W. E. Johns
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For the American operatic tenor, see William Johns.
William Earl Johns (5 February 1893 – 21 June 1968) was an English First World War pilot, and writer of adventure stories, usually written under the pen name Capt. W. E. Johns: best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles.
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William Earl Johns | |
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Born | (1893-02-05)5 February 1893 Bengeo, Hertford, United Kingdom |
Died | 21 June 1968(1968-06-21) (aged 75) London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom |
Pen name | Captain W. E. Johns |
Occupation | Aviator, author, editor |
Period | 1922–68 |
Genre | Adventure fiction, war fiction, science fiction |
Subject | Aviation |
Spouse | Maude Penelope Hunt (m. 1914) |
Partner | Doris May Leigh |
Children | William Earl Carmichael Johns (1916–1954)[1] |
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