Deighton
Britishnoun
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Leonard Cyril Deighton was born in London on Feb. 18, 1929, to Dorothy and Leonard Deighton.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Deighton was trained as a photographer during his service with the Royal Air Force and studied at St. Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Deighton once credited the success of “The Ipcress File,” his debut novel, to the fact that critics “used me as a blunt instrument to beat Ian Fleming over the head.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
In the 1980s, Deighton published Berlin Game, featuring a new character, Bernard Samson.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
A party was formed, of which I was one, to ascertain if it was possible to reach the Deighton without going through the "Welcome Water-hole Sand."
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)
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