C. P. Snow

Novelist, Author

1905 – 1980

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Who was C. P. Snow?

Charles Percy Snow CBE, who was raised to the peerage as Baron Snow, of the City of Leicester, was an English chemist and novelist who also served in several important positions in the British Civil Service and briefly in the UK government. He is best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers and Brothers, and for "The Two Cultures", a 1959 lecture in which he laments the gulf between scientists and "literary intellectuals".

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Born
Oct 15, 1905
Leicester
Also known as
  • Charles Percy Snow
  • C.P. Snow
  • Lord Charles Percy Snow
  • Baron Snow
Siblings
Spouses
Nationality
  • England
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Christ's College, Cambridge
Employment
  • Wesleyan University
Died
Jul 1, 1980
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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