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Hull, Raymond, 1919-1985

LC control no.n 50034375
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingHull, Raymond, 1919-1985
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Variant(s)Hull, Raymond Horace, 1919-1985
Hull, R. H. (Raymond Horace), 1919-1985
Hull, Raymond (Raymond Horace), 1919-1985
Hull, Raymond H. (Raymond Horace), 1919-1985
Hull, Raymond
Associated countryEngland Canada
LocatedVancouver (B.C.)
Birth date1919-02-27
Death date1985-06-07
Place of birthShaftesbury (England)
Place of deathVancouver (B.C.)
Field of activityPlaywriting Television scripts Poetry Short stories Management Creative writing
AffiliationUniversity of British Columbia
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Gastown Players
Profession or occupationDramatists Television writers Lecturers Authors Poets Novelists
Found inHis Profitable playwriting, 1969, c1968.
Information from 678 converted Dec. 11, 2014 (Canadian playwright)
Wikipedia, viewed July 5, 2024: Raymond Hull (Raymond Hull (27 February 1919 - 7 June 1985) was an England-born Canadian playwright, television screenwriter, and lecturer. He also wrote many non-fiction books, numerous magazine articles, short stories, and poetry. He is best known as the co-author of the book The Peter Principle with Laurence J. Peter. Hull was born on 27 February 1919 in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Following the Second World War, he emigrated to Vancouver and worked as a waiter, janitor and civil servant. He studied creative writing at the University of British Columbia at the age 30 after discovering he had an aptitude for the craft. After graduation, he eventually began writing television screenplays for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He later branched into writing for the stage and in time formed The Gastown Players. Hull began writing in the late 1950s at 38 years old. In 1983, he published How to Write a Play. Hull died on 7 June 1985 at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver.)
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OCLC, viewed July 5, 2024 (access points: Hull, Raymond Horace, 1919-; Hull, Raymond, 1919-; usage: Raymond Hull)
Sleight, Jack. Home book of smoke-cooking meat, fish & game [ER], 2016? : title frame (Jack Sleight & Raymond Hull)
Associated languageeng
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