Peter Ackroyd

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Peter Ackroyd is a British novelist, biographer, and critic known for his richly atmospheric works often set in London and his explorations of history, myth, and identity.

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Peter Ackroyd canonical 7

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instanceOf biographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Guardian Fiction Prize ⓘ
James Tait Black Memorial Prize ⓘ
Somerset Maugham Award ⓘ
Whitbread Award for Biography ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer The Spectator ⓘ
familyName Ackroyd ⓘ
fieldOfWork English literature ⓘ
London history ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
non-fiction ⓘ
givenName Peter ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Dickens ⓘ
T. S. Eliot ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Peter Ackroyd ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor explorations of history, myth, and identity ⓘ
richly atmospheric works set in London ⓘ
notableWork Albion: The Origins of the English Imagination ⓘ
Blake ⓘ
Chatterton ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Chatterton

Dickens ⓘ
English Music ⓘ
Hawksmoor ⓘ
London: The Biography ⓘ
T.S. Eliot ⓘ
linked to: T. S. Eliot

Thames: Sacred River ⓘ
The Clerkenwell Tales ⓘ
The House of Doctor Dee ⓘ
The Life of Thomas More ⓘ
The Plato Papers ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld chief book reviewer for The Times ⓘ
literary editor of The Spectator ⓘ
primarySettingOfWorks London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
writingLanguage English ⓘ

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The Limehouse Golem → sourceWorkAuthor → Peter Ackroyd ⓘ
London Library → hasNotableMember → Peter Ackroyd ⓘ
Nan Talese → notableWorkWithAuthors → Peter Ackroyd ⓘ
Peter Ackroyd → name → Peter Ackroyd ⓘ
Inspector John Kildare → basedOnAuthor → Peter Ackroyd ⓘ
Elizabeth Cree → createdBy → Peter Ackroyd ⓘ