In 1967, he became writer-in-residence at the University of Texas at El Paso, leaving in 1977 to head the creative writing program at the University of Tennessee.

From the guide to the Inventory of the Jon Manchip White Collection: Sci Fi MSS 00222., 1965, (Cushing Memorial Library)

Jon Manchip White was a professor of English at UTEP from 1967 to 1976.

He is the author of over 20 books, and is a graduate of St. Catherine's and Cambridge University, from which he holds degrees in English literature, anthropology, and Egyptology.

From the description of Jon Manchip White papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 36972979

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creatorOf Additional Papers of Alan Cheuse 1991-1995 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf White, Jon Ewbank Manchip, 1924-. Jon Manchip White papers. University of Texas at El Paso
creatorOf Additional Papers Of Alan Cheuse 1991-1992 University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998. Eric Ambler collection, 1940-1998. Boston University. School of Medicine
creatorOf Nicholas Delbanco Papers, 1956-2010 (majority within 1966-2000) University of Michigan
creatorOf Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse, 1974-1989. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Additional Papers of Alan Cheuse 1983-1991 University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse [manuscript], 1089-1990. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Inventory of the Jon Manchip White Collection: Sci Fi MSS 00222., 1965 Cushing Memorial Library,
creatorOf Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse, [manuscript], 1980-1986, bulk 1983-1986. University of Virginia. Library
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Crack in the World (Motion picture)
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Birth 1924-06-22

Death 2013-07-31

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