Updated at December 3, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Peter Dickinson |
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Birthdate | December 16, 1927 |
Birth Place | Zambia |
Age (in 2024) | 96 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Peter Dickinson is best known as Children's Author who has born on December 16, 1927 in Zambia. Currently, Peter Dickinson is 96 years, 11 months and 18 days old. Peter Dickinson will celebrate 97th birthday on Monday, 16th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Peter Dickinson upcoming birthday.
Famous for his works of children's literature and detective fiction, this Northern Rhodesian-born English writer penned such award-winning books as City of Gold, Tulku, The Flight of Dragons, and Eva.
After graduating from King's College, Cambridge, he had a nearly two-decade career as a poet, literature reviewer, and editor with Punch magazine.
His numerous literary honors include the Guardian Prize, the Horn Book Award, the Carnegie Medal, and the Phoenix Award.
His first marriage, to Mary Rose Barnard, resulted in four children, including a son, John Dickinson, who became a successful writer. Following Barnard's death, he married fellow children's author Robin McKinley.
During his childhood years, he was inspired by the work of Rudyard Kipling.
Peter Dickinson is 96 years old today.
Peter Dickinson was born on December 16, 1927 in Zambia.
Peter Dickinson zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Peter Dickinson was best known as Children's Author.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Peter Dickinson's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Peter Dickinson's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1883 | Tonkin Campaign: French forces capture the Sơn Tây citadel. |
1905 | In Rugby Union, The "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park. |
1912 | First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli. |
1914 | World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. |
1920 | The Haiyuan earthquake of 8.5Mw , rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000. |
1942 | The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. |
1944 | World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. |
1960 | A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground. |
1968 | Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain. |
1971 | Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India. |
1971 | The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day. |
1989 | Romanian Revolution: Protests break out in Timișoara, Romania, in response to an attempt by the government to evict dissident Hungarian pastor László Tőkés. |
2013 | A bus falls from an elevated highway in the Philippines capital Manila killing at least 18 people with 20 injured. |
2014 | Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants attack an Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing 150 people, 132 of them schoolchildren. |
2022 | A landslide occurs at a camp at an organic farm near the town of Batang Kali in Selangor, Malaysia, trapping 92 people and killing 31. |
1986 | The birth of Pärt Uusberg, Estonian actor, composer, and conductor. |
1987 | The birth of Mame Biram Diouf, Senegalese footballer |
1987 | The birth of Beau Dowler, Australian footballer |
1987 | The birth of Hallee Hirsh, American actress |
1988 | The birth of Mats Hummels, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Rebecca Marino, Canadian tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Craig Goodwin, Australian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Ulrikke Eikeri, Norwegian tennis player |
1992 | The birth of Anamul Haque, Bangladeshi cricketer |
1992 | The birth of Pietro Perdichizzi, Belgian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Tom Rogic, Australian footballer |
1994 | The birth of Elliot Lee, English footballer |
1994 | The birth of Nicola Murru, Italian footballer |
1994 | The birth of José RodrÃguez MartÃnez, Spanish footballer |
1998 | The birth of Mira Antonitsch, Austrian tennis player |
2010 | The death of Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923) |
2010 | The death of Ayinde Barrister, Nigerian fuji musician (b. 1948) |
2011 | The death of Robert Easton, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
2011 | The death of Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (b. 1938) |
2012 | The death of Elwood V. Jensen, American biologist and academic (b. 1920) |
2012 | The death of Jake Adam York, American poet and academic (b. 1972) |
2013 | The death of James Flint, English commander (b. 1913) |
2013 | The death of Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of Marta Russell, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1951) |
2014 | The death of Martin Brasier, English paleontologist, biologist, and academic (b. 1947) |
2014 | The death of Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) |
2015 | The death of Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet (b. 1927) |
2015 | The death of Lizmark, Mexican wrestler (b. 1950) |
2015 | The death of George Earl Ortman, American painter and sculptor (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Keely Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1928) |
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Website | Peter Dickinson's Webiste |
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