Robertson Davies Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at April 19, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Robertson Davies Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Robertson Davies Facts

Full Name	Robertson Davies
Birthdate	August 28, 1913
Birth Place	Canada
Age (in 2024)	110 Years Old
Zodiac	Virgo
Occupation	Novelist

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Robertson Davies Age & Birthday

Robertson Davies is best known as Novelist who has born on August 28, 1913 in Canada. Currently, Robertson Davies is 110 years, 7 months and 22 days old. Robertson Davies will celebrate 111th birthday on Wednesday, 28th of August 2024. Below the countdown to Robertson Davies upcoming birthday.

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Robertson Davies Biography

About

A Canadian novelist, playwright, journalist, and professor, he wrote The Deptford Trilogy, The Cornish Trilogy, and The Salterton Trilogy. He also published numerous essays, plays, and works of literary criticism.

Before Fame

After studying at Upper Canada College and Queen's University, he became the literary editor of Saturday Night magazine.

Trivia

He was short-listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction for his 1985 work, What's Bred in the Bone.

Family Life

He grew up in Ontario, Canada as the son of author William Rupert Davies. He later married Brenda Mathews.

Associated With

Davies spoke out in support of Salman Rushdie when Rushdie was threatened by Ayatollah Khomeini.

Top Asked Questions about Robertson Davies

How old is Robertson Davies in 2024?

Robertson Davies is 110 years old today.

When was Robertson Davies born?

Robertson Davies was born on August 28, 1913 in Canada.

What is Robertson Davies zodiac sign?

Robertson Davies zodiac sign is Virgo.

What was Robertson Davies best known for?

Robertson Davies was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Robertson Davies's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Robertson Davies's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Robertson Davies was born on Thursday, 240^th day / 35^th week of 1913
Robertson Davies has Virgo zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Robertson Davies birthday is XXVIII.VIII.MCMXIII
Robertson Davies's birthstone is Peridot
Robertson Davies's birth flower is Gladiolus that symbolize moral integrity, remembrance, infatuation & honor
Robertson Davies age in year is 110 years old
Robertson Davies age in month is 1327 months old
Robertson Davies age in day is 40412 days old
Robertson Davies age in hour is 969888 hours old
Robertson Davies age in minute is 58193280 minutes old
Robertson Davies age in second is 3491596800 seconds old
Next Robertson Davies birthday is on Thursday, August 28th 2025
Robertson Davies age in next birthday (2025) is 111 years old

Historical Events on Robertson Davies Birthday (August 28)

Below are historical events that coincided with Robertson Davies's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1968	Police and protesters clash during 1968 Democratic National Convention protests as protesters chant "The whole world is watching".
1973	Norrmalmstorg robbery: Stockholm police secure the surrenders of hostage-takers Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson, defusing the Norrmalmstorg hostage crisis. The behaviours of the hostages later give rise to the term Stockholm syndrome.
1988	Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990	Gulf War: Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990	An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1993	NASA's Galileo probe performs a flyby of the asteroid 243 Ida. Astronomers later discover a moon, the first known asteroid moon, in pictures from the flyby and name it Dactyl.
1993	Singaporean presidential election: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong is elected President of Singapore. Although it is the first presidential election to be determined by popular vote, the allowed candidates consist only of Ong and a reluctant whom the government had asked to run to confer upon the election the semblance of an opposition.
1993	The autonomous Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia in Bosnia and Herzegovina was transformed into the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia.
1996	Chicago Seven defendant David Dellinger, antiwar activist Bradford Lyttle, Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn, and eight others are arrested by the Federal Protective Service while protesting in a demonstration at the Kluczynski Federal Building in downtown Chicago during that year's Democratic National Convention.
1998	Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998	Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabwean forces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
1999	The Russian space mission Soyuz TM-29 reaches completion, ending nearly 10 years of continuous occupation on the space station Mir as it approaches the end of its life.
2003	In "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI", Brian Wells dies after becoming involved in a complex plot involving a bank robbery, a scavenger hunt, and a homemade explosive device.
2016	The first experimental mission of ISRO's Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.
2017	China-India border standoff: China and India both pull their troops out of Doklam, putting an end to a two month-long stalemate over China’s construction of a road in disputed territory.
1989	The birth of César Azpilicueta, Spanish footballer
1989	The birth of Valtteri Bottas, Finnish race car driver
1989	The birth of Jo Kwon, South Korean singer and dancer
1990	The birth of Bojan Krkić, Spanish footballer
1991	The birth of Felicio Brown Forbes, German footballer
1991	The birth of Andreja Pejić, Bosnian model
1992	The birth of Gabriela Drăgoi, Romanian gymnast
1992	The birth of Bismack Biyombo, Congolese basketball player
1992	The birth of Max Collins, American-Filipino actress and model
1993	The birth of Jakub Sokolík, Czech footballer
1994	The birth of Manon Arcangioli, French tennis player
1994	The birth of Ons Jabeur, Tunisian tennis player
1998	The birth of Weston McKennie, American soccer player
2001	The birth of Kamilla Rakhimova, Russian tennis player
2003	The birth of Quvenzhané Wallis, American actress
2013	The death of Lorella Cedroni, Italian political scientist and philosopher (b. 1961)
2013	The death of Edmund B. Fitzgerald, American businessman (b. 1926)
2013	The death of Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1935)
2013	The death of Barry Stobart, English footballer (b. 1938)
2013	The death of Rafael Díaz Ycaza, Ecuadorian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Glenn Cornick, English bass guitarist (b. 1947)
2014	The death of Hal Finney, American cryptographer and programmer (b. 1956)
2014	The death of John Anthony Walker, American soldier and spy (b. 1937)
2015	The death of Al Arbour, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932)
2015	The death of Mark Krasniqi, Kosovan ethnographer, poet, and translator (b. 1920)
2015	The death of Nelson Shanks, American painter and educator (b. 1937)
2016	The death of Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (b. 1950)
2016	The death of Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1934)
2017	The death of Mireille Darc, French actress and model (b. 1938)
2020	The death of Chadwick Boseman, American actor and playwright (b. 1976)

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