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John Champlin Gardner Jr. (July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982) was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor. He is best known for his 1971 novel Grendel , a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
John William Gardner (October 8, 1912 – February 16, 2002) was Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) under President Lyndon Johnson. He was a strong advocate for citizen participation and founded Common Cause ; he became known as "the father of campaign finance reform".
John A. Gardner, American physicist and developer of Gardner–Salinas braille codes; John Fentress Gardner (1912–1998), American author and educator; John J. Gardner (1845–1921), politician representing New Jersey in the House of Representatives, 1885 to 1893; John W. Gardner (1912–2002), U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare ...
Grendel is a 1971 novel by the American author John Gardner. [1] It is a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel.In the novel, Grendel is portrayed as an antihero.
The film was based on the 1969 novel A Complete State of Death by John Gardner writing under the name Derek Torry. The New York Times called it a "message novel, only slightly pretentious, relevant but under paced." [5] The novel was greatly changed in the adaptation. [6] Filming took place in May 1973.
But sometime between 11 p.m. and midnight on Jan. 23, 2005, just 15 days before the divorce became final, John Gardner, who drove from Mississippi, broke into her home in Anna, Texas, located ...
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John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English writer of spy and thriller novels. He is best known for his James Bond continuation novels, but also wrote a series of Boysie Oakes books and three novels containing Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's fictional villain, Professor Moriarty .