| LC control no. | no 95040150 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PR6045.I5464 |
| Personal name heading | Williams, Valentine, 1883-1946 |
| See also | For works of this author written under other names, search also under: Valentine, Douglas, 1883-1946 Vedette, 1883-1946 Valentine, Douglas, 1883-1946 Vedette, 1883-1946 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Associated place | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1883-10-20 |
| Death date | 1946-11-20 |
| Place of birth | London (England) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Thrillers (Fiction) Spy fiction Screenplays Journalism |
| Affiliation | Reuters Limited |
| Profession or occupation | Novelists Journalists Screenwriters |
| Found in | The fox prowls, 1939: title page (Valentine Williams) LC in OCLC, 8/22/95 (hdg.: Williams, Valentine, 1883-1946) The secret hand, 1919: title page (Douglas Valentine) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Williams, Valentine, 1883-1946; ref. from: Valentine, Douglas) Twentieth-century crime and mystery writers, 1980: page 1494 (Williams, (George) Valentine; also wrote as Douglas Valentine; British; born October 20, 1883; journalist, screenwriter and mystery author; he produced more than 30 novels of espionage and suspense, as well as non-fiction works; served as a Lieutenant in the Irish Guards, 1915; Military Cross; did confidential work for the Foreign Office, London, 1939-41 and at the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1941-42; member of the Political Warfare Department, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, 1942-45; sub-editor, 1902-03, and Berlin correspondent, 1904-09, Reuters news agency; journalist for the Daily mail, London, from 1909: Paris correspondent, 1909-13, special correspondent during the Portuguese Revolution, 1910, reported the Balkan War, 1913, first accredited correspondent to British General Headquarters, 1915, in charge of staff at the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919, and later Foreign Editor; freelance journalist in North Africa and United States during the 1930s and 1940s; died November 20, 1946; wrote Adventures of an ensign as Vedette) IMDb WWW site, viewed March 3, 2020 (Valentine Williams; born October 20, 1883 in London; died November 20, 1946 in New York City; birth name George Valentine Williams; stage: co-wrote Berlin (1931); film: co-writer of Land of hope and glory (1927), Fog (1933), The crouching beast (1935), and This man Reuter (1940)) |
| Associated language | eng |
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