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John Mortimer. Sir John Clifford Mortimer CBE QC FRSL (21 April 1923 – 16 January 2009) [1] was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.
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Author Mortimer was born as John Clifford Mortimer on April 21, 1923, and died on January 16, 2009. His birth had taken place in Hamsptead, London. He was the only kid of his parents, Kathleen May and Clifford Mortimer. The author’s father was a barrister by profession, who turned blind due to an accident in 1936.
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Jan 16, 2009 · Geoffrey Robertson. Fri 16 Jan 2009 10.30 EST. The barrister, playwright and author Sir John Mortimer, who has died aged 85, was a man for all the seasons that touched his Chilterns garden, where ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Sir John Mortimer (born April 21, 1923, Hampstead, London, Eng.—died Jan. 16, 2009, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Eng.) was an English barrister and writer who wrote plays for the stage, television, radio, and motion pictures, as well as novels and autobiographical works. Mortimer was educated at Harrow and at Brasenose College, Oxford ...
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Jan 17, 2009 · John Mortimer, barrister, author, playwright and creator of Horace Rumpole, the cunning defender of the British criminal classes, died on Friday at his home in Oxfordshire, England. He was 85.
Jan 16, 2009 · edit data. John Clifford Mortimer was a novelist, playwright and former practising barrister. Among his many publications are several volumes of Rumpole stories and a trilogy of political novels, Paradise Postponed, Titmuss Regained and The Sound of Trumpets, featuring Leslie Titmuss - a character as brilliant as Rumpole.
John Mortimer has 286 books on Goodreads with 55007 ratings. John Mortimer’s most popular book is Rumpole of the Bailey (Rumpole of the Bailey, #1).
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