Baron Snow | |
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![]() C. P. Snow in 1969 by Jack Manning for The New York Times | |
Born | Charles Percy Snow 15 October 1905 Leicester, England |
Died | 1 July 1980 London, England | (aged 74)
Nationality | English |
Education | Alderman Newton's School |
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Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, chemistry, literature (novelist) |
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Thesis | The Structure of Simple Molecules (1930) |
Doctoral students | Eric Eastwood |
Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, Kt CBE FRSL (15 October 1905 – 1 July 1980)[1] was an English novelist and physical chemist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government.[2][3] He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers, and for "The Two Cultures", a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".[4][5][6][7]
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