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Terry Deary

English writer
Person human Q1380476

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
March 4, 1946
Place of birth
Sunderland
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
writer, children's writer, stage actor, theatre director, historian, actor[10]
Field of work
history, popular science literature, children's and young adult literature[11][12][13]
Educated at
University of Sunderland, Monkwearmouth Academy, East Point Academy[14][15][16]
Official website
www.terry-deary.com[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[22]
Described by source
Iedereen Leest[21]
Family name
Deary[18]
Given name
Terry[19]
Maintained by WikiProject
Wikiproject Iedereen Leest[23]
Native language
English[9]
P14750
43F6-FEB7-AC3E-B286-0113[25]
Writing language
English[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Terry Deary en William Terence Deary cs William Terence Dean cs Terence Deary cs Terry Dear es William Terence Deary fa تری دیری uk Террі Дірі
🔖 Identifiers · 46
ISNI
000000010858263X
VIAF cluster ID
67202053
Library of Congress authority ID
n77005348
GND ID
115715827
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Terry Deary at the Chiswick Book Festival (54002651610) (cropped).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
DearyTerry
Babelio author ID
9623
CBDB.cz author ID
2377
CONOR.BG ID
17177445
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10477899
DDB person (GND) ID
115715827
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Databazeknih.cz author ID
1400
Discogs artist ID
5763511
FAST ID
1913030
Film.ru person ID
terry-deary
Freebase ID
/m/03r50m
Goodreads author ID
10038
IMDb ID
nm1631035
ISFDB author ID
9968
IdRef ID
11434664X
Jeugdliteratuur ID
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KBR person ID
13935628
Kinobox person ID
1209272
LibraryThing author ID
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Libris-URI
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MusicBrainz artist ID
df9ca50c-e882-47be-b864-7db65f2cc636
NL CR AUT ID
jn20001103401
NLAI ID
56329
NUKAT ID
n98095375
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007418373705171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200000307
National Library of Latvia ID
000028399
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810615204905606
National Library of Portugal ID
800864
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1267240
National Virtual Library of India ID
299301
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
073716537
Open Library ID
OL433234A
SELIBR ID
341020
SNARC ID
Chondrodendron tomentosum
SVKKL authority ID
p0082558-Deary-Terry-1946
WikiTree person ID
Deary-120
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/4a856930-2003-444a-bdee-60e4edfafd13
ČSFD person ID
129833

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Occupation 5
writer, historian, theatre director, stage actor, children's writer
Field of work 3
history, children's and young adult literature, popular science literature
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
University of Sunderland
Given name 1
Terry
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Sunderland
SNARC ID 1
Chondrodendron tomentosum
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Horrible Histories
Writing language 1
English
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Summary

Terry Deary was born on March 4, 1946[1], in Sunderland[2]. He has worked as a writer[3], children's writer[4], stage actor[5], theatre director[6], and historian[7].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[26]

  • Country: GB[27]

  • Began / founded: 1946-01-03[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: df9ca50c-e882-47be-b864-7db65f2cc636[29]

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Terry Deary include Horrible Histories[30], a book series[31].

FAQs

Where was Terry Deary born?

Terry Deary's place of birth was Sunderland[2].

What did Terry Deary do for work?

Terry Deary worked as a writer[3], children's writer[4], stage actor[5], theatre director[6], and historian[7].

Where did Terry Deary go to school?

Terry Deary was educated at University of Sunderland[14], Monkwearmouth Academy[15], and East Point Academy[16].

Related Entities

Sunderland United Kingdom University of Sunderland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discogs artist ID → 5763511
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → p0082558-Deary-Terry-1946
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: p0082558-Deary-Terry-1946, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Country of citizenship → United Kingdom
    Native language → English
    Place of birth → Sunderland
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