Bill Bryson

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Bill Bryson is an American-born author known for his humorous and informative books on travel, language, science, and history.

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instanceOf human
non-fiction writer
travel writer
awardReceived Aventis Prize for Science Books NERFINISHED
Honorary OBE NERFINISHED
James Joyce Award NERFINISHED
President’s Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry NERFINISHED
Royal Society Prize for Science Books NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1951-12-08
educatedAt Drake University NERFINISHED
endTime 2011
familyName Bryson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork history of English language
popularization of science
travel writing
genre history
language
popular science
travel literature
givenName William
hasWritingStyle humorous
informative
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Bill Bryson NERFINISHED
notableWork A Short History of Nearly Everything NERFINISHED
A Walk in the Woods NERFINISHED
At Home: A Short History of Private Life NERFINISHED
Down Under NERFINISHED
Made in America NERFINISHED
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe NERFINISHED
Notes from a Small Island NERFINISHED
One Summer: America, 1927 NERFINISHED
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid NERFINISHED
The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way NERFINISHED
The Road to Little Dribbling NERFINISHED
occupation journalist
writer
placeOfBirth Des Moines, Iowa, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chancellor of Durham University NERFINISHED
residence United Kingdom
United States of America
spouse Cynthia Billen NERFINISHED
startTime 2005

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