| LC control no. | n 50007167 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3552.E537 |
| Personal name heading | Benchley, Peter |
| Variant(s) | Benchli, Piter |
| Other standard no. | 111878649 http://viaf.org/viaf/111878649 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Peter_Benchley http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q333251 https://www.freebase.com/m/05kl_q http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1943 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001940 http://www.allmovie.com/artist/p5268 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1940-05-08 |
| Death date | 2006-02-12 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Princeton (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Fiction Novels Screenplays |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Screenwriters |
| Found in | His Jonathan visits the White House, 1964. Belai︠a︡ akula, 1996: t.p. (Piter Benchli) NUCMC data from Boston Univ., Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center for Peter Benchley collection, 1957-1999 (Peter Bradford Benchley) New York times WWW site, Feb. 13, 2006 (Peter Benchley; d. yesterday morning [Feb. 12, 2006], Princeton, N.J., aged 65; his 1974 novel Jaws turned shark attacks into a national obsession; he later used what he called his "fish story" to help promote oceanic conservation) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1940) Wikipedia, February 16, 2016 (Peter Benchley; Peter Bradford Benchley (May 8, 1940-February 12, 2006) was an American author, best known for his novel Jaws and its subsequent film adaptation, the latter co-written by Benchley (with Carl Gottlieb) and directed by Steven Spielberg. Several more of his works were also adapted for cinema, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark; born New York City; died Princeton, New Jersey) |
| Associated language | eng |
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