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Robert Barnard was born on 23 November 1936 at Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.He was educated at the Colchester Royal Grammar School and at Balliol College, Oxford.. He spent five years (1961-1965) as an academic in the English Department at the University of New England, at Armidale, New South Wales, in Australia.
Death by Sheer Torture (1981), also known simply as Sheer Torture, is a mystery novel by English writer Robert Barnard, [1] the first of five novels, penned in the 1980s, featuring his recurring detective character Perry Trethowan.
Robert Graeme Barnard [2] was born on 24 November 1933 in Melbourne. [3] [4] Barnard's parents had formed a dance band in the 1920s, his mother Kath (died April 1981) was the bandleader and pianist, his father Jim Barnard (died November 1983) was on saxophone, drums and banjo. [3] [5] His older brother, Len (1929–2005), joined them on drums ...
Robert Barnard (1936–2013), English mystery writer and critic Simeon Barnard (1844–1924), racehorse owner and racing official in South Australia Thomas Barnard (c. 1726/28–1806), Anglican bishop in Ireland
The book garnered positive reviews upon release. [2] Publishers Weekly praised it as "elegant", observing "Barnard brilliantly depicts a seedy, struggling London in the '50s, the Suez fiasco as a symbol of the death of empire and Timothy's murder as a symbol of a wholly different social climate", [3] while Kirkus Reviews deemed it "quietly engrossing" throughout. [4]
Bob Barnard may refer to: Robert Barnard (1936–2013), English crime writer, critic and lecturer Bob Barnard (musician) (1933–2022), Australian trumpet and cornet player
Ebersole was born outside of Chicago in Winnetka, Illinois, the daughter of Marian Esther (née Goodley) and Robert "Bob" Ebersole. [1] [2] Her father was the president of a steel company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [3] She has Swiss-German and Irish ancestry. [4] Ebersole graduated from New Trier High School in 1971.
Barnard was born into a musical family in Coweta, Oklahoma in 1920. Both his father, Hurl Lester Barnard and his uncle Robert played the fiddle and performed at barn dances and house parties. By the time he had reached 13 or 14 Junior had begun accompanying his father on guitar. His brother Gene was also an accomplished guitarist.