Patrick Leigh Fermor

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Patrick Leigh Fermor was a celebrated British travel writer, soldier, and scholar renowned for his erudite accounts of walking across prewar Europe and his daring exploits in World War II.

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instanceOf British Army officer
human
memoirist
scholar
soldier
travel writer
awardReceived Distinguished Service Order
Order of Honour (Greece) NERFINISHED
Order of the British Empire
Order of the Phoenix (Greece) NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1915-02-11
dateOfDeath 2011-06-10
describedAs one of the greatest travel writers of the 20th century
educatedAt King's School, Canterbury NERFINISHED
familyName Leigh Fermor NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Byzantine studies
classical studies
fullName Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor NERFINISHED
genre memoir
travel literature
givenName Patrick NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName English
militaryBranch British Army
Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
movement Philhellenism NERFINISHED
notableFor leading the 1944 abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe in Crete
walking across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople in the 1930s
notableWork A Time of Gifts NERFINISHED
A Time to Keep Silence NERFINISHED
Between the Woods and the Water NERFINISHED
Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese NERFINISHED
Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece NERFINISHED
The Broken Road NERFINISHED
Words of Mercury NERFINISHED
occupation scholar
soldier
travel writer
writer
placeOfBirth England
London, England
surface form: London

United Kingdom NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Dumbleton NERFINISHED
England
Gloucestershire NERFINISHED
United Kingdom
residence Greece NERFINISHED
Mani Peninsula NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Joan Leigh Fermor NERFINISHED

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