daver852 
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Lawrence of Arabia?
Reply #7221. Mar 08 12, 8:47 PM
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| honeybee4
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Max Hastings?
Reply #7222. Mar 08 12, 10:07 PM
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redshould
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Not D H Lawrence
Reply #7223. Mar 08 12, 11:53 PM
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redshould
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or his close relative Lawrence of Arabia!
Reply #7224. Mar 08 12, 11:54 PM
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redshould
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certainly not Max Hastings, who was born a few years after I died.
I died in an air crash whilst serving my adopted country.
Reply #7225. Mar 08 12, 11:56 PM
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daver852
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Did you die prior to WWII?
Reply #7226. Mar 09 12, 1:22 AM
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redshould
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Nope, during WW2. I was on special intelligence operations and died in South America.
Reply #7227. Mar 09 12, 2:05 AM
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daver852
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Is this someone whose name would be known to the general public? In other words, is he famous or fairly obscure?
Reply #7228. Mar 09 12, 11:12 AM
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redshould
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Well gee... I guess fame is farily subjective.
He's the author of a famous book, which was made into an equally famous film.
Although you could find him within the Literature part of FT, he could also crop up within the Animals section...
Reply #7229. Mar 09 12, 12:48 PM
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redshould
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He's probably more obscure than he should be considering the life he lived and the achievements he made in his 45 years of life.
Reply #7230. Mar 09 12, 12:56 PM
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paulmallon
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The guy who wrote "The little Prince":
Antoine de Saint-Exupery?
Reply #7231. Mar 09 12, 1:12 PM
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paulmallon
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scrap that-I forgot you said he was born in England
Reply #7232. Mar 09 12, 1:15 PM
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redshould
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Nope - a bit more UK/US than that, although bang on in terms of death means and timeframe.
His most famous book was about man's best friend on a bit of a journey...
Reply #7233. Mar 09 12, 1:16 PM
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daver852
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Oh, you're obviously Eric Knight.
Reply #7234. Mar 09 12, 1:44 PM
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| honeybee4
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One of my favorite books that I take out and read every once in a while.
Reply #7235. Mar 09 12, 2:24 PM
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Mommakat
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This is a wild guess as I really thought he died in the South Pacific - R.L. Stevenson?
Reply #7236. Mar 09 12, 7:25 PM
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redshould
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Yes Daver - I'm Eric Knight.
Born in Yorkshire, England, I served in the Canadian Army in the First World War and subsequently for the US in the Second World War. I was a Major in the US Army OSS and was killed in C-54 air crash near Paramaribo in Dutch Guiana (now Surinam) en route to the 1943 Casablanca Conference.
I was the co-author of "Why We Fight" series with Frank Capra, but will be best remembered as the author of the popular novel/film "Lassie Come Home".
Interesting guy, I think...
So Daver, who the heck are you?
Reply #7237. Mar 09 12, 9:19 PM
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daver852
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I am a real, human, dead English male.
Reply #7238. Mar 09 12, 10:02 PM
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Mommakat
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Did you die in the 20th century?
Reply #7239. Mar 10 12, 7:06 AM
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daver852
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No, Long before.
Reply #7240. Mar 10 12, 8:25 AM
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