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- Educated at Balliol College, Oxford, England. Decided early on an aeronautical career, and went to work for the de Havilland Aircraft Company as an engineer, where he was heavily involved in the construction of the airship R100. After the disastrous loss of the R101, built by the government in direct competition with his design, he changed to aeroplane contruction, founding his own firm Airspeed Ltd in 1931. First novel, Marazan (1926) written at this time. Did secret work for British Admiralty during WWII. He still wrote in this period. Visited Australia for 2 months in 1948, a trip that inspired A Town Like Alice. With his family he settled in Australia, where he later died.
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Carlos Di Sarli was born on 7 January 1903 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a composer, known for Assassination Tango (2002), Blind Date (2007) and Crazy Dandy (1936). He died on 12 January 1960 in Olivos, Provinz Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Gilmor Brown was born on 16 June 1886 in New Salem, ND USA. He was a producer, known for The Pasadena Community Playhouse (1932). He died on 12 January 1960 in Palm Springs, California, USA.