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Wilson was born in Bexhill, Sussex, England, to an English father and South African mother. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford, and became a librarian at the British Museum in 1937. His first publication was a collection of short stories, The Wrong Set (1949). His writing has a strongly satirical vein. Several of his books have been adapted for television. Bexhill is a small village in New_South_Wales, Australia. ... Sussex is a traditional county in south-eastern England, corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Cock Warden Prof Dame Jessica Rawson and Tom de Furlong esq. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is a person who develops procedures for organizing information and provides services that assist and instruct people in the most efficient ways to identify and access any needed information or information resource (article, book, magazine, etc. ... The main entrance to the British Museum The British Museum in London is the United Kingdoms - and one of the worlds - largest and most important museums of human history and culture. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Satire is a literary technique not of writing or art which exposes the follies of its subject (for example, individuals, organizations, or states) to ridicule, often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ...

Works

Novels

• Hemlock and After (1952)
• Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956)
• The Middle Age of Mrs Eliot (1958)
• The Old Men at the Zoo (1961)
• Late Call (1965)
• No Laughing Matter (1967)
• As If By Magic (1973)
• Setting the World on Fire (1980)

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Short Story Collections

• The Wrong Set (1949)
• Such Darling Dodos (1950)
• A Bit Off the Map (1957)

1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Play

• The Mulberry Bush (1955)