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William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBEOrder of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V....
, (born December 8,1951 in Des Moines





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Quotations


Above all, what is oddest to the outsider is that Aborigines just aren't there.

Every dog on the face of the earth wants me dead.

Excuse me, but I have to say this. You are more stupid than a paramecium.

For forty years or so this was the world headquarters of conspicuous consumption.

about Newport, Rhode Island (RI)

I assume he was descended from apes like all the rest of us, but clearly in his case it had been a fairly gentle slope.

I come from Des Moines. Somebody had to.

Opening line.





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William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBEOrder of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V....
, (born December 8,1951 in Des MoinesDes Moines, Iowa

official_name = Des Moines, Iowa...
, IowaIowa

Iowa is a Midwest state of the United States....
) is a best-selling AmericanUnited States

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is...
 authorAuthor

An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article, or the like, whether short or long, fict...
 of humorous books on travelTravel

Travel is the transport of people on a trip/journey or the process or time involved in a person or object moving from one lo...
, as well as books on the English languageEnglish language

English is a widely distributed language that originated in England but is now the primary language in numerous countries....
 and on scientificScience

Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means....
 subjects. He has been a resident of North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county within the Government Office Region of Yorkshire and the Humber in northern Eng...
, EnglandFacts About England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom....
, for most of his adult life, before moving south to NorfolkNorfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England....
 in 2003.

Bibliography

Language

  • The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome WordsBryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

    Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words is a book by Bill Bryson, first released 1984, that catalogs some of the Englis...
    (1984)
  • (1990)
  • (1994)
  • Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome WordsBryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words

    Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words is a book by Bill Bryson, first released 1984, that catalogs some of the Englis...
    (2002)
  • Journeys in English (2004) (BBC 4 Radio production, based on The Mother Tongue)
  • Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors (2008)

Science

  • A Short History of Nearly EverythingA Short History of Nearly Everything

    A Short History of Nearly Everything is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in o...
    (2003)

Memoir

  • The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt KidThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

    The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid is a semi-autobiographical memoir by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson....
    (2006)

Biography

  • (2007)

External links

  • at the Royal SocietyRoyal Society Summary

    The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, was founded i...
  • at MetacriticMetacritic

    Metacritic is an Internet website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and books....