Gerald Kingsland

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adventurer human writer

Gerald Kingsland was a British writer and adventurer best known for his real-life experiment in living as a modern-day castaway on a remote island, which inspired the film "Castaway."

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Gerald Kingsland canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventurer ⓘ
human ⓘ
writer ⓘ
basedOn Castaway (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs British writer and adventurer best known for his real-life castaway experiment ⓘ
fieldOfWork adventure writing ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
travel writing ⓘ
genre autobiographical writing ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation Castaway (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBibliographyItem Castaway (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ
In Danger (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Islander (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Shallow Sea (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn depictions of castaway narratives in popular culture ⓘ
hasRole castaway ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
influenced public perception of modern castaway lifestyle ⓘ
inspiredWork Castaway (1986 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableEvent cohabited with a female companion on an uninhabited island for an extended period ⓘ
lived as a modern-day castaway on a remote island ⓘ
notableFor experimenting with alternative lifestyles ⓘ
having his life story adapted into a feature film ⓘ
personal ads seeking a female companion for island castaway experiment ⓘ
real-life castaway experiment on a remote island ⓘ
notableWork Castaway NERFINISHED ⓘ
In Danger NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Islander NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Shallow Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation adventurer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfActivity Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian Ocean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Indian Ocean region NERFINISHED ⓘ
remote tropical island ⓘ
workSubject human relationships in isolation ⓘ
island life ⓘ
self-sufficiency ⓘ
survival on remote islands ⓘ

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Castaway (1986 film) → character → Gerald Kingsland ⓘ
Castaway (book) → mainSubject → Gerald Kingsland ⓘ
subject surface form: Castaway
Castaway (book) → featuresCharacter → Gerald Kingsland ⓘ
subject surface form: Castaway