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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Patrick Leigh Fermor canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ scholar ⓘ soldier ⓘ travel writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Distinguished Service Order
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Order of Honour (Greece) NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of the British Empire ⓘ Order of the Phoenix (Greece) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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surface form:
Second World War
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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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
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classical studies ⓘ |
| fullName | Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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travel literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
British Army
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Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Philhellenism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leading the 1944 abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe in Crete
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walking across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople in the 1930s ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Time of Gifts
NERFINISHED
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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
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soldier ⓘ travel writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
England
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Dumbleton
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Gloucestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| residence |
Greece
NERFINISHED
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Mani Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Joan Leigh Fermor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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