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J.B. Priestley Pheobe chaffers (other facts (family (Spouse/Ex-: Emily,…
J.B. Priestley Pheobe chaffers
His childhood/ schooling
born on 13 September 1894
Belle Vue Grammar School, which he left at sixteen to work as a junior clerk at Helm & Co., a wool firm in the Swan Arcade.
Born In Bradford, West Riding Of Yorkshire, England
parents are Jonathan priestley and emma holt
his beliefs and political views
he believed passionately in social justice and the widening of democracy.
Political Ideology Common Wealth Party,, Labour Party
he had an instinctive understanding and empathy for the less fortunate members of society
J.B Priestley feels passionately towards socialism but is strongly against capitalism.
other facts
family
Spouse/Ex-: Emily, Jacquetta Hawkes (M. 1953–1984), Jane Wyndham-Lewis (M. 1926–1953)
Siblings: Tom Priestley
Children: Tom Priestley
Died On August 14, 1984
Place Of Death: Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
cause of death pneumonia
his awards
He was presented an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1970 by the University of Bradford.
In 1973, he was granted the ‘Freedom of the City’ honor by the city of Bradford.
He was awarded the Order of Merit in 1977.
His career
Priestley served in the infantry in World War I (1914–19) and then studied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1922). He thereafter worked as a journalist and first established a reputation with the essays collected in The English Comic Characters (1925) and The English Novel (1927).
After military service, he completed his university education at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and wrote his first novel, ‘Adam in Moonshine’, in 1927. This was followed by another novel next year titled, ‘Benighted’.