Merrick, Gordon
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Name (Latin)
Merrick, Gordon
Date of birth
1916-08-03
Date of death
1988-03-27
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- One for the gods, 1972, ©1971:t.p. (Gordon Merrick)
- The quirk, 1998:t.p. (Gordon Merrick) p. 4 of cover (d. in 1988)
- Wikipedia, viewed 13 February 2026:Gordon Merrick (William Gordon Merrick; born 3 August 1916 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; enrolled in 1936 in Princeton University, studying French literature, but quit in his junior year and moved to New York City to become an actor; worked from 1941 as a reporter for the Washington star, the Baltimore sun, and the New York post, joined the Office of Strategic Services and served in Algeria and France, rising to the civilian level of captain, returning in 1945 to the United States; unable to find employment as a reporter, moved to Mexico and began writing novels, later moving to France and to Greece; died 27 March 1988 of lung cancer in Colombo, Sri Lanka)
- His One for the gods, 1972, c1971:t.p. (Gordon Merrick)
- LC data base, 7-20-83(hdg.: Merrick, Gordon)
- His The quirk, 1998:t.p. (Gordon Merrick) p. 4 of cover (d. in 1988)