Frederick Forsyth: Quick Facts


Facts

Born August 25, 1938 • Ashford • England
Died June 9, 2025 (aged 86) • England
Awards And Honors Edgar Award (1983) • Edgar Award (1972)
Notable Works “Avenger” • “Icon” • “No Comebacks” • “The Odessa File” • “The Biafra Story” • “The Day of the Jackal” • “The Devil’s Alternative” • “The Dogs of War” • “The Fist of God” • “The Fourth Protocol” • “The Fox” • “The Kill List” • “The Negotiator” • “The Veteran”

British prime minister Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
prime minister of United Kingdom
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Guy Burgess
British diplomat and spy
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Sir A. P. Herbert
English writer and politician
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
Mabel St. Clair Stobart
English feminist and medical worker
Philby, Kim
Kim Philby
British intelligence officer and Soviet spy
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Sir Harold Nicolson
British diplomat and author
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Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
lord chief justice of England
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George Blake
British diplomat and Soviet spy
Lovett, detail of an engraving
William Lovett
British politician
Aldiss, Brian W.
Brian W. Aldiss
English author
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Sir John Hope Simpson
British administrator
Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
English author
Laurence Oliphant, engraving after a photograph
Laurence Oliphant
British writer
portrait of Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope, 4th earl of Chesterfield
British statesman, diplomat, and writer
Lionel George Curtis, detail of a portrait by Sir Oswald Birley, 1932; in the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Lionel George Curtis
British official
Henry Drummond
Henry Drummond
British banker
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William James Linton
British engraver and author
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson
prime minister of United Kingdom
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Cobbett, detail of a painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
William Cobbett
British journalist