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Piers Brendon

British writer
Person Human Q15458673

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
December 21, 1940
Place of birth
Stratton
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
historian, writer, screenwriter
Educated at
Magdalene College, Shrewsbury School[7][8]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[9]
Work location
Cambridge[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Brendon[12]
Given name
Piers[13]
Member of
Royal Society of Literature[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Piers Brendon ar بيرس بريندون
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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BIBSYS ID
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CANTIC ID
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Canadiana Authorities ID (former scheme)
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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CiNii Research ID
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DBC author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Europeana entity
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Freebase ID
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HAND ID
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IMDb ID
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IdRef ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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J9U entity ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
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Open Library ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Prabook ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
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RSL author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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UK National Archives ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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Educated at 2
Magdalene College, Shrewsbury School
Occupation 2
writer, historian
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
Royal Society of Literature
Place of birth 1
Stratton
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Piers Brendon was born on December 21, 1940[1], in Stratton[2]. He has worked as a historian[3], writer[4], and screenwriter[5].

FAQs

Where was Piers Brendon born?

Piers Brendon's place of birth was Stratton[2].

What did Piers Brendon do for work?

Piers Brendon worked as a historian[3], writer[4], and screenwriter[5].

Where did Piers Brendon go to school?

Piers Brendon was educated at Magdalene College[7] and Shrewsbury School[8].

What awards did Piers Brendon receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature[9].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . rsliterature.org. Retrieved . rsliterature.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Cambridge
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65837: Import places from GND"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 6CF2-305D-8A82-CB9B-E2BA
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46380: HAND ID (3)"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → historian, writer, screenwriter
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31724: import P21 and P106 from GND (18)"
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