Freeman Wills Crofts
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Freeman Wills Crofts was a prominent early 20th-century Irish mystery writer best known for his meticulously plotted detective novels featuring Inspector Joseph French.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novelist
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person ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1950s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1910s ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1879-06-01 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Agatha Christie
NERFINISHED
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Dorothy L. Sayers NERFINISHED ⓘ G. K. Chesterton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdCharacter | Inspector Joseph French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1957-04-11 ⓘ |
| employer | railway company ⓘ |
| familyName | Crofts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | railway engineering ⓘ |
| fullName | Freeman Wills Crofts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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detective fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Freeman ⓘ |
| influenced | police procedural genre ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Arthur Conan Doyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor | meticulously plotted detective novels ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| memberOf | Detection Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Golden Age of Detective Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Inspector Joseph French NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed reconstruction of crimes
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use of railway timetables in plots ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Inspector French and the Starvel Tragedy
NERFINISHED
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Inspector French series NERFINISHED ⓘ The 12.30 from Croydon NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cask NERFINISHED ⓘ The Groote Park Murder NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pit-Prop Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil engineer
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writer ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Worthing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
emphasis on alibis and timetables
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logical puzzle-plot construction ⓘ |
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