Record ID:
35224527 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
Heading:
Death:
  • Cayman Islands
Occupations:
  • Jockeys Authors
Used for:
  • Francis, Dick, 1920-2010
  • Francis, Richard Stanley
Notes:
  • His Dead cert, 1962.
  • His Odds against, 2000 : t.p., etc. (Dick Francis) p. iv (other titles by Francis include Field of thirteen, 10 lb. penalty, Dead cert, Second wind, etc.)
  • Contemporary authors online, Dec. 11, 2001 : (Dick Francis; Welsh writer of mystery, crime, and suspense fiction; also writes autobiography and memoirs; full name, Richard Stanley Francis; b. Oct. 31, 1920 in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales; m. Mary Brenchley (d. Sept. 30, 2000); two children; author of Dead cert (1962), 10 lb. penalty (1997), Second wind (1999), etc.)
  • New York Times, via WWW, Feb. 16, 2010 : (in obituary published Feb. 14: Dick Francis; b. Oct. 31, 1920, Lawrenny, South Wales; d. Sunday [Feb. 14, 2010], Cayman Islands, aged 89; his notable but blighted career as a champion steeplechase jockey for the British royal family was eclipsed by a second, more brilliant career as a popular thriller writer)
  • LC Name Authorities viewed 17 September 2019
Local system number:
  • abv02192910
  • 000000225665
  • (AuCNL)191025
Cataloguing source:
  • ANL eng rda TSL
Authentication code:
  • kin