Colin Dexter

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crime writer human novelist screenwriter

Colin Dexter was a British crime writer best known as the creator of the Inspector Morse detective novels, which inspired a popular television series.

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Inspector Morse 3

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instanceOf crime writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
awardReceived Cartier Diamond Dagger ⓘ
Gold Dagger ⓘ
Officer of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Silver Dagger ⓘ
birthName Norman Colin Dexter ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
createdCharacter Inspector Morse ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-09-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-03-21 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Oxford University Press ⓘ
familyName Dexter ⓘ
fieldOfWork crime fiction ⓘ
literature ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
detective fiction ⓘ
givenName Colin ⓘ
Norman ⓘ
inspiredAdaptation Endeavour ⓘ
surface form: Endeavour (TV series)

Inspector Morse ⓘ
surface form: Inspector Morse (TV series)

Inspector Lewis ⓘ
surface form: Lewis (TV series)
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Colin Dexter self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Death Is Now My Neighbour ⓘ
Inspector Morse ⓘ
surface form: Inspector Morse series

Last Bus to Woodstock ⓘ
Last Seen Wearing ⓘ
The Dead of Jericho ⓘ
The Jewel That Was Ours ⓘ
The Remorseful Day ⓘ
The Riddle of the Third Mile ⓘ
The Secret of Annexe 3 ⓘ
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn ⓘ
The Way Through the Woods ⓘ
The Wench Is Dead ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
crime writer ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Stamford, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oxford ⓘ
surface form: Oxford, England
residence Oxford ⓘ
surface form: Oxford, England
spouse Dorothy Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ
studied Classics ⓘ

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Kevin Whately → characterPlayedIn → Colin Dexter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector Morse
Colin Dexter → name → Colin Dexter self-link ⓘ
Golden Pan Award → notableRecipient → Colin Dexter ⓘ
Kevin Whately → notableWork → Colin Dexter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector Morse
Phyllida Law → televisionWork → Colin Dexter ⓘ
this entity surface form: Inspector Morse